Esteem is a perishable commodity among filmmakers; directors lionized in their prime fall from grace into ignominy or, worse, anonymity. The movies stay the same; only the social fashions change. Of ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Forced to work in Europe because of the Hollywood blacklist, director ...

Jules Dassin’s 1964 “Topkapi” is one of two top-notch heist movies the American-French expatriate/blacklist victim made–and it’s a real departure from his other classic, 1955’s “Rififi,” with its gray ...

Once-blacklisted director Jules Dassin was rediscovered last year thanks to a theatrical reissue of his gritty 1955 heist picture Rififi, and the film's subsequent release on a sharp DVD. The time ...