Tag Archives: Sandrine Bonnaire

crime and passion (film: Les innocents aux mains sales – Claude Chabrol, 1975)

They say that to assess the skills of a director, it is good to see not only his best films, but also those that for one reason or another failed with the public or in the eyes of critics. ‘Les … Continue reading

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extreme forms of the struggle of the classes (film: La cérémonie – Claude Chabrol, 1995)

Claude Chabrol‘s ‘La cérémonie‘, adapted from a novel by Ruth Rendell, ends about where Stanley Kubrick’s and Anthony Burgess’ ‘A Clockwork Orange’ begins. The ceremony in the title is a shocking act of violence, and I won’t say more to … Continue reading

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road to abyss (Film: Sans toit ni loi – Agnes Varda, 1985)

The retrospective of Agnès Varda‘s films that we have enjoyed for the last month at the local cinematheque gave us the opportunity to see the digitally reconditioned version of her wonderful 1985 film ‘Sans toit ni loi‘ (English title is … Continue reading

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