In "The Myth of Sisyphus", his most important non-fiction work, Albert Camus suggested that if we believed what most people claim to be the purpose of life, we would feel compelled to commit suicide. If, however, we accept that life… — Philip French Copy Share Image
The Pink Panther wasn't shown to the press for reasons that soon became apparent when I saw it at a public performance. Two people (20 per cent of the audience) laughed; one was Chinese, the other, whom I couldn't see, might have been an escaped hyena. This laughless francophobic comedy stars its co-scriptwriter, Steve Martin, in what is, by my… — Philip French Copy Share
Casablanca is back on the big screen in a new print and looks and sounds better as time goes by. It is the product… — Philip French Copy Share Image
In "The Myth of Sisyphus", his most important non-fiction work, Albert Camus suggested that if we believed what most people claim to be the… — Philip French Copy Share Image
In the late 1930s, both the British and American movie industries made a succession of films celebrating the decency of the British Empire in… — Philip French Copy Share Image
There is a perversion, much practised in Hollywood movies, that might be called sado-paternalism, whereby a surrogate father treats a gifted but difficult pupil… — Philip French Copy Share Image
The American independent cinema is as formulaic as Hollywood and one genre is what you might call the 'inaction movie'. The setting is invariably… — Philip French Copy Share Image
