The Criterion Collection announced plans to release a newly restored version of Jean-Pierre Melville's 1970 crime drama Le Cercle Rouge (The Red Circle). The film has been restored with a new, uncut ...

JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE’S 1970 Le Cercle Rouge is a breath of bitingly crisp air, even in an atmosphere thick with smoke from too many Gauloises. Running Friday, June 20 through Thursday, June 26 at the ...

The epigram that opens Jean-Pierre Melville's 1970 policier Le Cercle Rouge explains the title (translation: "The Red Circle") as a Buddhist principle on predestination, stating simply that all men ...

Jean-Pierre Melville is a director that has probably been loved more by directors and filmmakers than general audiences. John Woo swears by him. Quentin Tarantino adores him. Walter Hill was hip to ...

The Road director John Hillcoat has been in the news quite a bit recently. Last week we covered the news that Hillcoat would be directing a film called The Revenant next. He's also attached to a few ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

It's altogether fitting that the American Film Institute should christen its new home in Silver Spring with a revival screening of "Le Cercle Rouge." Jean-Pierre Melville's lean, elegant 1970 police ...

Bernard Stora Denoël, Paris, 2025, 432 pages, 26 euros.

Recently released from prison, thief Corey sets out to rob a jeweller. He recruits Vogel, a fellow convict on the run, for this risky job. However, Vogel is being pursued by Inspector Mattei, who ...

Genèse d'un chef-d'oeuvre. Film adoré par des générations de spectateurs, Le Cercle rouge de Jean-Pierre Melville reste la référence absolue du polar et une source d'inspiration pour les cinéastes du ...

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