The Tenant

...about Poland and its subservience to the Soviet Union. Polanski insists that films should be like the places they are based in. So The Tenant had to be French and Chinatown totally American. And when you see those films, you can smell the...

In this article: Roman Polanski, John Huston, Chinatown, Poland, Rosemary's Baby, Knife in the Water, Adolf Hitler, and Soviet Union

...her. When it came time for him to be sentenced, he got cold feet and fled like a coward to Europe, where he has lived like a dandy. And those are sins that even critically acclaimed films like "Chinatown" and "The Tenant" cannot rinse clean.

In this article: Roman Polanski, E mail, Jack Nicholson, Chinatown, Europe, Switzerland, and United States

...headache fighting extradition. By the way, I don't think "Chinatown" was his best movie -- OR Rosemary's Baby. I think it was "The Tenant," a brilliantly dark comedy that died at the box office because it was released, as I recall,...

In this article: Gene Weingarten, Roman Polanski, Tomato, Harriet Tubman, Twitter, God, Gina Barreca, and Washington, D.C.

...of extra-legal, invading or supernatural forces conspiring to wreck havoc on unsuspecting victims. Frantic, The Pianist, Cul-de-sac, The Tenant and The Ninth Gate fall into this category, as does the devious way the U.S. and Swiss police...

In this article: Roman Polanski, The Ninth Gate, California, U.S., Zurich Airport, Cannes Film Festival, The Club Dumas, Hollywood, and Zurich

...Polanski is that. He has made some astonishingly good films over the years, films that rank among my personal favourites: Repulsion, The Tenant, Macbeth, Tess, Frantic. Hell, I even liked Bitter Moon. But does being a brilliant artist let him...

In this article: Roman Polanski, Adolf Hitler, David Irving, Repulsion, Switzerland, Hillary Clinton, US, and Nicolas Sarkozy

...directing "Chinatown" and "Tess," and for his screenplay for "Rosemary's Baby." His other major films include "Repulsion," "Macbeth," "The Tenant," "Frantic," "Bitter Moon," "Death and the Maiden" and "The Ninth Gate." © MMIX, CBS...

In this article: Roman Polanski, United States, Academy Awards, Bernard Kouchner, France, Zurich Film Festival, and Rosemary's Baby

...seems wrong." The fact that the man concerned carries a French passport and was responsible for Cul-de-Sac, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, The Tenant, Tess and The Pianist might also have something to do with it. "Yes, you can't say 'no' just...

In this article: Roman Polanski, Jean Genet, Jean Cocteau, France, Sharon Tate, Anti-Americanism, and Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

...have laid bare their inner fantasies and fears like Polanski in films which have included "Repulsion," "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Tenant" -- films of disturbing brutality shot through with voyeurism and dark humor. * In 1974 Polanski...

In this article: Roman Polanski, Oscar, The Pianist, Hollywood, Jack Nicholson, United States, World War Two, and Krakow

...goodwill with an odd followup, directing and starring as a paranoid nutcase in the moody French thriller "The Tenant." The film turns off critics and audiences, though it later achieves status as a cult favorite. In 1977, Polanski is...

In this article: Roman Polanski, Oscar, Andrzej Wajda, Jack Nicholson, Chinatown, Los Angeles, Rosemary's Baby, The Fearless Vampire Killers, and A Generation

...at the Attucks. "Boy Meets Girl - Then What?" Short films dealing with relationships. 6 p.m. Friday at the Attucks. "The Tenant" Closing-night film, 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Attucks Theatre. A drama about a doctor who aspires to cure...

In this article: Hampton University, Short films, Norfolk State, Stephanie Allain, Youssou N'Dour, and Black Snake Moan