Author Spotlight

Andrew Sarris

Andrew Sarris (1928–2012) was a longtime critic at the Village Voice (from 1960 to 1989) and the New York Observer (from 1989 to 2009), and the author of numerous books, including The American Cinema: Directors and Directions, 1929–1968 and “You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet”: The American Talking Film, History and Memory, 1927–1949. He was also a professor of film at Columbia University.

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The Golden Coach

Anna Magnani’s flair for demotic street comedy was transfigured into stylized nobility by sumptuous costuming and Jean Renoir’s formal camera work.

By Andrew Sarris

Essays— Aug 3, 2004
French Cancan

This kinetic and ineffably voluptuous musical is the happiest and most exuberant ripple in Jean Renoir’s career as a river of personal expression.

By Andrew Sarris

Essays— Aug 3, 2004
Stolen Kisses: Drenched with Desire

François Truffaut’s third Antoine Doinel installment is a perpetual juggling act by which harsh truths are disguised as light jokes.

By Andrew Sarris

Essays— Apr 29, 2003
Variety Lights

Alberto Lattuada’s gifts for dramatic narrative were joined for the first and last time with Federico Fellini’s flair for cartoonish satire and lyrical sentiment.

By Andrew Sarris

Essays— Aug 29, 2000
Alphaville

Jean-Luc Godard’s stripped-down science-fiction drama depicts a computer-controlled society at war with artists, thinkers, and lovers.

By Andrew Sarris

Essays— Oct 20, 1998
The Woman Next Door
The French do not have to take crash courses in order to deal with the man/woman thing. It is in their blood and in their civilization. Hence, they do not have to compensate for a habitual sexism with extravagant portraits of adventurous Amazons and …

By Andrew Sarris

Sep 20, 1994
Lola Montès

Max Ophuls’s masterpiece is a transformation of a conventional subject into an avant-garde adventure, and a spectacular stylistic breakthrough in the utilization of wide screen and color.

By Andrew Sarris

Essays— Nov 11, 1986