The French filmmaker’s landmark crime serial, “Fantômas” (1913-1914), is coming to Blu-ray (Kino Lorber, $49.95) in what promises to be one of the most exciting releases of 2016. The 4K restoration, ...

Since Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre first introduced the character in 1911 in a series of novels, French pop culture has seen many iterations — some truer to the original than others — of ...

Fantômas is the Lord of Terror, the Genius of Evil, the arch-criminal anti-hero of a series of 32 pre-WWI French thrillers written by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain. He carries out the most ...

A GIGANTIC figure, wearing the elegant evening clothes of the Belle Époque, steps out of the horizon line and straddles the city of Paris, one foot ready to crush the Louvre. With an air of ennui, he ...

Fantômas begins as many a good tale begins: with listeners crowding around a fire. In this case, guests of the venerable Marquise surround a retired magistrate who ...

Wassim Beji, the French producer of “Boite noire,” and SND have acquired the adaptation rights to iconic French detective novels “Fantomas” and are planning a film and a series based on the franchise.

Fantômas is a fictional character created by French writers Marcel Allain (1885–1969) and Pierre Souvestre (1874–1914). One of the most popular characters in the history of French crime fiction, ...

Fantômas is a fictional character created by French writers Marcel Allain (1885–1969) and Pierre Souvestre (1874–1914). One of the most popular characters in the history of French crime fiction, ...

André Hunebelle/Gaumont In the late 1960s, Soviet people, still deprived of Hollywood blockbusters, adored the French action comedy films mocking the Bond saga. But some people took it to a whole ...

British guitarist James Blackshaw's latest release is a seamless 74-minute piece stemmed from a commission for a live score for the 1914 silent movie Le Faux Magistrat. It's his most audacious attempt ...