Cowboycore, Catherine Deneuve and Bella Hadid in vintage Versace: the Cannes red carpet part two
Marcello Mio review – droll Catherine Deneuve best thing in twee Mastroianni family whimsy
January 2024
Bernadette review – Catherine Deneuve warms up French first lady biopic
The French icon is the most stylish thing about this underpowered tale of the wife of President Chirac attempting a new public image
December 2023
Stream team
The Young Girls of Rochefort: Jacques Demy’s pastel reverie is all about pleasure
Starring Françoise Dorléac, Catherine Deneuve and Gene Kelly, this musical comedy of errors has an enchanting atmosphere
August 2023
20 greatest Venice film festival Golden Lion winners – ranked!
With the 80th instalment of the festival on the Lido around the corner, we sort through the winners of one of cinema’s most prestigious accolades
July 2023
Catherine Deneuve to portray Bernadette Chirac in satirical film
Catherine Deneuve depicts French political spouse’s in ‘benevolent satire’
August 2022
Venice film festival opens with White Noise, Oscar buzz and a reluctant sex symbol
The 79th edition of the world’s oldest film festival finds Catherine Deneuve still supplying star power and a Netflix picture opening proceedings for the first time
November 2021
Smell of success: How Chanel No 5 gained a sprinkling of stardust
As the fragrance turns 100, Chanel’s perfumer-in-chief Olivier Polge describeswhat it takes to create and curate a classic brand
September 2021
Nino Castelnuovo obituary
Actor best known for playing Guy Foucher in the French musical film classic The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
June 2021
Ahead of the Curve review – in praise of the pioneering lesbian magazine
Teenage kicks
Liz Phair’s teenage obsessions: ‘I wanted to be a 6,000-year-old vampire with style’
February 2021
The stage on screen
The Last Metro: theatre is a sanctuary in François Truffaut's wartime gem
Our series on films about the stage continues with the 1980 classic about a playhouse in occupied Paris, starring Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu
September 2020
Teenage kicks
Suzanne Vega's teenage obsessions: 'Taxi Driver captured something awful but made it beautiful'
In the first of a weekly series where film and music stars discuss their youthful fixations, the US singer recalls silly walks and Saturday Night Fever dance classes
June 2020
Catherine Deneuve was Johnny Hallyday’s secret love, book claims
Revelation that celebrated actor was late rocker’s ‘Lady L’ takes France by surprise
March 2020
The Truth review – Catherine Deneuve illuminates unsubtle family drama
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
The Truth review – mothers, memory and an imperious Catherine Deneuve
December 2019
Anna Karina, Catherine Deneuve: how movies malign women by calling them muses
Male directors have often diminished the highly creative women who inspired them. Will the rise of female film-makers revolutionise the role of ‘muse’?
97,196 Words by Emmanuel Carrère review – essays from a French superstar writer
These pieces from the celebrated author of Limonov cover everything from true crime and reportage to celebrity interviews and sex columns
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg review – delightful Deneuve reigns supreme
Catherine Deneuve brings an unworldly, subtly erotic charm to Jacques Demy’s rereleased pastel rainbow of a musical
November 2019
Bigger picture
A little rain must fall: the tragic secret of a musical movie masterpiece
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, a life-enhancing 60s sensation, is about to enrapture a new generation of filmgoers
