If John Ford is Homer, then José Bénazéraf is… Marcel Proust. -Tagline for JOË CALIGULA If cinephiles speak about Moroccan-born, French filmmaker José Bénazéraf today, he’s remembered mostly for his prolific direct-to-video, increasingly hardcore output from the 1970s and 1980s. Not a terrible legacy, but few people remember that Bénazéraf started out on the fringes … Continue reading THE PROUST OF THE SOFTCORE: THE CRIME FILMS OF JOSÉ BÉNAZÉRAF