Overview of articles
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A History of Independence
A traditional tale in which a hermit living in a cave is granted three wishes: the beginning of a critical review of 50 years of…Published on: -
Six
Someone’s missing from ‘La Jetée’, Tokyo’s famously compact, Golden Gai, cinephile bar.Published on: -
Two in the Wave
Fascinating documentary about the friendship and eventual separation between François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, the two leaders of the FrenPublished on: -
Algérie en flammes
Scenes from the FLN’s struggle for the independence of Algeria. Film making as an act of solidarity in the international anti-imperialist struggle. PaPublished on: -
Le début de l’hiver
A remarkable young actor features in this terrifying sketch of a boy hitchhiking home from school in the French countryside.Published on: -
Massage the History
Interiors of domestic American living rooms become an imaginary theatre stage for the unimaginable.Published on: -
Un prophète
Widely praised film has a powerful leading role by Tahar Rahim as the 19-year-old Malik who has to go into jail for six years for…Published on: -
Dans le sang
Convincingly acted story about the aimlessness of violence. War veteran in Beirut teaches a lesson to his fanatical son, who threatens to take the samPublished on: -
Inferno
Fascinating reconstruction of the very difficult production process of L’enfer, the film that had to put the French director Henri-Georges Clouzot (DiPublished on: -
Regarde la mer
Intriguing mid-length drama was originally considered for the Cruel Machine because of its oppressive character.Published on: