Few historical figures have become so thoroughly entangled with legend as Nicholas Flamel. Associated with the Philosoph...

There are moments in political history when a single parliamentary debate becomes a turning point in the life of an enti...

French cuisine is often described as one of the great culinary traditions of the world. Its reputation is built on an ex...

There is a particular mythology surrounding artistic youth: the idea that becoming an artist requires a willingness to a...

At first glance, Jim’s Story (Le Roman de Jim, 2024) might seem to belong to familiar territory: a family drama about lo...

There is something quietly revolutionary about a woman who simply refuses to be nice. Not misunderstood, not secretly ki...

There are few cinematic images more instantly recognisable to generations of French audiences than the sight of a small,...

French and English literature are often presented as opposites. French writing is associated with philosophical rigour, ...

What does it mean to retell a story? For Claude Lelouch, the answer is not necessarily to reproduce its original charact...

Cédric Klapisch’s Russian Dolls (Les Poupées russes, 2005) is a film about romantic relationships, but it is equally a f...

France and England have spent centuries cultivating an amusing mixture of rivalry, fascination and mutual influence. The...

France and Britain are separated by only a few dozen miles of water, but their comedic traditions can sometimes seem to ...

Jacques Deray's Flic Story (1975) is ostensibly an Alain Delon film. Delon plays Roger Borniche, the celebrated police i...

London and Paris are often presented as rivals. One looks across the English Channel towards the other, and comparisons ...

You don't have to cross the Channel to experience a little bit of France. London is home to a thriving French community ...

Few international relationships have been shaped by such a fascinating mixture of rivalry, admiration, conflict and coop...

Gérard Oury's La Grande Vadrouille (1966) occupies a remarkable place in French popular cinema. Set during the German oc...

Jean-Marie Poiré’s Papy fait de la résistance (1983) occupies an unusual position in French cinema. On the surface, it i...

In Delinda Jacobs’s 2017 French television series La Forêt, the forest is far more than a geographical setting for a cri...

Le Grand Bain is ostensibly a comedy about a group of middle-aged men who form an unlikely synchronised swimming team.

Florence Foresti’s Désordres initially presents itself as a familiar kind of television comedy: a successful woman in he...