By Andrew Sarris 2/12/08 7:05pm

Balzac Book Goes Bust on Big Screen; Atrocities in Africa

THE DUCHESS OF LANGEAIS
RUNNING TIME 137 minutes
WRITTEN BY Pascal Bonitzer and Christine Laurent
DIRECTED BY Jacques Rivette
STARRING Jeanne Balibar, Guillaume Depardieu, Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier

Jacques Rivette’s The Duchess of Langeais (Ne Touchez pas la Hache), from a screenplay by Pascal Bonitzer and Christine Laurent, is based on Read More

By Andrew Sarris 10/08/01 12:00am

Film-Festival Opener, A Critic’s Just Dessert

Jacques Rivette’s Va Savoir (Who Knows?) , from a screenplay by Pascal Bonitzer, Christine Laurent and Mr. Rivette, opened the 39th New York Film Festival 2001 on Sept. 28. David Thomson, in his perceptively appreciative evaluation of Mr. Rivette’s long career in The New York Times , criticized the festival’s choice simply because Va Savoir Read More