Movies
The 1996 film’s star, Melvil Poupaud, says this seaside-set story of a moody young man clueless about love is ‘very French,’ but also universal. And it’s finally getting a release in the U.S.
July 17, 2014
“Laurence Anyways” is, at heart, an intimate story of love and transformation of the physical and emotional kind.
July 3, 2013
Raoul Ruiz’s “Three Lives and Only One Death” is a sly, droll, deliciously intricate fable contemplating the human personality in all its mystery and presenting Marcello Mastroianni with one of his most challenging acting opportunities.
Nov. 29, 1996
Catherine Deneuve’s career is as enduring as her beauty because she has always taken roles that rely as much on her talent as her looks.
April 10, 1998
Don’t be taken in by the title of the glum French film “Diary of a Seducer.”
July 25, 1997
François Ozon’s coolly devastating drama ‘By the Grace of God’ follows survivors of sexual abuse by a Catholic priest in Lyon, France.
Oct. 24, 2019
In “Time to Leave,” a careless, selfish person discovers in the springtime of life that there are only weeks left before the party’s really over.
July 21, 2006
The controversial director secures French actors for his latest, a thriller in the vein of “Match Point” and “Crimes and Misdemeanors” but without the verve.
April 5, 2024
Movie review: A long path to transgender life in ‘Laurence Anyways’
Johnny Depp’s ‘Jeanne du Barry’ will open the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. It’s his first movie gig since since his legal brawl with ex-wife Amber Heard.
April 5, 2023