(L’ARMÉE DES OMBRES, Jean-Pierre Melville, France 1969, 145 min., French with subtitles, 35mm)

The most critically acclaimed film event of 2006 was the first-ever US release of Melville’s heart-stopping thriller. In France during the final year of the German occupation, a group of resistance agents find their plans subverted from without and within. The fine cast includes Lino Ventura, Jean-Pierre Cassell, and in one of her greatest performances, Simone Signoret.