Led by a short, rotund man who carries a briefcase and speaks as if conserving his last reserves of emotion, the heroes of Army of Shadows engage in little of what counts for action these days. And ...

If your favorite part of Jean-Pierre Melville’s Army Of Shadows, or the 1943 Joseph Kessel novel that inspired the film, was the World War II French Resistance stuff, you’ll be happy to know that none ...

Film Forum is presenting a restored version of Jean-Pierre Melville’s “Army of Shadows” (1969) on the heels of its retrospective dedicated to the revered director. By many lights, this late film is ...

France, 1942, under German occupation. Philippe Gerbier, a civil engineer, is a French Resistance commandant. Denounced by a French collaborator, he is interned in a concentration camp. He manages to ...

Set in 1942 and ’43 and shot in 1969, Jean-Pierre Melville’s Army of Shadows follows a small group of French resistance fighters in their desperate struggle to survive the Nazis. The movie, too, has ...

Ronan Bennett is heading back to U.K. network Channel 4 for the first time since his breakout hit “Top Boy.” The BAFTA-winning writer and showrunner, most recently known for creating hit TV shows “The ...