"The French are terrific at carrying off romantic gallantry but equally unsparing at laying bare the nastiness, the dankness and pure evil that can consume the human spirit. While French cinema is hardly free of mediocre movies, it has been sustained, like that of the Japanese, by a continual flow of gifted filmmakers grappling honestly with the human experience. At their best, French movies, past and present, remain essential viewing."
Kevin Thomas in the Los Angeles Times presents a brief history of French cinema, including a list of important films on DVD.
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