In Paris, Jef Costello is a lonely hit man who works under contract. He is hired to kill the owner of a club and becomes the prime suspect of the murder. However, his perfect alibi drops the ...

Read up on the latest Le Samouraï News, Reviews and Features from the team at Collider. After professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him ...

"What kind of man is he?" Janus Films has revealed a brand new trailer for the 4K restoration re-release of an all-timer hitman classic called Le Samouraï. This French noir thriller first opened in ...

Zach Laws is a longtime entertainment journalist and movie features writer. He is also an independent filmmaker and member of the Screen Actors Guild based out of Los Angeles. Zach grew up watching ...

Jean-Pierre Melville's sleek French noir set the template for everyone from Michael Mann to John Woo. Variety’s chief critic explains why a new 4K restoration is essential viewing. The enigmatic title ...

"Le Samourai" gained a following for its East meets West noir minimalism, but has been MIA on DVD in America until now. The Criterion Collection rectifies that sorry state of affairs with a disc sure ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alain Delon, the legendary actor and sex symbol who dominated French cinemas in the 1960s in films like “Le Samouraï” and “Purple ...

Every single frame of this modern, expressionistic work of art represents the film in its entirety — so intricately connected are its narrative, performance and cinematic elements that it is ...

After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even ...

SPOILER ALERT: The following essay discusses key plot points, including the ending. Last weekend, I took in “Le Samouraï” for what must have been the sixth or seventh time, relishing the new 4K ...