The actor, singer, fashion icon and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot has died at 91.
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Abou Sangaré’s performance is raw yet restrained, suffused with a sense of vulnerability that makes it impossible to look away.
Jasmin Gordon’s first feature film is about a mother trapped in a hostile world.
These five captivating films offer a snapshot of the very best of contemporary French cinema
Filmed as war raged across Europe, Children of Paradise is a masterpiece: a nostalgic love letter to Paris, the theatre and the spirit of resistance.
The Senegalese-French director is a master storyteller with films like Dahomey and Atlantics weaving the supernatural with the real.
Alain Delon was more than just a Gallic heart-throb. He redefined European cool and brought grace and steel to all his roles.
The Beatle’s first film, A Hard Day’s Night, debuted on July 6 1964. Sixty years on it still explodes with revolutionary pop-cultural energy.
Director Justine Triet channels a forensic evisceration of the patriarchy against the backdrop of the French legal system.
The film concerns a troubled bourgeois relationship, which is proven to be popular with French art film fans.
With meticulous attention to food and how it is prepared, the film’s plot embraces simplicity.
From technological prowess to new narratives, silent film came into its own against the backdrop of the Iron Lady.
The groundbreaking filmmaker captured the changing mood of France as it moved from the austere 1950s into the exciting possibilities of the 1960s.
The titan of French film has died, aged 91. His was a career of immense creativity, which redefined the grammar of cinema.
The film showed how a country can win militarily, but still lose the battle for ‘hearts and minds’.
More women won than ever this year but work must be done to make sure they are not forgotten or left out again.
The French government, by prioritizing only “essential” sectors during the Covid-19 pandemic, is ignoring the importance of its culture and cultural assets.
Created by a prolific French author, Inspector Jules Maigret observes without judgement and moves like a chameleon between social classes.
For too long the tired tropes of the male gaze in film and literature have focused on girls’ sexual precociousness. Girlhood culture deserves to be represented more authentically.
There’s something special about “going to the cinema” and the collective experience of watching a film.
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Associate Professor of French Studies, Adelaide University
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Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Emeritus Professor of Global CInema and Creative Cultures, University of St Andrews
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Lecturer in European Film Studies, University of Liverpool
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Reader In French Cinema, Queen Mary University of London
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Research Associate in Culture, Media and Creative Industries Education, King's College London
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Reader, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, Keele University
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Professor of Film and Screen Studies, University of Portsmouth
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Senior Lecturer in Architectural HIstory and Theory, UNSW & Honorary Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Architectural History, Urban and Cultural Heritage (ACAHUCH), UNSW
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Professor of Cultural Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Southampton
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Adjunct assistant professor, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies, University of Leeds
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Maître de conférences en ethnologie, Université de Bretagne occidentale