A film director is the creative leader of a movie production and is responsible for all things like interpretation and management of the artistic aspect, but sometimes, they risk it all. French ...

Jacques Tati's short comedy about a bumbling postman on a bike is exclusively available on the Guardian Film website – watch it to see why the French director ranks up with Charlie Chaplin and Buster ...

If you told Jacques Tati that his flight was delayed, he'd say terrific – and settle down to watch what he considered "the best movie of the year": people passing by. Observation gave the director all ...

“To please everyone,” according to France’s most singular comic film star, “you need a good story.” This explains why Jacques Tati never did and never will please everyone. He left conventional ...

Last week, on a whim, I set myself a task. I decided I would watch all the films of Jacques Tati. I’d only seen his Playtime in full, and parts of Mon Oncle. I had time on my hands, a fever having ...

If the dawn of sound proved an abrupt and often impermeable curtain for the careers of silent-era comics, at least it proved pliable enough for an exemplary few performers and filmmakers of a later ...

Cameron Olsen has a boundless passion for the art of cinema, and loves nothing more than to closely examine the great works thereof. He has a bachelor’s degree in film from the University of Utah, and ...

Roger Ebert's pick for a Great Movie this week is Jacques Tati's Mon Oncle, and Gothamist is reminded how watching one of Tati's films is like taking a leisurely vacation (perhaps we're colored by Mr.

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In an age that prizes acceleration – where cities grow upwards and outwards at record pace, and buildings are often erected with the logic of impermanence – it’s rare to encounter an architectural ...