Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on December 5, 2017

The Fire Within (Le feu follet) Directed by Louis Malle Written by Louis Malle from a novel by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle 1963/France Nouvelles Editions de Films First viewing/Netflix rental Well-made but too damned depressing. Alain LeRoy is thirty-something and for four months has resided in a sa   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on April 18, 2016

Director Malle sets up The Fire Within as a series of events. They don’t feel like events–or even vignettes–because protagonist Maurice Ronet is so transfixing. As the film progresses and the viewer gets to know Ronet better, gets to understand him better, Fire changes. The film i   read more