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Poulet au vinaigre [Cop au Vin] **** (1985, Jean Poiret, Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet) – Classic Movie Review 3551

Mystery genre master Claude Chabrol’s highly popular 1985 French cop thriller, wittily and punningly called Cop au Vin for its English-language release, is directed in style by the esteemed French director, expert concoctor of French provincial […]

Apr, 10

Les Misérables *** (1982, Michel Bouquet, Lino Ventura, Evelyne Bouix, Christiane Jean, Franck Cabot-David, Louis Seigner, Françoise Seigner) – Classic Movie Review 3151

Co-writer/director Robert Hossein’s 1982 drama stars Michel Bouquet, who gives a subtle, controlled and smoulderingly quiet performance as the sneering, obsessively over-law-abiding cop Inspector Javert, in a meticulous, pleasingly enjoyable French screen version of the […]

Dec, 13

Mississippi Mermaid [La Sirène du Mississippi] **** (1969, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Bouquet) – Classic Movie Review 3,024

Ah, yes, love leads to an uncertain future when you lie, cheat, rob and murder. François Truffaut turns a Cornell Woolrich novel into the moody and engaging 1969 film noir Mississippi Mermaid with the right […]

Nov, 01

The Bride Wore Black [La mariée était en noir] **** (1967, Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Bouquet, Charles Denner, Claude Rich, Michel Lonsdale, Daniel Boulanger) – Classic Movie Review 2,588

François Truffaut’s 1968 salute to Alfred Hitchcock, the French thriller film The Bride Wore Black, is a richly enjoyable, quirky entertainment. Jeanne Moreau is on great form as a widow who sets out to kill […]

Jun, 12

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