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Mesrine is the Gallic Goodfella

07.08.09
Jean-François Richet’s two-part movie about Jacques Mesrine, France’s most notorious criminal, is substantially true.... more

Joseph Fiennes follows his nose in Cyrano De Bergerac

15.05.09
Trevor Nunn is in his directorial element with Cyrano De Bergerac.... more

The Secret Millionaire who’s betting that property will recover

13.05.09
The City can’t get enough of Nick Leslau and has already pledged to back his new £200 million listed property investment vehicle ... more

Virginie Ledoyen: ten years after starring in The Beach

05.05.09
Still reigning over French cinema ten years after she set sail for The Beach, Virginie Ledoyen grants Janine di Giovanni an audience...... more

DVDs of the week

19.02.08
Courtroom drama in Michael Clayton and substandard twaddle from Simon Pegg's Run, Fat Boy, Run, are among this week's DVD offerings.... more

Stinkiest Asterix of the lot

31.01.08
Only Alain Delon as Caesar just about keeps the viewer from succumbing to death-by-boredom in Asterix at the Olympic Games.... more

Depardieu sings his heart out

27.09.07
Gérard Depardieu is cast as an ageing crooner of sentimental ballads in The Singer and it is a part the French actor encompasses superbly.... more

Festival screens banned movies

16.08.07
Banned or censored films are to be screened in their complete and original versions for the first time.... more

DVDs of the week

14.08.07
Mark Wahlberg plays a traumatised war veteran in Shooter and I Want Candy sees Carmen Electra become a famous porn star.... more

A few too many views of Paris

28.06.07
Owing to one or two great moments, Paris, Je t'aime - a compilation of 18 short films about the French capital - proves that quality is more important than quantity.... more

Piaf might regret a thing or two

21.06.07
A stunning performance from Marrion Cotilard lifts La Vie En Rose, a film that leaves us none the wiser about the extraordinary life of France's best loved singer.... more

Tragic story of Europe's Billie Holiday

12.02.07
La Vie En Rose is a biopic of Edith Piaf, the iconic singer who died of drink and drug abuse. Despite its faults, the film left several audience members with tears in their eyes.... more

Fun on the run

12.10.06
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