The French actress Jeanne Moreau (1928-2017) had already appeared in 20 films before “Elevator to the Gallows,” the 1958 thriller directed by Louis Malle, elevated her to stardom. Malle had seen ...
The recent death of French New Wave film star Jeanne Moreau conjures up Gallic phrases such as femme fatale, or a doomed menage a trois. But Moreau would have not broken out of the pack had not one of ...
Cahiers du Cinéma once summarily dismissed Louis Malle, a fellow traveler of the nouvelle vague but never officially one of its members, as a director “still in search of a ‘subject.’ ” But it’s ...
Légende du cinéma français, Jeanne Moreau est fan depuis des années, d'un parfum mixte, doux et puissant, d'une grande maison ...
Although closely associated with the freewheeling spirit of the French New Wave, Louis Malle had already established himself before his first narrative feature, 1958’s “Elevator to the Gallows.” Maybe ...