Luc Besson Still Under Judicial Review in France as Assisted Witness

“They’re not normal people!”He’s right, of course — they’re not normal people. But they are fun to be around, in an exasperating kind of way.“French Exit” was directed by Azazel Jacobs (“Momma’s Man,” “The Lovers”) and adapted by Patrick deWitt from his 2018 novel.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentDominique Boutonnat, president of France’s powerful National Film Board (CNC), has been indicted for attempted rape and sexual assault on Thursday following a complaint filed by his 22-year-old godson on Oct. 7.The news was confirmed by the court of Nanterre near Paris to the AFP.

The president of major French film org CNC (National Cinema Center), Dominique Boutonnat, is being held in police custody on charges of sexual assault and attempted rape.

Jay Weissberg There are many good ideas in writer-director Juja Dobrachkous’s feature debut, which is why it’s doubly frustrating she seems not to have had a strong counselor to help reign in all the self-indulgence.

Chloé Zhao’s road movie Nomadland won three honors, including Film of the Year, at the 41st London Critics‘ Circle Film Awards, which were held in a virtual ceremony on Sunday night.

Naman Ramachandran “Nomadland” and “Saint Maud” took top honors at the 41st London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, with three wins each, while the late Chadwick Boseman won actor of the year for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”American road movie “Nomadland” won film of the year, while lead Frances McDormand was named actress of the year, and writer-director Chloé Zhao won screenwriter of the year.British horror film “Saint Maud” won British/Irish film of the year, British/Irish actress of the year

Also Read: Magnolia Pictures Acquires French Love Story 'Two of Us'Madeleine and Nina have planned to sell their apartments and retire together to Italy, but Madeleine has two children, Anne (Léa Drucker) and Frédéric (Jérôme Varanfrain), and she has never managed to tell them that she is in a relationship with Nina.

Lisa Kennedy When Lane arrives at a train station in southern France in “Ma Belle, My Beauty,” she’s greeted by Fred. Clad in the casual uniform of late summer — shorts, sandals, a breezy cotton shirt — he gives her a little smile.

Also Read: 'CODA' Filmmaker, Actors on Representation of Deaf Culture: 'Hollywood Needs To See This as an Example' (Video)Based on the 2014 French film “La Famille Belier,” “CODA” gets its title from the acronym for Children of Deaf Adults. That’s what Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones) is, the only hearing person in her family.

Tomris Laffly At its core, the grim, gritty and blood-soaked “Eight for Silver” is a skillfully fashioned yet philosophically thin twist on the werewolf saga. And yet, in the opening moments of Sean Ellis’ dark-hued and gory gothic horror, you might briefly mistake the monster-themed film you’re about to watch for Sam Mendes’ “1917,” with Ellis’ stylish camera cruising ahead through a crammed trench of masked French soldiers, about to be fatally hit by the mustard gas.

Marion Hill’s “Ma Belle, My Beauty” opens with the kind of aural ecstasy you’d expect from a romantic drama set in the South of France: a lazily looping guitar accompanying a breathy, enchanting vocal. The scene is set – and then it immediately collapses, as the vocalist tells her accompanist, “I hate this song, I’m sorry,” and escapes their rehearsal to take a bath.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorArlo Parks is the kind of artist who almost could have been created in a test tube for a certain type of music fan. A 20-year-old singer-songwriter raised in London to Nigerian/Chadian-French parents (her real name is Anaïs Oluwatoyin Estelle Marinho).

There are films that upend conventions and subvert expectations. And there are those that lean into them — hard.

A French judge on Monday ruled to dismiss further charges against Luc Besson in connection to the ongoing rape case brought against the director by actress Sand Van Roy. Examining magistrate Marie-Claire Noiriel spent close to five hours in a closed hearing questioning Besson before deciding not to allow further charges in the case.

A French judge has spared Luc Besson has been spared further charges and time behind bars in allegations of rape brought against the director by actress Sand Van Roy