Cameron Olsen has a boundless passion for the art of cinema, and loves nothing more than to closely examine the great works thereof. He has a bachelor’s degree in film from the University of Utah, and ...

Zach Laws is a longtime entertainment journalist and movie features writer. He is also an independent filmmaker and member of the Screen Actors Guild based out of Los Angeles. Zach grew up watching ...

Jacques Tati’s comedies are divisive, not because they contain sex or violence (they don’t), but because some viewers wonder what’s supposed to be funny. Emphasizing visuals over plot, dialogue and ...

I treasure the ardent belief that the films of Jacques Tati are absolutely perfect: modest, precise, warm, clever, funny, dear. 1958’s Oscar-winning “Mon Oncle” is one of the movies that gave me that ...

Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This week: With Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues on the horizon, we look back on that rarest of rare ...

“Mon Oncle,” the 1958 film by Jacques Tati, is by far my favorite movie of all time; it inspires me on a regular basis. Tati was a comedic genius. His work references Western society’s obsession with ...

MADRID — Adding to its 5,000-title film catalog, Studiocanal has acquired worldwide rights beyond French theatrical and festivals to all the movies by famed filmmaker Jacques Tati. Inked with ...

Somewhat long for a comedy, Jacques Tati's film has inventiveness, gags, warmth and a 'poetic' approach to satire. Film took two years to make. Tati has built it via comic juxtaposition of two ways of ...