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 ...

Magnificent Tati. 6/28/2024 | 59m 35s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Follow filmmaker Jacques Tati’s journey to the heights of cinema history. Filmmaker Jacques Tati bet all he had on his ...

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).

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 ...