“Natan” elaborates on a footnote in French film history, offering a one-hour documentary portrait as a sort of substitute for a man completely forgotten — or worse, unflatteringly misremembered — to ...

Mention Bernard Natan to even the most obsessive connoisseur of French cinema and you’re liable to get a blank stare. If recognized at all, the name might call up a vague association with sleaze and ...

Irish documentary tells little-known story of producer and studio head targeted first by the Nazis, then by an American film professor. How many times can you murder a man? The Nazis, aided by the ...

This quixotic documentary seeks to defend Jewish entrepreneur Bernard Natan against claims that he got his start peddling silent-era pornography. Surely an interesting study could be made of the first ...

This quixotic documentary seeks to defend Jewish entrepreneur Bernard Natan against claims that he got his start peddling silent-era pornography. “Natan” elaborates on a footnote in French film ...