It may have been made in 1969, but since Jean-Pierre Melville's Army of Shadows has never before screened theatrically in the U.S., it qualifies in my book as a new release. And, in my book, it's the best picture so far this year. A devastating,masterfully realized story about a handful of members of the French Resistance -- the Army of Shadows of the title -- the film occupies a strange, wonderful place somewhere between noir, melodrama, and realism. It's currently playing at the Film Forum in New York, and it's not to be missed.

# posted by Matthew Ross @ 5/02/2006 01:56:00 PM

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FWIW, ARMY OF SHADOWS has played in retrospectives, such as 20+ years ago at Chicago's Facets Cinematheque, but this restored print with the new subtitles is immaculate and a stunner.
# posted by  Ray Pride @ 5/02/2006 5:18 PM  

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