Movie Poster of the Week: Jean Epstein’s “Les aventures de Robert Macaire” and the Posters of Jean-Adrien Mercier
Adrian CurryA look at the 1920s and 30s French posters of Jean Adrien Mercier, “the prince of affichistes.”
Jacques Feyder
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The Forgotten: Tender Enemies
David CairnsIn Jacques Feyder’s weird pacifist fantasy, a Dutch town conquers by surrendering, politically and romantically.
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Tuesday Foreign Region DVD Report: "Le grand jeu" (Jacques Feyder, 1934)
Glenn KennyAccording to the notes on the back of this typically exemplary Eureka!/Masters of Cinema release, this 1934 film by Jacques Feyder, who from all appearances seems to be one of the handful of directors
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Ozu, Warner Archive, "Alamar," Anti-Biopics
David Hudson"By 1936, the year of Yasujiro Ozu's first feature-length talkie, The Only Son, the mature filmmaker of late masterpieces like Tokyo Story and Early Summer had become clearly recognizable, both
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The Forgotten: Entombed
David CairnsBEWARE THE BEAT OF THE CLOTH-WRAPPED FEET In Maurice Pialat's last film, Le Garcu, a strange film can be seen playing on TV in the background. Die Herrin von Atlantis, directed by G.W. Pabst, was one