Rififi is one of those films that is so accessible and so engaging that it’s a wonder it’s not become one of those Christmas action staples like The Great Escape (1963) or Where Eagles Dare (1968). It has everything that the American popcorn movies have and more: tension, action, even a (somewhat incongruous) song, but because it is…
Tag: Jean-Luc Godard
Shadows (1959)
“The trouble with you is, you have a case of self-induced hysteria every time you hear the word ‘existentialism’.” ‘Shadows’, directed by John Cassavetes in 1959, is an American movie set amongst the ‘beat generation’ in New York. Three siblings of African-American descent move through the jazz clubs and nightlife of the city. Two are…
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