There is a scene in “Mon Oncle,” a 1958 comedy directed by French filmmaker Jacques Tati, where Monsieur Hulot, a Buster Keaton-like character played by Tati himself, visits his nephew at the ...

This was Jacques Tati in 1973, in a scene from his final film, Parade, an homage to the circus and music-hall traditions that had nourished him. It was the only time this particular routine, which he ...

“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 ...

MADRID -- Adding to its 5,000-title film catalog, Studiocanal has acquired worldwide rights beyond French theatrical and festivals to all Jacques Tati's movies.

Jacques Tati at SBS On Demand Classic films from the French comic trailblazer ... M. Hulot's Holiday, Mon Oncle, Trafic, as well as his 1974 made-for-TV film Parade ...

A scene from Jacques Tati's Playtime ( The Criterion Collection ) The Criterion Collection recently released the handsome 12-disc Complete Jacques Tati set ($124.95), a celebratory occasion for ...

French actor-director Jacques Tati’s singular but finite filmography affords the chance to take in the whole ... Playtime (1967) and Trafic (1971)—and the made-for-television Parade (1974).

The film sees Tati’s Chaplain-esque Hulot, a quiet, simple man in his trademark trench coat, hat and pipe, try to navigate a modern, sterile, pseudo-futuristic Paris, with hilarious results. And ...

Through his bumbling alter-ego Monsieur Hulot, the French director Jacques Tati struck the perfect balance of unadulterated whimsy and deft social satire. Hulot lumbered through four of Tati’s ...

The Criterion Collection announced their October titles for release. The dazzling roster of films starts with the collector’s set The Complete Jacques Tati, which contains all the features ...