The German director Max Ophüls' 1952 film "Le Plaisir" is a trilogy of short stories adapted from the writing of Guy de Maupassant..

Continuing a thread of Alain Delon films available in a retrospective collection on Criterion Channel, I watched "Monsieur Klein"..

The French New Wave's fascination for the American "Film Noir" genre found expression in a number of films by different directors..

In "France" she portrays a glamorous news anchor and investigative reporter "France De Meur" with her own show..

Continuing with his series of films arranged into 4 part anthologies according to a theme, Éric Rohmer's 1990 film "A Tale of Springtime".

Produced in 1968, "Spirits of The Dead", (alternately entitled "Tales of Mystery and Imagination"...

For a long time Alain Delon was a name I associated with the Romanian Olympic gymnast Nadia Comăneci...

As with many film directors, alongside their most well-known, career-defining films, there are films that I certainly wasn't aware of...

Surfing The New Wave : "Le Beau Serge", Claude Chabrol, "The Fire Within", Louis Malle, "Le Bonheur", Agnes Varda.

I'm always up for a dose of Eric Rohmer's carefully observed films about the dynamics of relationships that spanned 3 decades..

Jacques Demy's 1982 film "Une Chambre En Ville" (Eng: "A Room In The Town") qualifies it to be "Late Demy"...

I discovered that "Donkey Skin" was as much of a commercial success as Demy's earlier films...

Two films that fall under the blanket term of being "Anime", one French and the other Japanese..

Love them or hate them, biopics can vary enormously when they invariably focus on cultural "icons"...

I knew of Claude Chabrol as a director of the French New Wave but had not watched any of his films upon to this point...

The film opens with a furious breakneck car chase through Paris as Fred is being pursued by the gangster's henchmen..

"La Haine" came up as highly recommended on Apple+ as a breakthrough film for its' director, Mathieu Kassovitz, and for the subject matter..

Varda used actors who would not normally be cast in Hollywood films and there really is a strong "Withnail & I" comedic vibe...

I watched Marco Ferrari's 1973 film "La Grande Bouffe" (Eng: "The Blow-Out", though it translates more accurately as "The Big Feast")..

As per usual, I watched these three films - all first-time viewings - out of chronological order...