‘The Mauritanian’, ‘The World To Come’ And ‘Willy’s Wonderland’ Enter Specialty Box Office Fray

Rebecca Davis editorChloe Zhao’s “Nomadland” was quietly swept from the Chinese web Friday, days after nationalist backlash erupted online over questions of her citizenship and over a sentence she spoke to a U.S.

A romantic notion persists that after the Nazis conquered France in 1940 almost the whole French nation rose up heroically to join the Résistance. Not so, as the Oscar-shortlisted short documentary Colette affirms.

Neon has scooped up North American rights to Céline Sciamma’s sixth feature directorial Petite Maman, bringing the Oscar-winning film studio back in business with the French filmmaker behind 2019’s award-winning pic Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Already there is great word of mouth brewing from critics on Sciamma’s new title out of its world premiere at the Berlinale.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticA French cop movie with far more on its mind than simply solving the case, Xavier Beauvois’ Berlinale competition entry “Drift Away” examines the toll that law enforcement takes on an earnest sergeant (Jérémie Renier), and also how the locals react to being ordered around by such authority figures in Normandy.

being nominated for his first Golden Globe on Sunday for his role in. ET's Kevin Frazier spoke to the French actor virtually about how he's celebrating from Paris, France.Rahim is nominated for Best Actor in a Drama Motion Picture for his role as Mohamedou Ould Salahi, who was held for 14 years without charge in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.

OMG! Lady GaGa’s dog walker Ryan Fischer was shot in the chest four times Wednesday night as two of the singer’s three French Bulldogs were stolen.

Daft Punk have split up.It was confirmed earlier today (February 22) that the French duo had called it quits after 28 years.An eight-minute video called ‘Epilogue’ showed the pair – Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo – in the desert in their trademark futuristic helmets. But when one of them hit a button, an explosion went off and the screen turned to black.The video ended with a pair of robot hands alongside the dates 1993-2021.

Bevan FrenchA mid-season capture around 18 months ago, French has already made an impact with his eccentric and intricate style. The 25-year-old was joint-second highest try scorer with 12 tries and enhanced his accomplishments by providing seven assists to teammates.At his best, French is practically impossible to stop and managed to accumulate the largest number of clean breaks with 27.

Though the COVID pandemic has really thrown a wrench into the plans of film festival organizers for over a year now, there is a bit of a silver lining (as much as there can be for a global health crisis).

The Oscar-nominated prison thriller A Prophet first threw the international spotlight on Tahar Rahim in 2009 when the film premiered in Cannes. Now another film involving incarceration is drawing fresh praise for the French actor.

Cannes director Thierry Fremaux is probably best known as the vocal leader of one of the biggest film events each year. However, he’s doing the publicity rounds nowadays to hype up his new book, “Judoka,” about his time learning Judo.

Netflix has taken the global rights to Canadian director Ricardo Trogi's Le Guide de la famille parfaite (The Guide to the Perfect Family). The French language dramedy about an over-parenting society will get a theatrical release in Quebec via Les Films Opale and a simultaneous release in the rest of the world on Netflix in 2021.

Suddenly on-the-defensive New York Governor Andrew Cuomo admitted Monday that some data on Covid-19 deaths of nursing home residents was late and incomplete but flatly denied a cover up in his first public comments as controversial statements by a top aid last week risk tarnishing his reputation as a national political and media star in the fight against coronavirus.

“My plan was to die before the money ran out” has become the anthem and tagline of the Sony Pictures Classics’ French Exit starring Michelle Pfeiffer as a 60-year-old penniless Manhattan socialite — a role that has been earning her plenty of awards season buzz.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentDimitri Rassam is joining forces with Pathé on a €60 million ($73 million) two-part adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ classic French masterpiece “The Three Musketeers.” The star-studded cast includes François Civil, Eva Green and Vincent Cassel as D’Artagnan, Milady and Athos.The two sprawling feature films, titled “The Three Musketeers – D’Artagnan” and “The Three Musketeers – Milady,” will be directed by Martin Bourboulon, who recently helmed “Eiffel”