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Le Cercle Rouge (French pronunciation: [lə sɛʁkl ʁuʒ], "The Red Circle") is a 1970 crime film set mostly in Paris. It was directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and stars Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volonté, François Périer and Yves Montand. It is known for its climactic heist sequence which is about half an hour in length and has almost ...
He became well known for his minimalist film noir, such as Le Doulos (1962), Le Samouraï (1967) and Le Cercle rouge (1970), starring major actors such as Alain Delon (probably the definitive "Melvillian" actor), Jean-Paul Belmondo and Lino Ventura. Influenced by American cinema, especially gangster films of the 1930s and 1940s, he used ...
1970: Le Cercle rouge (by Jean-Pierre Melville) - the salesman by Mauboussin; 1971: Max et les Ferrailleurs (by Claude Sautet) - Loiselle; 1971: La part des lions (by Jean Larriaga ) 1971: The Widow Couderc (by Pierre Granier-Deferre) 1972: The Pebbles of Étretat (by Sergio Gobbi) 1973: The Woman in Blue (by Michel Deville) - Le premier ...
Roger Ebert, film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times for nearly half a century, and a game-changing television presenter, died Thursday at the age of 70. Ebert had been in ill health for some time.
The Red Circle, a 1915 American silent film serial; Le Cercle Rouge (lit. The Red Circle), a 1970 French crime film; See also The ...
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert inspired a generation of future film critics. Matt Singer returns the favor in 'Opposable Thumbs,' his bio of the odd couple.
Bob le flambeur (English translation": "Bob the Gambler" or "Bob the High Roller") is a 1956 French heist gangster film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Roger Duchesne as Bob. It is often considered both a film noir and a precursor to the French New Wave , the latter because of its use of handheld camera and a single jump cut .
Charles Burnett is one of the earliest Black film directors on this list. He made his mark with experimental masterpieces like “Killer of Sheep” (1978) and “To Sleep with Anger” (1990).