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 ...
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 ...
Ronan Bennett has been on a roll for the past few years after being attached to some of the biggest shows on streaming platforms. From Top Boy on Netflix to The Day of the Jackal on Peacock and ...
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 ...
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 ...
I'm doomed, do you hear, doomed, doomed, doomed! But that's okay. You know why? Because you're doomed, doomed, doomed, too! The universality of doom is, of course, the philosophical first position in ...