Tag: Jean Gabin

Gabin Goes Gold in Becker’s Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954) | Blu-ray Review

As part of Kino Lorber’s resurrection of Jean Gabin classics once owned by Criterion, on top of bringing Port of Shadows to Blu-ray, the...

Carne Spins Fatal Attractions in Port of Shadows (1938) | Blu-ray Review

Kino Lorber pilfers another title from Criterion Collection with the re-release of Port of Shadows on Blu-ray. A seminal French film noir, the film’s...

Tuesday Blus: Arturo Ripstein’s Time to Die, John Trengove’s The Wound, Etc.

This week’s edition of Tuesday Blus includes the following titles: The Wound (2017) – Kino Lorber / Maigret Sets a Trap (1958) – Kino Lorber...

The Sicilian Clan (1969) | Blu-ray Review

At the height of his tough guy persona, French superstar Alain Delon was in top form through the 1960s and 70s, headlining a number...

Two Men in Town | Blu-ray Review

Director Jose Giovanni was best known as a screenwriter for a number of important French auteurs throughout the 1960’s, having written items like Jacques...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

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Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.