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 ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about women in comedy. The highest-grossing film in French History is, curiously, an American film: Titanic. However, the ...

Presented by the French and Francophone Studies Program of the Brandeis University Department of Romance Studies. The second Albertine French Film Festival at Brandeis University brings to campus a ...

France has a long and proud filmmaking tradition across every genre, and the best French comedy movies showcase the unique ...

My Journey Through French Cinema (2017), Bertrand Tavernier’s César-nominated three-and-a-half-hour tour through French film history, was too short to introduce audiences to all that he wanted to ...

France and the U.S. have a long and shared history in film, with a relationship that has always been very open to conversation and mutual influence and inspiration. This legacy is a major focus of ...

“Nouvelle Vague” may be French New Wave fan service, which works fine for me because I’m a fan of the French New Wave. If you care about film history, chances are you qualify as well. But what about ...