Rami Malek (left) stars as “Louis Dega” and Charlie Hunnam (right) stars as “Henri ‘Papillon’ Charriére” in director Michael Noer’s PAPILLON, a Bleecker Street release. Credit: Jose Haro / Bleecker ...

After a chaotic beginning, shot largely with handheld cameras, this adaptation of two best-selling books by safecracker Henri “Papillon” Charriere (Charlie Hunnam) settles into an engrossing look at a ...

“I’ll underwrite any escape you can arrange,” the millionaire prisoner tells his framed fellow inmate. Only problem is, their penitentiary is a remote island, and “there’s no way off.” Tell that to ...

“Papillon,” a remake of the 1973 film about Devil’s Island inmate Henri “Papillon” Charrière, could be described as a prison drama, but it’s probably just as accurate to call the new movie a mystery.

No movie is immune from receiving a flashy Hollywood remake, not even a hoary old beast like the 1973 prison-escape classic “Papillon.” And that’s as it should be. Many movies more beloved than ...

The new film version of “Papillon,” based on Henri Charriere’s 1969 bestseller and its 1973 sequel, “Banco,” is rather better than the previous screen adaptation starring Steve McQueen (mouth closed) ...

The new film version of “Papillon,” based on Henri Charriere’s 1969 best-seller and its 1973 sequel, “Banco,” is rather better than the previous screen adaptation starring Steve McQueen (mouth closed) ...

“Papillon,” a remake of the 1973 film about Devil’s Island inmate Henri “Papillon” Charrière could be described as a prison drama, but it’s probably just as accurate to call the new movie a mystery.

When Michael Noer was a young boy growing up in Denmark, near the German border, he’d sneak out of bed at night and peek around the sofa to catch glimpses of movies dubbed in German that his mother ...

According to the Britannica, Devil’s Island has a growing tourist population, a great winter resort. How times have changed. In previous centuries, even in much of the last one, the place was used by ...