A Former French Resistance Member Who Named Himself After His Favorite Author, Jean-Pierre Melville Merits a Retrospective
There’s not an out-and-out loser among his 13 films. Even the least convincing is imbued with density of vision, cinematic stylishness, and some-or-other quiddity that is more than mere diversion. He was a master.

‘The Complete Melville’
Film Forum
July 26-August 1
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