French and French-language Films

Man Bites Dog: strong satire on Western cultures’ obsession with sadistic violence

Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel, Benoît Poelvoorde, “C’est arrive près de chez vous” (“It could happen

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Jules Dassin, “Rififi” (1955) A film about a technically perfect crime, only for its participants

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Georges Franju, “Eyes without a Face” / “Les yeux sans visage” (1959) Lean and elegant in

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Henri-Georges Clouzot, “Les Diaboliques” aka “The Devils” (1955) At first “Les Diaboliques” doesn’t seem anything

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Henri-Georges Clouzot, “Wages of Fear” (1953) On paper, this movie’s plot looks so simple, even

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Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro, “Delicatessen” (1991) How to describe this droll French movie that

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Barbet Schroeder, “Inju, la bête dans l’ombre” (2008) Enjoyably silly movie about a literature academic

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Jean-Luc Godard, “Bande à part” aka “Band of Outsiders” (1964) Once upon a time, the French

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Jean-Luc Godard, “Contempt” (1963) Partly set among some stunningly postcard-perfect islands rising out of the

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Jean Renoir, “The Rules of the Game” (1939) When you hear that a rich French

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