French filmmaker Jacques Tati went bankrupt while creating 'Playtime,' but years later, it ended up becoming his magnum opus.
Follow filmmaker Jacques Tati’s journey to the heights of cinema history. Filmmaker Jacques Tati bet all he had on his fourth feature “Playtime,” a mammoth film that prematurely ended the career of a ...
Film Forum, the non-profit cinema located in New York City, has unveiled its Winter repertory slate. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1948 film “The Red Shoes” is on tap for a two week run, ...
During the Occupation of France in World War II, Jacques Tati lived for a time in the sleepy village of Saint-Sévère-sur-Indre in the Centre-Val de Loire region, known to tourists for its imposing ...
It’s been quite a year for Jacques Tati fans. On the heels of an exhibition this summer at the Cinémathèque Française devoted to the French director, Tati’s classic “M. Hulot’s Holiday” is currently ...
This is a brief bio of the life of Tati through his works. Begins with his silent period, then feature films, and shows many examples from the short films on this disc. For someone with such a limited ...