The genre had shifted from shadowy backlot black-and-white mysteries to gritty, on-location films drenched in the sleaze and ...

At the advent of a wave of leftist student and worker protests in 1968 that would engulf France for several years, French cinema was in a state of flux. Gone were the days of blissful political ...

On a bright Sunday afternoon in Paris, in a packed cinema, applause erupts as end credits roll on the screen. The film that just concluded is neither the latest superhero blockbuster nor a mainstream ...

Anouk Aimee was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1966 movie "A Man and A Woman." She starred in more than 70 films before her retirement. The French cinema ...

The Shameless Old Lady. Blithely disregarding the tendency of French film makers to accent the negatives of youth, this fledgling work winsomely salutes the positives of ripe old age. Seventyish but ...