Claude Chabrol

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A Girl Cut in Two

High-quality perversity
The title of Claude Chabrol’s 2007 black comic morality tale — La fille coupée en deux — serves as a playful reminder of the role women usually play on the screen.
By PETER KEOUGH | September 04, 2008

Interview: Ludivine Sagnier

Nude? Naked?
As sultry French starlets go, 29-year-old Ludivine Sagnier is as advertised.
By PETER HYMAN | August 26, 2008

Cherchez les femmes

Women dominate the 13th Annual Boston French Film Festival
Women have always dominated French cinema — just not from behind the camera.
By PETER KEOUGH | July 01, 2008

Power suit

Chabrol’s latest; Paul Robeson at the MFA
Claude Chabrol initiated the French New Wave with Le beau Serge and Les cousins, and for a decade after his work was as shiny as anyone’s.
By GERALD PEARY | February 14, 2007

Lemming

A red herring
Combining the generic precision of Claude Chabrol and the perversity of Michael Haneke, Dominik Moll makes some of the creepiest films in Europe.
By PETER KEOUGH | July 19, 2006

Shock value

The 11th Boston French Film Festival
Moviegoers seeking release from the increasingly unavoidable escapism of superhero movies will find much to enjoy in the 11th Boston French Film Festival.
By A.S. HAMRAH | July 05, 2006

Seven heaven

Readers speak out on the best directors
Who are the world’s greatest living narrative filmmakers, what I call the Magnificent Seven?
By GERALD PEARY | April 28, 2006