Movies
Director James Marsh’s film on the life of Samuel Beckett, starring Gabriel Byrne and written by Neil Forsyth, infuses surrealism into a conventional format.
Aug. 9, 2024
An effervescent Rebecca Marder hits nary a false note in Sandrine Kiberlain’s allegorical World War II-era coming-of-age story ‘A Radiant Girl.’
Feb. 17, 2023
Sports
Tennis Third-seeded Mary Joe Fernandez lost to Sandrine Testud, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4, and seventh-seeded Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer lost to Stephanie Rottier, 6-4, 6-4, in the Strasbourg Open in France.
May 26, 1995
Television
In Screen Gab No. 101, we recommend a new musical movie from John Carney, a baseball doc from ‘Frontline’ and a French twist on the real estate show.
Sept. 29, 2023
Books
A new film adaptation of a 2000 memoir, “Happening,” about a French woman’s illegal 1963 abortion, trades the book’s specifity for universal power.
May 3, 2022
In Screen Gab No. 66, our editor explains how ‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ got stuck in his head and Mark Boal swings by to discuss his show ‘Echo 3.’
Jan. 13, 2023
Audrey Diwan’s drama, winner of the top prize at last year’s Venice International Film Festival, mounts a powerful defense of abortion rights.
May 5, 2022
André Téchiné’s “Being 17” tells the story of two boys who can’t keep their hands off each other, and for reasons that neither of them can easily identify.
Oct. 13, 2016
Entertainment & Arts
The Mistake Room’s “Where the Sea Remembers” proves to be an ambitious exhibition showing the work of contemporary artists.
Aug. 8, 2019
‘Usually when I make comedies I like to play nasty characters,’ actress Isabelle Huppert says of her comedic roles.
July 21, 2021