Shockingly, a novel about a Nazi officer who abets murder squads, transports Jews to Auschwitz, has sex with his twin sister, possibly kills his parents and then dies rich, old and reflective has caused a trans-Atlantic controversy among literary critics. Published in the original French three years...

Wow. I just saw the below film starring Marion Cotillard for the first time when it finally came up in my Netflix cue. Can you imagine Katherine Hepburn doing an ass-to-mouth scene in a film following her Academy Award? We're living in the end days, people. And The AVN Life-Time Achievement Award Fo...

More than a month and a half into the crisis in Madagascar, confusion grows crescendo as the power struggle between the president and a former mayor vying for the presidency extends, leaving many wondering when the political stalemate will end. Additionally, the media wars have gotten so contentious...

I read a few things about this before putting it on and feared a kind of similar experience to The Cheerleaders re: whether I would even end up reviewing it or not, lol. Let’s not delay the obvious here: this is one genuinely filthy movie. How it’s filthy, however – that really nee...

                              Sorry for the delay, 10 is coming! French and German versions of PerfectDisk 10 are on their way, and will be available in about a month. Vielen Dank für Ihre Geduld....

Last year I cooked my way through the Tour De France, this year I plan on doing the same, but decided I couldn't wait until July so I picked a few of the stage races that precede the Tour to warm up and have an excuse to make some more great French fair. today was the start of the "Race to ...

Director : D.W. Griffith Release Date : 28 December 1921 (USA) Genre : Drama Cast : Lillian Gish as Henriette Girard, Dorothy Gish as Louise Girard, Joseph Schildkraut as Chevalier de Vaudrey, Frank Losee as Count de Linieres, Katherine Emmet as Countess de Linieres, Morgan Wallace as Marquis de Pra...

By Vadim Rizov [ Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2009 begins today. Screenings are held at both The Film Society of Lincoln Center and IFC Center. Click venue names for more information.] If you need to be told that Claire Denis' latest, 35 Shots Of Rum is essential viewing, you might want to skip it...

The political crisis in Madagascar, unfolding since late January, took yet another turn today with the sound of gun shots and tear gas, as police and protestors clashed all over Antananarivo, the capital city. Since the first meeting between President Marc Ravalomanana and Andry Rajoelina more than ...

For those who thought the old adage was a joke: William S. Burroughs’s shopping list showed up on eBay (and was purchased for $400). Do female novelists write about sex less skillfully than men? Author Jane Vandenburgh believes so. A French novel that has already divided audiences in Europe (a...