French cinema
'The Sisters Brothers': Who says Westerns are passé?
The Western film's image is to many a musty one, riven with clichés. But with “The Sisters Brothers”, Jacques Audiard’s sublime new feature film, the French filmmaker gives the…
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Joaquin Phoenix: 'Jacques Audiard is unique, even among French directors'
Jacques Audiard, best known for directing films such as "Dheepan" and "A Prophet", is back with a genuine Western, entitled "The Sisters Brothers". FRANCE 24's Vincent Roux sat…
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Film show: 'The Freshmen', 'Shéhérazade' and 'Thunder Road'
It's survival of the fittest for students hoping to study medicine here in France, an ultra-competitive race which has been fictionalized by Thomas Lilti in "The Freshmen",…
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Film show: Selling sex meets burning down greenhouses
Film critic Lisa Nesselson speaks to Eve Jackson about the week’s film news, including a preview of the Venice Film Festival, the release of Lee Chang-dong’s "Burning" - dubbed a…
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Angoulême Film Festival: Haitian cinema in the spotlight
It’s become an annual celebration of filmmaking à la française: every August the city of Angoulême in the south west of France is the place to be for French-language cinema.…
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Film show: Murder in the gay French porn industry
From motherhood and mental health in "Tully" with Charlize Theron to murder in the gay French porn industry with Vanessa Paradis in "Knife and Heart", film critic Lisa Nesselson…
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Film show: 'Sextape', 'How to Talk to Girls at Parties', 'Looking for Teddy'
Film critic Lisa Nesselson speaks to Eve Jackson about the latest film releases, including an all-female war movie, a Romeo and Juliet alien love story and a modern comedy about…
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Film show: 'Don Quixote', 'Manifesto' and 'Fakir'
From Terry Gilliam's "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" that took 20 years to make, to "Manifesto" where Cate Blanchett plays 13 different roles, film critic Lisa Nesselson speaks…
French film director Luc Besson accused of rape
Police in Paris have opened an investigation after an actress accused French film director Luc Besson of rape, judicial sources said Saturday.
Cannes 2018
Cannes challenges neoliberal order in French strike drama
Vincent Lindon leads the battle in Stéphane Brizé’s shoutfest “At War”, about a French factory strike, while Andrew Garfield goes down the rabbit hole in surreal Los Angeles film…
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France's love affair with cinema
Over a hundred years after the first commercial film was screened in Paris, the movie business is booming. Compared to their European counterparts, French people are massive…
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