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LE SAMOURAI (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967)
Alain Delon claimed his most melancholy role, and a brutal one, as hitman Jef Costello in Jean-Pierre Melville’s electrifying Le samouraï. Jef doesn’t make mistakes; his careful arrangement of de… more »
Dennis Grunes
Essentials: WWII In Occupied Europe
cinemascream wrote 3 weeks ago: World War II has always been a firm favourite in British cinema. It was a nice, clear, black and wh … more »
Quote of the Day: Frere Jacques
dcairns wrote 1 month ago: “Like Moliere, Jacques Becker died on a strange and terrible battlefield: that of artisitic c … more »
Quote of the Day: shades of memory
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dcairns wrote 1 month ago: Jean-Pierre Melville: ‘The war period was awful, horrible and … marvellous!’ Rui … more »
Bande à part (Band of Outsiders) (1964)
Fletcher wrote 5 months ago: Bande à part is a Godard movie about a robbery. It is also the story of a love-triangle with three … more »
LE SAMOURAI (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967)
grunes wrote 7 months ago: Alain Delon claimed his most melancholy role, and a brutal one, as hitman Jef Costello in Jean-Pierr … more »
UN FLIC (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1972)
grunes wrote 7 months ago: Usually the heist or robbery doesn’t arrive until the climax, and it unfolds after-hours in near s … more »
The Metal What?
Fletcher wrote 7 months ago: Today’s half-coherent psychoanalytic ramblings are brought to you by the phallus. Isn’t … more »
THE RED CIRCLE (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970)
grunes wrote 7 months ago: This may be Jean-Pierre Melville’s most concentrated film, and it is certainly so during the jewel … more »
SECOND BREATH (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1966)
grunes wrote 8 months ago: From the novel Un reglement de comptes, by José Giovanni, Le deuxième souffle is among Jean-Pierre … more »
TWO MEN IN MANHATTAN (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1958)
grunes wrote 8 months ago: Written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, who also took the lead role of a sanctimonious journal … more »
L’AINE DES FERCHAUX (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1963)
grunes wrote 8 months ago: Dieudonné Ferchaux (Charles Vanel, excellent as usual) is a Parisian banker an imminent investigati … more »
LEON MORIN, PRIEST (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1961)
grunes wrote 8 months ago: Because of its religious material, an inheritance from the autobiographical novel by Béatrix Beck o … more »
LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1949)
grunes wrote 8 months ago: Why didn’t Jean Cocteau direct this adaptation of his novel? We hear Cocteau’s voiceover through … more »
BOB LE FLAMBEUR (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1955)
grunes wrote 10 months ago: At dawn’s hazy early light, while walking home to sleep after a long night of shooting dice, a man … more »
ARMY OF THE SHADOWS (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1969)
grunes wrote 1 year ago: Jean-Pierre Melville, born Grumbach, was a member of the Resistance during the Occupation of France. … more »
LE DOULOS (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1962)
grunes wrote 1 year ago: This revised essay is more complete than any version found elsewhere on the Internet. — Dennis Gr … more »
THE SILENCE OF THE SEA (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1947)
grunes wrote 1 year ago: Jean-Pierre Melville’s (Grumbach’s) stunning debut is an adaptation of the short story by Vercor … more »
Army of Shadows (1969)
John wrote 1 year ago: [I was fortunate enough to catch this on the big screen here in Dallas. I for one am glad to see a r … more »
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