The Sieges of Alcazar and The Man of the Badlands bookend the fascinating career of Luc Moullet.  Though he may be one of the less-decorated foot soldiers of the French New Wave, Luc Moullet is an integral member of that legendary legion of artists. His decade spanning career was hatched in the classic incubator of the French New Wave, Cahiers du Cinema, where Moullet wrote criticism that angered Françoise Truffuat and impressed a young Jean-Luc Goddard. At the start of his directorial career, his politically charged shorts failed to rustle up much attention, but he continued to release films at a steady rate from 1966 onwards.  His films are stamped with a