Even the French are giving up on arthouse films. Is this the end of a cinematic era?
Zach Schonfeld
French cinema risks being sacrificed on the altar of market forces; it would be an incalculable loss, says the journalist and critic Zach Schonfeld
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
January 2023
Alcarràs director Carla Simón: ‘I have feelings for Spanish culture and Catalan culture’
Inspired by her own rural upbringing after her parents both died, the Barcelona‑born film‑maker’s latest movie won the top prize in Berlin for its vivid portrayal of Catalonia’s peach farmers
December 2022
Stream team
‘A deranged masterpiece’: why you should watch The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Need something to watch while waiting for Christmas lunch this year? Why not watch a bunch of people not get fed
February 2021
Jean-Claude Carrière obituary
Jean-Claude Carrière, screenwriter of Cyrano de Bergerac and Belle de Jour, dies aged 89
July 2020
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles review – intriguing animation
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles review – animated odyssey
The prolific actor Michel Piccoli acted in dozens of films for virtually every major French director across seven decades, including Godard, Malle and Rivette; here are some of the highlights
Michel Piccoli: a fierce, strong performer who became the object of cinephile fan-worship
Peter Bradshaw
From Godard’s Le Mépris to Nanni Moretti’s We Have a Pope, Piccoli’s prolific career saw him evolve into a legend of European cinema
Michel Piccoli, renowned French acting veteran, dies aged 94
Actor best known for his collaborations with Luis Bunuel and other major directors was a stalwart of French art cinema
March 2020
Lucia Bosé obituary
Art Weekly newsletter
Art books to self-isolate with, from Patti Smith to Lucian Freud – the week in art
November 2019
Ranked
Fists of fear: severed hands in films – ranked!
With the imminent release of the French animation J’ai Perdu Mon Corps – in which a hand tries to reconnect (literally) with its body – we hail some of the great severed appendages of cinema
October 2019
Electra, Oresteia and an execution: the daring designs of Hildegard Bechtler – in pictures
The theatre designer on creating a family dinner at Agamemnon’s, an election night Oedipus and the night Fiona Shaw got stuck
August 2019
From bombs to Benidorm: how fascism disfigured the face of Spain
As dictator, Franco built a cemetery with slave labour and orphanages for his murdered enemies’ children. Then Spain discovered tourism – and the lager louts flew in
January 2019
Catherine Deneuve is selling her Yves Saint Laurent wardrobe – but that look will never go away
The designer dressed the actor on and off-screen for decades. Although Deneuve is auctioning those outfits at Christie’s, they continue to inspire the likes of Versace and Burberry
April 2018
My favourite film decade
From Don't Look Now to The Godfather – why the 1970s is my favourite film decade
While Jaws and Star Wars spawned the blockbuster, groundbreaking film-makers pushed cinema to the limits with edgy drama and sparkling comedy
March 2018
My favourite film decade
From Blow-Up to Bonnie and Clyde – why the 1960s is my favourite film decade
Rebellion against ‘le cinema du papa’ was the rallying cry of new waves worldwide in this golden era of studio-funded oddness
October 2017
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
City of Ghosts; Berlin Syndrome; I Am Not Madame Bovary and more – review
Matthew Heineman’s Syria documentary is hard but essential viewing, while Cate Shortland’s psychological horror grips you to the last
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