Playtime: Jacques Tati’s masterpiece took cinema close to a video game
The French director’s 1967 film lets the viewer decide what stories they want to follow – and it is an unparalleled delight
September 2022
Playtime review – a bubblegum take on Monsieur Hulot
Playtime review – quirky gags and mimed mayhem as Tati comedy takes the stage
October 2016
Pierre Etaix obituary
Film director and actor who kept the tradition of slapstick alive
November 2014
Playtime review – Jacques Tati’s late masterpiece
The satire might be a bit genteel at times, but its recurrent brilliance can’t be doubted, writes Peter Bradshaw
October 2014
Jacques Tati’s Playtime: life-affirming comedy
David Lynch is an enthusiast, so is Wes Anderson. Jonathan Romney plays tribute to Jacques Tati and to Playtime, his complex comedy about modern life
August 2014
Film blog
Timing is everything: why Tati's The School for Postmen delivers
Peter Bradshaw: Watch Jacques Tati's short comedy about a bumbling postman on a bike to see why the French director ranks up with Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton as one of the world's great film-makers
January 2010
Jacques Tati's lost film reveals family's pain
Grandson of Hulot star accuses film-makers of sabotaging script of new animated movie
November 2009
Philip French's classic DVD
DVD Classic: The Jacques Tati Collection
The Jacques Tati Collection reviewed by Philip French
May 2002
Tati for now
A gem has been restored for Cannes and David Lynch is overjoyed. Geoffrey Macnab reports.
