By Andrew Sarris 5/31/04 12:00am

Strayed Siren Emmanuelle Bears Body and Soul

André Téchiné’s Strayed , from a screenplay by Mr. Téchiné and Gilles Taurand, deals with the demoralizing civilian exodus from Paris in 1940 ahead of the occupation by the victorious German Army. The film deals with this historical moment in an arduous and yet more lyrical manner than Jean-Paul Rappeneau’s well-received but comparatively painless Bon Read More

By Andrew Sarris 7/24/00 12:00am

An Emotional French Model and the Woman Who Loves Him

André Téchiné’s Alice and Martin , from a screenplay by Mr. Téchiné and Gilles Taurand, tells a complex, convoluted love story with the lyrical force and dysfunctional frenzy that have been Mr. Téchiné’s trademarks for over a quarter of a century. Unfortunately, he has never achieved the automatic cult status of his nouvelle vague predecessors Read More