An evening of Guy de Maupassant on film

The 19th Century French writer Guy de Maupassant had a spare style and an acute understanding of social class and psychology, both characteristics which lend themselves well to cinematic adaptation. Criterion’s Blu-ray edition of Jean Renoir’s A Day in the Country and the older Montparnasse DVD edition of Robert Wise’s Mademoiselle Fifi represent the best of de Maupassant on film.

Blasts from the past

The revival of Flipside

Acting Up a Storm

Demons and vampires from the ’70s

Late winter/early spring Arrow viewing, part one

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