Jean Gabin Alexis Moncorgé (born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé), known as Jean Gabin (17 May 1904 – 15 November 1976), was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in ...

Jean Gabin took his first steps in cinema in the 1930s and quickly rose to fame thanks to his striking naturalness. Having become a star, he made his mark in the most famous French films, first by ...

The most notable French actor of his day, Jean Gabin (1904-1976), is well known for his many film roles, and the multitude of actresses that he romanced, most famously Marlene Dietrich, but his ...

From its opening scene, Le Quai des Brumes (Port of Shadows,1938) feels like a reverie, a period of sustained waiting, during ...

Now that the holiday season is over, it’s time to think of buying something for yourself, and two recent film books will be hard for cinephiles to resist. “Jean Gabin: The Actor Who Was France” by ...

The subversive humour and razor-sharp dialogue of the crime comedies Georges Lautner directed in the 1960s was often lost in translation, but in his native France they enjoyed a popularity comparable ...

It’s a pretty big statement to say that one man is the world’s coolest movie star, especially when it’s one that’s inspired the creation of a cartoon skunk. However, having watched every one of actor ...

It was the only French film of the 1930s, Simone de Beauvoir reported, that she and Jean-Paul Sartre jointly admired, largely for “the fog of despair enveloping the entire film.” Yet it was banned by ...

What is it? Is the stylishly lit film you’re watching full of jaundiced, blue collar types pining for lost love or just a solid slug of cognac? Are they wanted by the police or, worse, down to their ...

As far as the Belgian actress Cécile de France is concerned, her career is going very well, as shows the fact that she was chosen as the host for this year’s Cannes Film Festival as well as her roles ...