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Actors we associate with greatness can fall by the wayside immediately. Robert De Niro has blotted his copybook with too many stinkers such as Last Vegas, Little Fockers and The Intern. Poor early choices by Denzel Washington (Carbon Copy, Heart Condition), not to mention his recent weakness for vigilante movies, are enough to cancel out Malcolm X. Marlon Brando can be dismissed with five words: The Island of Dr Moreau. And Meryl Streep? A lifetime of prestige and prizes negated by The Prom. A strong contender for the title of best filmography must be John Cazale. The sad-eyed theatre actor w...

A swell of violins underscores a ballet of pastel umbrellas on a rainy cobblestone street. A burst of brass punctuates the tracking shot into a fire-engine-red mechanic shop. Like the overture of a stage musical, the opening moments of The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg ease viewers into the heightened world they’ll be visiting. Then comes the big buy-in moment: A young mechanic and a well-heeled customer discuss his car, only they sing their lines instead of speaking them. “Is it ready?” / “Yes. The engine still knocks when it’s cold, but that’s normal.” Hardly the stuff of poetry. Bu...

Sometimes the cinema images that most stick in our heads are not from the films themselves. One of the most enduring photos from the early French New Wave is of Jean Seberg, mouth open in a toothy laugh, walking down the Champs-Elysées alongside a gangling, fedora’d Jean-Paul Belmondo. This became the much-loved poster image from Jean-Luc Godard’s À bout de souffle (Breathless, 1960), but it is not from the film, or even a still: it was shot between takes by Raymond Cauchetier, the man who belatedly became famous as the defining photographer of the nouvelle vague. Cauchetier, who has ...

Creative 131 Add to collection Director Romain Quirot turns Air France’s new in-flight safety video into a magical spectacle with Aura by Omnicom and Atout France Director Romain Quirot has helmed the new in-flight safety video for Air France. Conceived by agency Aura by Omnicom and produced in partnership with Atout France, France's tourism development agency, the film is a poetic tribute to French-style travel.   Two flight attendants lead the safety briefing, which takes viewers on an elegant, lively, and fast-moving journey through the cultural touchstones and iconic landmarks of Fra...

Raymond Cauchetier, who photographed French New Wave, dies at 101 of covid-19 Harrison Smith, The Washington Post March 2, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5A photo Raymond Cauchetier took on the set of François Truffaut's 1962 movie "Jules and Jim," showing Jeanne Moreau - with a fake mustache - chased by Henri Serre and Oskar Werner.Raymond Cauchetier/La Galerie de l'InstantShow MoreShow Less 2of5Raymond Cauchetier took this 1959 photo of Jean Seberg and Jean-Paul Belmondo in Paris during the filming of "Breathless."Raymond Cauchetier/La Galerie de l'InstantShow MoreShow Less 3o...