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Tag / Jean-Pierre Melville

February 6, 2024February 15, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Cercle Rouge, Le (1970)

  • Criterion Collection, Melville, Jean-Pierre
  • 1970, France, Jean-Pierre Melville
  • 3 Comments

A masterful crime thriller by Melville with one of the most intricate heist sequences ever shot.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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January 23, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Army of Shadows (1969)

  • Criterion Collection, Melville, Jean-Pierre
  • 1969, France, Jean-Pierre Melville
  • 4 Comments

This moody piece detailing the state-of-mind of several members of the French Resistance during WWII is arguably Melville’s greatest work and one of the finest films ever made about the subject.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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December 18, 2023November 7, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Samourai, Le (1967)

  • Criterion Collection, Melville, Jean-Pierre
  • 1967, France, Jean-Pierre Melville
  • 14 Comments

This slow-burner suspense classic, and one of Melville’s most influential works, is an excellent character study of the ‘hitman’.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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November 28, 2023February 6, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Leon Morin, Priest (1961)

  • Criterion Collection, Melville, Jean-Pierre
  • 1961, France, Jean-Pierre Melville
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A sensually shot if also subtly erotic take on religion and desire, handled with deft skill by the great Melville.  

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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September 5, 2022September 5, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Le doulos (1962)

  • Criterion Collection, Melville, Jean-Pierre
  • 1962, France, Jean-Pierre Melville
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Twists and revelations are aplenty in this intricately-plotted, suspense-driven crime noir that sees Melville and Belmondo collaborate for the second time.ย 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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August 23, 2022February 6, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Bob le flambeur (1956)

  • Criterion Collection, Melville, Jean-Pierre
  • 1956, France, Jean-Pierre Melville
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Melvilleโ€™s sly if laidback anti-heist noir (if there ever was one) is an absorbing take on how individuals and the collective operate in matters of vice and deception. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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