French Cinema
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Death Shrugs at Murder: Serge Moati’s Nuit d’or (1977)
A fitfully inspired but ultimately pointless work from French filmmaker Serge Moati, Nuit d’or (1977) is an extremely odd little duck. Taking inspiration from works as random as John Boorman’s neo-noir classic Point Blank (1967) and Joe D’Amato’s mesmerizing Death Smiles on a Murderer (1973), while failing to match the brilliance of either of those… Continue reading
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No Knife to Slice: Louis Soulanes’ Les cousines (1970)
An elusive French thriller from director Louis Soulanes, Les cousines (1970) has all but slipped into obscurity despite the fact that it played throughout various parts of the world throughout the early seventies, including a run in The United States under the titles From Ear to Ear and The French Cousins. A twisted tale of… Continue reading