Every post I make on here nowadays seems to begin with some apology for not posting in a while. Alas.
The Digital Golden Age Of The Western.
Godard and his Cahiers counterparts looked to the American filmmakers operating on the fringes of Hollywood and producing esoteric, socially-important Westerns in much the same way that they did the directors creating new American art in Film Noir.
A Round-Up Of French Cinema On Home Video.
Three very exciting Blu-ray box-sets have been released this week.
Le King Of Comédie. Bruno Dumont’s Slack Bay.
There’s a rich history of comedy in France, one that stems from the vaudeville halls of Paris, and spread throughout the 20th Century by filmmakers like Sacha Guitry and Jacques Tati.