Edith Scob, the French actress whose illustrious career in film and theater spanned nearly six decades, died Wednesday at the age of 81. Her agent confirmed she died in Paris but did not reveal a ...

A successful plastic surgeon with controversial views on skin grafting; a well-appointed villa that houses a secret operation theatre; a loyal staffer who is a keeper of secrets; a young woman who is ...

Édith Scob (October 21, 1937 – June 26, 2019) was a French film and theatre actress, best known for her role as the daughter with a disfigured face in Eyes Without a Face (1960). Scob was born Édith ...

Edith Scob as Christiane in 'Eyes Without a Face': radiant and otherworldly This new dual format DVD/Blu-ray edition from the BFI looks wonderful. The black and white film and its soundtrack sparkle.

Georges Franju’s 1960 feature debut, “Eyes Without a Face” is either a horror film disguised as an art film or vice versa. It was originally shown in the U.S. in a dubbed version called “The Horror ...

Hats off to Olivier Assayas’s plain yet hauntingly beautiful Summer Hours, a true—albeit nonsecular—meditation on art and eternal life. The first half hour belongs to a time-honored genre, the country ...

Masterpieces make their own rules, and it's hard to think of a work I can compare to Olivier Assayas's hauntingly beautiful film Summer Hours. It centers on works of art, yet it's the least arty film ...

(From L) Argentinian director Gaspard Noe, US director Benicio Del Toro, French director Laurent Cantet, Palestinian director Elia Suleiman, Argentinian director Pablo Trapero and Spanish director ...

Olivier Assayas has explored multiple genres and styles during his 20-odd years as a director, but he’s best identified with flashy genre deconstructions like Irma Vep, Demonlover, and Boarding Gate.