Where to begin
Where to begin with Claude Chabrol
A beginner’s path into the sophisticated thrillers and ice-cool mysteries of French New Wave director Claude Chabrol.
By Adam Scovell
Where to begin with Claude Chabrol
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Lists
Claude Chabrol: 10 essential films
By Craig Williams
News
Claude Chabrol celebrated with BFI Southbank season, re-release of La Femme infidèle, BFI Player collection and BFI Blu-ray releases
Claude Chabrol celebrated with BFI Southbank season, re-release of La Femme infidèle, BFI Player collection and BFI Blu-ray releasesThen and now
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By Adam Scovell
Interviews
François Ozon on his adaptation of Albert Camus’s The Stranger: “The idea was to make a very erotic movie”
By Lillian Crawford
Interviews
How I became Jean-Luc Godard
By Guillaume Marbeck
Obituaries
Brigitte Bardot obituary: French star who redefined female sexuality on screen
By Ginette Vincendeau
Lists
Brigitte Bardot (1934 to 2025): 5 films to remember her by
By Ginette Vincendeau
Interviews
Close encounters in the Atlas mountains: Sofia Alaoui on her haunting debut Animalia
By Elhum Shakerifar
Interviews
“With the camera, I feel very close to people”: Claire Simon on Writing Life: Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students
By Rachel Pronger
Then and now
In search of the locations for Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession
By Adam Scovell
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By Leigh Singer
10 great
10 great French horror films
By Anton Bitel
Then and now
In search of Jacques Rivette’s Paris: locations from his films, then and now
By Adam Scovell
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By Emily Maskell
Features
Out 1: Jacques Rivette’s 13-hour labyrinth gets a rare UK screening
By Sam Wigley
Obituaries
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By Ginette Vincendeau
10 great
10 great French avant-garde films of the 1920s
By David Parkinson
10 great
10 great French thrillers
By David Parkinson
Then and now
How the Paris of Lift to the Scaffold looks today
By Adam Scovell
Then and now
60 years of Agnès Varda’s Cléo from 5 to 7: how the Paris locations look today
By Adam Scovell
Then and now
Jules et Jim: how the bridge and other locations from François Truffaut’s classic look today
By Adam Scovell
Then and now
The 400 Blows: finding that beach and the Paris locations today
By Adam Scovell
Then and now
In search of the locations for Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless
By Adam Scovell
Influences and inspirations
How John Ford and Ken Loach influenced my AIDs activism drama 120 BPM
By Lou Thomas
10 great
10 great French films of the 1970s
By Sam Wigley
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10 great French comedy films
By Leigh Singer
10 great
10 great French New Wave films
By Sam Wigley
Features
Jean-Luc Godard’s dystopian sci-fi classic Alphaville turns 50
By Barry Keith Grant
Influences and inspirations
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