Charles Drazin is a lecturer on cinema at Queen Mary, University of London. His previous books include The Finest Years: British Cinema of the 1940s and In Search of The Third Man. This “canon” of French films is a list not of personal favorites (although some of them are) but of films that I think serve to illustrate some of the key themes of French Cinema. All of them, I hope, bring out the idea that the true importance of the French cinema is the degree to which it inspires and informs our own cinema—“our” meaning specifically the English-speaking cinema.
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06.15.11Ten French Films for a Revised CanonCinema
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03.20.12Tupelo Hassman: Book Tour as DocumentaryCinema
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11.29.12How to Publish a Movie Tie-In Edition in Five Easy StepsCinema
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01.31.13The Problem with Aesthetic ViolenceCinema
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02.14.13Girls and Dead PoetsCinema
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05.03.13Brian McGreevy & Sean McDonaldCinema
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09.26.14Insignificant Bullets, Evil Poachers, and L.A. CultureCinema
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04.14.16Bank Heists in a Porous WorldCinema
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05.12.16Every Movie Is a Date MovieCinema