Mike Shutt is a Writer for Collider. He is the former co-host of the No Excuses podcast and has been writing about film online since 2014, from news to film festival coverage. You can typically find ...

Perhaps the best Alfred Hitchcock thriller Hitch never made is Louis Malle's 1958 gem, "Elevator to the Gallows." With so many twists and turns, watching it is like a theme park ride gone awry. Like ...

The first reason to cheer Criterion's splendid new edition of "Elevator to the Gallows" (Ascenseur pour l'echafaud), Louis Malle's first feature, is its stunning high-definition digital transfer, ...

The directorial debut of French filmmaker Louis Malle, Elevator to the Gallows is an atmospheric thriller that brings together the beauty of actress Jeanne Moreau (in the role that catapulted her to ...

Film Noir had its day in France both before and after its classic period in the U.S. Louis Malle’s Elevator To The Gallows took the lessons of American Noir and made this unbelievably distinct debut ...

Louis Malle s 1958 film is convoluted noir with splashes of doomed romanticism, heavily ironic and more entertaining than profound. Because it features French New Wave poster girl Jeanne Moreau and an ...

Although closely associated with the freewheeling spirit of the French New Wave, Louis Malle had already established himself before his first narrative feature, 1958’s “Elevator to the Gallows.” Maybe ...

The debut feature of Louis Malle, this efficient but soulless thriller (1958) is often classified as part of the French New Wave, though that reputation seems unwarranted. The defining situation—an ...

Miles Davis’s soundtrack is the perfect moody counterpoint for Louis Malle’s 1957 noir thriller, set in Paris. It's also the driving force behind this screening, part of MoMA's “Jazz Score” series.