Cinema of France

‘Taken 2,’ ‘The Paperboy’ slated for box office debut this weekend

Arts, Culture & Media

When the movie Taken was produced a few years ago, it would have been hard to predict a sequel could be made. But it has been, and it’ll be joined by The Paperboy in new releases this weekend.

‘Chicken with Plums’ tell universal story of creativity, family life, heartbreak

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Remembering Dutch Actress Sylvia Kristel, Star of ‘Emmanuelle’

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TV Station in Tunisia Fined for Broadcasting Animated Film ‘Persepolis’

Global Politics

French Musician Yann Tiersen Releases ‘Skyline’

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Michel Legrand’s ‘Noël! Noël!! Noël!!!’

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“Noël! Noël!! Noël!!!” is a new collection of Christmas music from composer and arranger Michel Legrand.

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The Class

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Just out on DVD, “The Class” is French film that looks so real, you might think it’s a documentary. The screenplay is based on a memoir by a teacher ? who also stars in the movie. Sarah Elzas talked with the film’s director, Laurent Cantet, who spent several months in a Paris high school in […]

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Honorary Oscar for Godard

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�French New Wave’ director Jean-Luc Godard is getting an honorary Oscar tomorrow, though some critics say he shouldn’t. They say he’s anti-Semitic and so are some of his films.That is not the way people in France see the director. Anita Elash has more.

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Remembering Eric Rohmer

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Anchor Jeb Sharp talks to Paris-based film critic Lisa Nesselson about the legacy of French film maker Eric Rohmer who died in Paris today.

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Global Hit

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Anchor Marco Werman talks about the film “Tell No One,” with the American author of the book and the French filmmaker. It’s being called “the little French movie that could.”