French Cinema

Eva Husson explains why all the actors in Bang Gang are white

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The French writer/director on the non-diversity casting of her intimate ‘modern love story’.

Long Way North

By Sophie Yapp

This visually lustrous animated adventure film is hamstrung by its simplistic central story.

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Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story)

By Mathilde Dumazet

Hot sex and cold moralising come together in this strange examination of how French teens spend their downtime.

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Adèle Exarchopoulos on filming inside France’s most notorious prison

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The young star of Blue is the Warmest Colour talks exclusively about going behind bars for Down by Love.

The Measure of a Man

By Phil Concannon

The imperious Vincent Lindon excels as an ill-fated factory worker in this engaging social drama.

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Mon Roi

By Adam Woodward

Emmanuelle Bercot and Vincent Cassel tear each other apart in this so-so relationship drama.

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It’s Only the End of the World – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Xavier Dolan returns to Cannes with a star-studded ensemble drama about a dysfunctional family. It’s all a bit flat.

Divines – first look review

By Ed Frankl

There’s shades of Céline Sciamma’s Girlhood in Houda Benyamina’s stirring debut.

Raw – first look review

By Ed Frankl

Julia Ducournau’s French campus cannibal horror serves up plenty of food for thought.

From the Land of the Moon – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Marion Cotillard shines in this uneven but soulful meditation on marriage and depression.

Slack Bay – first look review

By David Jenkins

Director Bruno Dumont invites us on a French sea-side holiday with a macabre twist.

Staying Vertical – first look review

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

French director Alain Guiraudie follows up Stranger by the Lake with another alluring and elliptical thriller.

Lucile Hadzihalilovic on the evolution of Evolution

By David Jenkins

The French writer/director reveals the steps she took to make her eerie sea-side epic.

How cinema is tackling Europe’s austerity crisis

By Tom Bond

Miguel Gomes, Jacques Audiard and others are capturing a shifting continental mood.

How Jacques Audiard put marginalised people in the frame

By Matthew Anderson

The French director of A Prophet and Dheepan is drawn to stories of human resistance and struggle.

Dheepan

By David Jenkins

Jacques Audiard returns with a hard-hitting immigration drama about a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior.

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Robert Pattinson cast in Claire Denis’ next film

By Little White Lies

The French director has lined up the young British actor for her upcoming sci-fi feature.

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