All articles by Ginette Vincendeau
Jean-Paul Belmondo: the face of the New Wave, the body of popular cinema (1933-2021)
We bid adieu to Jean-Paul Belmondo, the epitome of Gallic cool who became one of the biggest stars of the French New Wave.
By Ginette Vincendeau
Enormous makes ill-conceived comedy from nonconsensual pregnancy
By Ginette Vincendeau
The female gaze: 100 overlooked films directed by women
By Isabel Stevens, Bryony Dixon and others
Forgotten treasures of the multiplex
By Ryan Gilbey, Nick James and others
Who You Think I Am review: Juliette Binoche fakes it for love
By Ginette Vincendeau
After Pialat: the young realists of 1990s French cinema
By Ginette Vincendeau
Edith Scob obituary: an ethereal actress with a rich career in French art cinema
By Ginette Vincendeau
Seven facets of Agnès Varda
By Ginette Vincendeau, Catherine Wheatley and others
Stéphane Audran obituary: a new wave icon
By Ginette Vincendeau
Danielle Darrieux obituary: from pre-war modernity to the epitome of Parisian chic
By Ginette Vincendeau
Mireille Darc obituary: blonde icon of 60s and 70s French cinema
By Ginette Vincendeau
Jeanne Moreau obituary: a cultured, sensual actress for whom cinema was “life itself”
By Ginette Vincendeau
Film of the week: The Fits explores the feints and bounds of girlhood
By Ginette Vincendeau
Emmanuelle Riva obituary: an actor formidable in love and loss
By Ginette Vincendeau
Michèle Morgan obituary: poetic realism’s fragile beauty
By Ginette Vincendeau
Film of the week: The Measure of a Man
By Ginette Vincendeau
A pantheon of one’s own: 25 female film critics worth celebrating
By Anne Billson, Mark Cousins and others
Film of the week: Cycling with Molière
By Ginette Vincendeau
My five favourite Brigitte Bardot films
By Ginette Vincendeau
A star is torn: Gérard Depardieu’s tax exile ‘outrage’
By Ginette Vincendeau
The great escape: what makes La Grande Illusion great
By Ginette Vincendeau
The great escape: what makes La Grande Illusion great
By Ginette Vincendeau
Women on Film: Critics’ inspirations
By Catherine Wheatley, Ginette Vincendeau and others