‘Six in Paris’ Cuts the City into New Wave Slices of Sex and Death
Filming with a handheld 16mm color camera, six filmmakers offer a cohesive snapshot of 1966 Paris and their obsessions with sex and death.
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Comedy, Pathos, and Bibliophilia Merge in Jean Giono’s Wartime Journal
In addition to its literary significance, Jean Giono's newly translated Occupation Journal is also an important reminder of the value of pacifism in a world where over-eager partisanship is once more merging with the enthusiastic violence of political dogma.
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Sense and Sensibility at the World Cup
I've sworn, after learning about the latest kleptocrat billionaire to buy a club, or scrambling from the clash between hooligans and riot police, or hearing a homophobic chant rise up from the stands, I would give up on the game. Anyone with sense would.
Auto-Mattic Transmission: Rapper Mattic Dispatches from the Left Field
The US-born rapper's at once expert and offhanded rhymes exude the kind of charm that has made Mattic a notable artist in his adopted home of France.
One Can Really Relate to Emma’s ‘The Mental Load’
French cartoonist Emma raises issues of inequality within French society with humor and humanity, using short statements accompanied by disarmingly charming cartoons that point out the absurdities of some common social conventions and beliefs.
Johnny Hallyday Was More Than Just a Kitschy Gallic Misreading of Rock
It's hard to think of another male pop singer who could hold his own alongside exceptional female vocalists like Céline Dion.
Ethnofiction and the Films of Jean Rouch
The African “dialogues” with Western culture, as twisted here in Eight Films by Jean Rouch to suit the purposes of those exposed to it, reflects the wider idea of “dialectics” between filmmakers and subjects.
Metatextual Games Stamp Out Thriller Conventions in ‘Based on a True Story’
French author Delphine de Vigan is very successful at setting up an original mystery, but she gets bogged down in overly literary reflections.
‘The Bonjour Effect’ Bids Au Revoir to French Language and Mores
The Bonjour Effect is too closely tailored to North American sensitivities to properly connect with French conversation culture.
Football in the Age of Late Capitalism: Field Notes From the 2016 Euro
Behind a veneer of youthful glamour, the Euro all but groaned under the weight of excess global capital, merciless media scrutiny, hyperprofessionalization, domestic French anxieties, and geopolitics.
Modiano’s ‘Villa Triste’ and the Dull Flâneur
The protagonist in Patrick Modiano's Villa Triste is a monomaniacal flâneur in world shrunk to a few predictable details.
‘The Connection’ Makes Familiar Paths Exciting Again
Although there's not much new in its' story, the way that director Cédric Jimenez balances formal style and emotional substance makes The Connection a worthwhile watch.