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I've seen four of these -- "Rules," "Band of Outsiders," "Umbrellas," "Beauty & the Beast."

"Rules" is one of my favorite movies: "Everyone has his reasons." And there's quite a story about this too -- negative destroyed and Renoir had to reconstruct it. Severely cut and panned initially. Its reputation has improved tremendously over the years. It's also a perennial favorite on the Sight & Sound Top 10.

I've always been puzzled by this -- in French the title uses the singular "Rule." In English the title is in plural. Interestingly in De Sica's masterpiece the reverse happens. The Italian title uses the plural "thieves," whereas the English title is normally "The Bicycle Thief." And the interesting thing about this is that the Americans usually use the singular but the Brits use "Bicycle Thieves"!

I've heard of most of the others and am familiar with the directors. The only one I've not heard of is "Wages of Fear." I had to look this one up. Usually the Clouzot that comes up is "Diabolique" (there was a USA remake a few years ago). I did see "Diabolique."

I make it a point to see classics when they are revived in movie theatres, so I still have a lot to see.