Tag Archives: Claude Chabrol

La Nouvelle Vague – Iconic photos capture French cinema’s New Wave

Posted on 27 July 2010 by Jason Best

Fifty years ago, a bunch of radical French filmmakers set about overthrowing cinema’s old guard. Fed up with the self-importance of what they sneeringly dismissed as ‘Le cinéma du papa’ (Dad’s cinema), young Turks Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Claude Chabrol, … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | The Girl Cut in Two

Posted on 7 September 2009 by Jason Best

Dig beneath the surface of veteran French director Claude Chabrol’s droll crime thriller The Girl Cut in Two (La fille coupée en deux) lurks a dark modern-day fairy tale about innocence and corruption, power and illusion. In present-day Lyons, Ludivine … Continue reading →

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The Best view | The Girl Cut in Two – Claude Chabrol’s chaste film about perversion

Posted on 22 May 2009 by Jason Best

At the age of 78, French director Claude Chabrol is still going strong – so strong, in fact, that UK cinema distribution can’t keep up with his prolific work rate: his 70th film, the Gérard Depardieu-starring crime thriller Bellamy, premiered … Continue reading →

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