CLASSICS & ANTHOLOGIES
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Journalism in Film
In the history of cinema, the journalist has proven to be a tailor-made character: whether as a guardian of democracy or a relentless paparazzi, an idealistic crusader or a manipulator of truth. This cycle explores how films have represented and analyzed journalism, from 1930s Hollywood comedies to more recent, kitschy, and self-critical fictions. Audiences are invited not only to be carried away by often breathless narratives but also to take a critical look at the role of the media in society.
During the 1930s and 1940s, journalists were often depicted as smooth talkers or slightly cynical professionals, as seen in Five Star Final or His Girl Friday. These films frequently combined humor with a keen (or sometimes absent) sense of the professional ethics required by the trade. This tradition continued with great figures of American comedy such as Billy Wilder, who directed The Front Page, one of the many adaptations of the classic Broadway play, and the Coen brothers with The Hudsucker Proxy.
After the Second World War, the focus gradually shifted toward investigative journalism and its societal impact. Samuel Fuller, a World War II veteran, drew upon his own experience as a former reporter in Park Row and held a mirror up to American society with Shock Corridor. Films such as Ace in the Hole, The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum and Network revealed the dark side of tabloid journalism, while All the President’s Men painted an almost mythical portrait of the journalist as a heroic figure in the fight against corruption.
Attention is also given to more specific subgenres, including paparazzi (La Dolce Vita), whistleblowers (The Insider), war reporters and press photographers (Under Fire, Salvador, Welcome to Sarajevo) and their intermediaries (The Killing Fields), editorialists (Sweet Smell of Success), and music journalists (Almost Famous).
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La Joyeuse Suicidée
Niets is heilig
Nothing Sacred
- William A. Wellman, USA 1937 ⁄ Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger ⁄ color ⁄ 73' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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La Ville enchaînée
The Captive City
- Robert Wise, USA 1952 ⁄ John Forsythe, Joan Camden, Harold J. Kennedy ⁄ B&W ⁄ 89' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Scoop
Switching Channels
- Ted Kotcheff, USA 1988 ⁄ Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds, Christopher Reeve ⁄ color ⁄ 104' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Le Mur Invisible
De onzichtbare muur
Gentleman’s Agreement
- Elia Kazan, USA 1947 ⁄ Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield ⁄ B&W ⁄ 118' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Under Fire
- Roger Spottiswoode, USA 1984 ⁄ Nick Nolte, Ed Harris, Gene Hackman ⁄ color ⁄ 128' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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La Presse clandestine en Belgique
- Louis-Raoul Boogaerts, Belgium, UK 1942 ⁄ B&W ⁄ 5' ⁄ V: FR ⁄ ST - OND: —
De zaak van de valse Soir
Un soir de joie
- Gaston Schoukens, Belgium 1955 ⁄ Marcel Roels, Jean-Pierre Loriot, Roger Dutoit ⁄ B&W ⁄ 112' ⁄ ST - OND: NL
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Salvador
- Oliver Stone, USA 1986 ⁄ James Woods, James Belushi, Michael Murphy ⁄ color ⁄ 120' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Veronica Guerin
- Joel Schumacher, UK, USA 2003 ⁄ Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell, Brenda Fricker ⁄ color ⁄ 98' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Good Night, and Good Luck
- George Clooney, USA, France, UK, Japan 2005 ⁄ David Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson, Robert Downey Jr. ⁄ B&W ⁄ 92' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Personnel et confidentiel
Up Close & Personal
- Jon Avnet, USA 1996 ⁄ Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stockard Channing ⁄ color ⁄ 125' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Zodiac
- David Fincher, USA 2007 ⁄ Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo ⁄ color ⁄ 157' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Pas vu pas pris
- Pierre Carles, France 1998 ⁄ François Léotard, Alain Duhamel, Anne Sinclair ⁄ B&W + color ⁄ 85' ⁄ V: FR ⁄ ST - OND: —
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Frost/Nixon : L’Heure de vérité
Frost/Nixon
- Ron Howard, USA, UK, France 2008 ⁄ Michael Sheen, Frank Langella, Sam Rockwell ⁄ color ⁄ 121' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Magoo Makes News
- Pete Burness, USA 1955 ⁄ 5' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
Las Vegas Parano
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- Terry Gilliam, USA 1998 ⁄ Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Tobey Maguire ⁄ color ⁄ 116' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Le Promeneur du Champ-de-Mars
- Robert Guédiguian, France 2005 ⁄ Michel Bouquet, Jalil Lespert, Philippe Fretun ⁄ color ⁄ 116' ⁄ V: FR ⁄ ST - OND: —
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La Déchirure
The Killing Fields
- Roland Joffé, UK 1984 ⁄ Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich ⁄ color ⁄ 140' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Un été pourri
In het heetst van de zomer
The Mean Season
- Phillip Borsos, USA 1985 ⁄ Kurt Russell, Mariel Hemingway, Richard Jordan ⁄ color ⁄ 103' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Le Cri de la liberté
Cry Freedom
- Richard Attenborough, UK, Zimbabwe, USA 1987 ⁄ Denzel Washington, Kevin Kline, Josette Simon ⁄ color ⁄ 156' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Presque célèbre
Almost Famous
- Cameron Crowe, USA 2000 ⁄ Patrick Fugit, Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand ⁄ color ⁄ 123' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Michael Kael contre la World News Company
- Christophe Smith, France 1998 ⁄ Benoit Delépine, Marine Delterme, Victoria Principal ⁄ color ⁄ 89' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Main basse sur la télévision
Network
- Sidney Lumet, USA 1976 ⁄ Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch ⁄ color ⁄ 120' ⁄ ST - OND: NL - FR
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Christine
- António Campos, USA, UK 2016 ⁄ Rebecca Hall, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts ⁄ color ⁄ 119' ⁄ ST - OND: FR
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Révélations
The Insider
- Michael Mann, USA 1999 ⁄ Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer ⁄ color ⁄ 157' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Bienvenue à Sarajevo
Welcome to Sarajevo
- Michael Winterbottom, UK, USA 1997 ⁄ Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei ⁄ color ⁄ 101' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Appellez nord 777
Call Northside 777
- Henry Hathaway, USA 1948 ⁄ James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb ⁄ B&W ⁄ 111' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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What’s Up, Doc?
- Robert McKimson, USA 1950 ⁄ B&W ⁄ 7' ⁄ ST - OND: NL
La Seconde Guerre de sécession
The Second Civil War
- Joe Dante, USA 1997 ⁄ Beau Bridges, Joanna Cassidy, James Coburn ⁄ color ⁄ 97' ⁄ ST - OND: FR
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Citizen Kane
- Orson Welles, USA 1941 ⁄ Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore ⁄ B&W ⁄ 119' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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His Girl Friday
- Howard Hawks, USA 1940 ⁄ Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy ⁄ B&W ⁄ 91' ⁄ ST - OND: NL
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Le journal tombe à cinq heures
- Georges Lacombe, France 1942 ⁄ Pierre Fresnay, Maria Déa, Pierre Renoir ⁄ B&W ⁄ 93' ⁄ V: FR ⁄ ST - OND: —
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Le Héros
De held
Nayak
- Satyajit Ray, India 1966 ⁄ Uttam Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Bireswar Sen ⁄ B&W ⁄ 116' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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L’Honneur perdu de Katharina Blum
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
Die Verlorene Ehre Der Katharina Blum
- Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta, West Germany 1975 ⁄ Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Dieter Laser ⁄ color ⁄ 104' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Congo vivo
- Giuseppe Bennatti, France, Italy 1962 ⁄ Gabrielle Ferzetti, Jean Seberg, Carla Bizzarri ⁄ B&W ⁄ 97' ⁄ ST - OND: NL
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De Strafkolonie
La colonia penal
- Raúl Ruiz, Chile 1970 ⁄ Mónica Echeverría, Luis Alarcón, Aníbal Reyna ⁄ B&W ⁄ 67' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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The Silver Screen
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Le Gouffre aux chimères
Het grote carnaval
Ace in the Hole
- Billy Wilder, USA 1951 ⁄ Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur ⁄ B&W ⁄ 111' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Park Row
- Samuel Fuller, USA 1952 ⁄ Gene Evans, Mary Welch, Tina Pine ⁄ B&W ⁄ 83' ⁄ ST - OND: FR
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John Doe, l’homme de la rue
John Doe, man uit de straat
Meet John Doe
- Frank Capra, USA 1941 ⁄ Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold ⁄ B&W ⁄ 122' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Maman Küsters s’en va au ciel
Mutter Küsters’ Fahrt Zum Himmel
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany 1975 ⁄ Brigitte Mira, Ingrid Caven, Margit Carstensen ⁄ color ⁄ 106' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Le Faussaire
Die Fälschung
- Volker Schlöndorff, West Germany, France 1981 ⁄ Hanna Schygulla, Bruno Ganz, Jerzy Skolimowski ⁄ color ⁄ 107' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Het gebeurde vandaag
C’est arrivé aujourd’hui
- Jean Agulhon, Belgium 1970 ⁄ color ⁄ 11' ⁄ ST - OND: NL
Le Journal
The Paper
- Ron Howard, USA 1994 ⁄ Michael Keaton, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close ⁄ color ⁄ 111' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Dernière Minute
- Maurice Cohen, France 1957 ⁄ B&W ⁄ 14' ⁄ ST - OND: NL
Le Grand Chantage
Sweet Smell of Success
- Alexander Mackendrick, USA 1957 ⁄ Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison ⁄ B&W ⁄ 96' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Cinquante ans de presse filmée
- Paul de Fru, Belgium 1982 ⁄ B&W + color ⁄ 57' ⁄ V: FR ⁄ ST - OND: —
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The Silver Screen
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Les Hommes du président
All the President’s Men
- Alan J. Pakula, USA 1976 ⁄ Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Warden ⁄ color ⁄ 130' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Vijftig jaar filmpers
- Paul de Fru, Belgium 1982 ⁄ B&W + color ⁄ 58' ⁄ V: NL ⁄ ST - OND: —
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Reporters
- Raymond Depardon, France 1981 ⁄ color ⁄ 102' ⁄ V: FR ⁄ ST - OND: —
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A Thousand Billion Dollars
Mille milliards de dollars
- Henri Verneuil, France 1982 ⁄ Patrick Dewaere, Michel Auclair, Jeanne Moreau ⁄ color ⁄ 130' ⁄ ST - OND: NL
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Pleure pas, t’es en direct
Broadcast News
- James L. Brooks, USA 1987 ⁄ William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Jack Nicholson ⁄ color ⁄ 131' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Spéciale première
The Front Page
- Billy Wilder, USA 1974 ⁄ Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon ⁄ color ⁄ 105' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Libeled Lady
- Jack Conway, USA 1936 ⁄ Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy ⁄ B&W ⁄ 98' ⁄ V: EN ⁄ ST - OND: —
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Le Jour où la terre prit feu
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
- Val Guest, UK 1961 ⁄ Edward Judd, Janet Munro, Leo McKern ⁄ B&W + color ⁄ 98' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Deux hommes dans Manhattan
- Jean-Pierre Melville, France 1959 ⁄ Jean-Pierre Melville, Pierre Grasset, Christiane Eudes ⁄ B&W ⁄ 83' ⁄ ST - OND: FR
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Bas les masques
Bloed op het voorblad
Deadline - U.S.A.
- Richard Brooks, USA 1952 ⁄ Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore, Kim Hunter ⁄ B&W ⁄ 86' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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La Douceur de vivre
La dolce vita
- Federico Fellini, Italy, France 1960 ⁄ Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée ⁄ B&W ⁄ 173' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL
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Amour et Journalisme
Love and Journalism
Karlek och journalistik
- Mauritz Stiller, Sweden 1916 ⁄ Richard Lund, Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson, Karin Molander ⁄ B&W ⁄ 43' ⁄ TIT: SV ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL ⁄ PIANO
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Five Star Final
- Mervyn LeRoy, USA 1931 ⁄ Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner ⁄ B&W ⁄ 89' ⁄ V: EN ⁄ ST - OND: —
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Shock Corridor
- Samuel Fuller, USA 1963 ⁄ Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans ⁄ B&W + color ⁄ 101' ⁄ ST - OND: FR
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Le Grand Saut
The Hudsucker Proxy
- Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, USA, Germany, UK 1994 ⁄ Tim Robbins, Paul Newman, Jennifer Jason Leigh ⁄ color ⁄ 109' ⁄ ST - OND: FR - NL