SIFF’s Jacques Tati retrospective concludes Jan. 15-18 with Monsieur Hulot s Holiday (1953), the international hit that established his innovative stylistic armature of gags in long shot, sharply ...

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 ...

Jacques Tati is among the eccentric visionaries of international cinema, a meticulous craftsman, gifted physical comedian and acerbic social observer all rolled into one. His best films, including Mr.

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Not yet available for streaming. Though he made only a handful of films, director, writer, and actor Jacques Tati ranks among the most beloved of all cinematic geniuses. With a background in music ...

During the Occupation of France in World War II, Jacques Tati lived for a time in the sleepy village of Saint-Sévère-sur-Indre in the Centre-Val de Loire region, known to tourists for its imposing ...

Follow filmmaker Jacques Tati’s journey to the heights of cinema history. Filmmaker Jacques Tati bet all he had on his fourth feature “Playtime,” a mammoth film that prematurely ended the career of a ...