The reopening of Film Forum today, after several months of renovation and expansion (it has grown from three screens to four), is being launched auspiciously, with the first complete American ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. This winter, the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) presents a ...

Jeanne Moreau and Jean Gabin in "Touchez pas au grisbi" Often fixated on process, Becker could turn the most mundane, unremarkable bits of work into hypnotic cinema. His fanciful crime drama Dernier ...

Based on the true story of a French prison break and a book by ex-con José Giovanni, the 1960 film is hitting screens with a brand new 4K restoration. Praised for its realism and intensity, Jacques ...

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Jacques Becker (1906-1960) is a classic case of the artist who comes in between. An assistant to Jean Renoir on several films in the ’30s, he was too young to be a full participant in the golden age ...

Some arts lovers live in restless hope, forever seeking previously unappreciated masterworks. Others sit serenely, confident that everything worth revering is already known. The two-week retrospective ...

Jacques Becker, currently the subject of a full retrospective at Film Forum, was once one of the most undervalued of French filmmakers, seen by many as a lesser moon of the planet Jean Renoir (who was ...