French director Olivier Marchal has begun filming new police thriller Bastion 36 for Netflix, which is billed as a contemporary cop drama adapted from Michel Tourscher’s novel Flic Requiem. Set in ...

Morgan Freeman, Olivier Marchal and Simone Ashley will be lauded at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival in June. Prince Albert II of Monaco will present Freeman with Festival’s Crystal Nymph award. It had ...

It’s a small step from stealing cherries to committing acts of extreme violence for two youngsters in “A Gang Story,” the latest crimer from Gallic cop-turned-helmer Olivier Marchal (“MR 73”). Slickly ...

PARIS — With his latest film, “A Gang Story,” nearly sold out worldwide before its release date, cop-turned-filmmaker Olivier Marchal has cemented his reputation as the kingpin of French crime on the ...

As director and co-writer, Olivier Marchal became a big player in French cinema when his crime thriller 36 Quai des Orfvres was released in 2004. With only his second full-length feature, he pulled ...

Well, it was never going to be a romantic comedy, was it? The concluding part of Olivier Marchal’s unofficial trilogy that started with Gangsters and 36 continues along the same lines as its ...

Olivier Marchal’s film proves that gangsters and crooked cops can speak French and still spin clichés. By Elisabeth Vincentelli When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through ...

Based on the autobiography of a famous 1970s French gangster, this feature film might work better as a TV series. By Jordan Mintzer A decade-spanning gangster epic that lacks both the stylistic ...