The least substantial movie in Lies & Deceit: Five Films by Claude Chabrol, Arrow Video’s tribute to the late, great French New Wave director, also happens to best embody the set’s spirit: In ...

For five decades Claude Chabrol navigated the unpredictable waters of Cinema, leaving in his wake fifty-five feature films that remain among the most quietly devastating genre movies ever made. Though ...

Claude Chabrol, one of the giants of French and international cinema, died on September 12, at the age of 80. To the end of his life, he kept to a daunting work regimen, directing an average of a film ...

A return to form after some recent misfires, Claude Chabrol’s “The Flower of Evil” is good nasty fun, rich in ideas and veined with perverse humor. The 50th feature from this prime mover of the ...

French filmmaker Claude Chabrol, one of the productive forefathers of the French New Wave, died Sunday in Paris. He was 80 and had been hospitalized with “severe anemia,” according to the New York ...

One of the beacons of the French New Wave, Claude Chabrol, has died at 80, according to media reports, including news from The Associated Press. Christoph Girard, who handles cultural affairs for the ...

“Right from the start,” wrote the young critic in a 1955 Cahiers du Cinéma review, “Rear Window does present an immediate focus of interest that puts it on a higher plane than the majority of [Alfred ...

In Fritz Lang's Fury, twenty-two members of a lynch mob on trial for their lives, presumably cleared by the perjured testimony of their neighbors, are proven guilty by the camera. A newsreel filmed ...

Note: Five of French director Claude Chabrol’s later films — “Betty” (1992), “Color of Lies” (1999), “Night Cap” (2000), “The Swindle” (1997) and “Torment” (1994), all featuring some of France’s ...

Claude Chabrol was one of the original instigators of the French New Wave. Like Godard, Truffaut and Rohmer, he started as a film critic. He went on to make thoughtfully successful films — often ...

Note: Five of French director Claude Chabrol’s later films — “Betty” (1992), “Color of Lies” (1999), “Night Cap” (2000), “The Swindle” (1997) and “Torment” (1994), all featuring some of France’s ...