'Max and the Junkmen': A police procedural that moves at Paris' pace

"No ordinary policeman": This is how director Claude Sautet's intriguing 1971 drama "Max and the Junkmen" describes the Max of the title, a Paris officer of the law whose black fedora matches his black tie and black suit, which all match his tensely fatalistic outlook.

Michael Phillips

January 10, 2013