Kent Jones’ documentary Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)  is in theaters now. It tells the story of a monumental interview with Alfred Hitchcock conducted by François Truffaut in 1962 and the subsequent book that would inspire countless filmmakers since. Diabolique has reviewed the film, ...

In 1962 François Truffaut, the newly world-renowned director and film critic, sat down with Alfred Hitchcock for an extended interview. This interview, in which the two discussed Hitchcock’s films—and cinema in general—was immortalized in Hitchcock: The Definitive Study of Alfred Hitchcock, ...

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau (2014) is one of those few “making of” documentaries that tells a genuinely interesting story. The circumstances surrounding and major players involved in the filming of The Island of Dr. ...

For cinephiles who live in or near New York City and are interested in seeing an intriguing blend of contemporary and restored Japanese films, Japan Cuts is the festival for you. Belladonna of Sadness (1973) and Strayer’s Chronicle (2015) will likely be of particular interest for readers ...

For those who are intrigued by director Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy’s self-professed love of silent cinema, The Tribe (2015) is both a delightful experience—paying homage to that earlier form of cinematic expression—and a shocking display of frank sexuality and brutality on a ...

Introduction Ingmar Bergman is arguably most well known for his explorations of the female psyche and placing his characters in emotionally charged situations that are supplemented by the outstanding cinematography of Sven Nykvist. With the exception of Persona (1966), Cries ...

Based on Marquis de Sade’s Justine (or The Misfortunes of Virtue), Vice and Virtue (1963) transposes the setting of its source text to that of German occupied France during the final years of World War II. Director Roger Vadim says ...

Those who are familiar with only Federico Fellini’s most famous works, such as La dolce vita (1960), La strada (1954), or 8 1/2 (1963), may not be prepared for what Fellini Satyricon (1969) has to offer. A defining characteristic many ...