French and French-language Films
Les Vampires (Part 10: Les Noces Sanglantes): conclusion to an intelligent action-thriller serial
Louis Feuillade, “Les Vampires (Part 10: Les Noces Sanglantes)” (1916) Some time after the events
Category: French and French-language Films
Reviews of films from France and French-language films from Belgium and Switzerland. At this stage, I’m not sure if there’ll be many French-language films from African and other countries coming within my orbit – probably I’ll create a separate category for them and call it French-language Films from outside Europe, or something hopefully more succinct and graceful!
French and French-language Films
Les Vampires (Part 9: L’homme des Poisons): building up to an eventual showdown between opposed sides
Louis Feuillade, “Les Vampires (Part 9: L’homme des Poisons)” (1916) With the death of Satanas,
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Les Vampires (Part 8: Le Maître de la Foudre): saga of crusading reporter against sinister gang continues
Louis Feuillade, “Les Vampires (Part 8: Le Maître de la Foudre)” (1916) Skipping a couple
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Carnage: comedy of no-manners patronises Americans and diminishes its audiences
Roman Polanski, “Carnage” (2011) Not one of his better efforts due to the nature of
French and French-language Films
Le Voyage dans la Lune: delightful and charming film about space travel
Georges Méliès, “Le Voyage dans la Lune” (1902) Delightful short film, the first science fiction
French and French-language Films
Les Vampires (Part 5: L’évasion du Mort): film shows corruption at the heart of Parisian society
Louis Feuillade, “Les Vampires (Part 5: L’évasion du Mort)” (1916) This time in the serial,
French and French-language Films
Les Vampires (Part 2: La Bague qui tue / Part 4: Le Spectre): microcosm of public paranoia and terror
Louis Feuillade, “Les Vampires (Part 2: La Bague qui tue)” (1915), “Les Vampires (Part 4:
French and French-language Films
Les Vampires (Part 1: La tête coupée): enthralling early crime drama serial about a sinister gang of criminals
Louis Feuillade, “Les Vampires (Part 1: La tête coupée)” (1915) First episode in a ten-part
French and French-language Films
L’Amour Monstre de tous les temps: threadbare portrait of Serbian-born French painter
Walerian Borowczyk, “L’Amour Monstre de tous les temps: Portrait de Ljuba” (1977) Borowczyk gave up
French and French-language Films
Les Jeux des Anges: blackly humorous indictment of concentration camps and police-state societies
Walerian Borowczyk, “Les Jeux des Anges” (1964) So far the strangest film I have seen