Quai des Orfevres, being for the French the equivalent of what Scotland Yard is for the British, indicates clearly that this is a detective meller [from the novel Legitime defense by S.A. Steeman]. In ...

After sifting through the clutter of suspects, alibis, witnesses, and leads that form a wayward path to the truth, detective Louis Jouvet–the jaded conscience of H.G. Clouzot's unearthed 1947 ...

Next Saturday at the Festival, Anthony Lane will screen and discuss Henri-Georges Clouzot’s 1947 film “Quai des Orfèvres” in our series of “overlooked masterpieces.” (Buy tickets here.) In “5001 ...

Brooding, beautifully made and drenched in atmosphere, Henri-Georges Clouzot’s knockout 1947 crime thriller/film noir “Quai des Orfèvres” is back in town. Originally released in the U.S. as “Jenny ...

Au cœur de Paris, le 36 quai des Orfèvres incarne à lui seul une page riche de l’histoire policière de la capitale. Siège ...

An urbane police procedural, a cracking whodunnit, a Golddiggers sex comedy and a stealth backstage musical, Henri-Georges Clouzot's sprightly entertainment Quai des Orfevres (1947) concerns -- ...

This new collection of his restored films includes some of his very best work: Le corbeau (1943), a tale of poison pen letters in wartime France; Quai des Orfèvres (1947), the complex and twisted ...

Oscar-winning filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie and his producing partner Heather McQuarrie have signed a first-look deal with Gaumont (Narcos). Under the pact, Christopher McQuarrie will write, direct ...

Down-and-dirty politics at Paris police headquarters lead to extremely dark places in "36 Quai des Orfevres." International auds should gladly surrender their time for a gritty, intricate tale whose ...

The skillful writer-director Henri-Georges Clouzot is mainly known for his corrosive misanthropy. Yet surprisingly, this accomplished 1947 noir turns that misanthropy precisely on its head without ...

The skillful writer-director Henri-Georges Clouzot (The Wages of Fear, Diabolique) is mainly known for his corrosive misanthropy (his creepy The Raven, a story about poison-pen letters in a village ...