French Cinema

Whilst Emily in Paris (which I only recently discovered ought to be pronounced Emilee in Paree) is certainly an entertaining watch, and a very surprising… Read More

An enjoyable French comedy with Valérie Lemercier. A whirlwind of catastophies in the Royal palace provide us with hilarious and unforgettable moments!… Read More

François Ozon’s 2010 film Potiche is an amusing and elegantly told story of a woman and her fight to shake off the role that society,… Read More

Jean-Luc Godard’s 1963 film Le Mépris was one of the first cinematic works to focus on the beauty of the filmmaking process itself, and not… Read More

Coming of age drama Bande de Filles (2014), or Girlhood in English, is a film which explores the idea of existing on the margins, as… Read More

La Môme (which takes the title La Vie en rose in English), is a 2007 biopic directed by Olivier Dahan, which retraces the life of… Read More

Directed by Philippe Claudel, the 2008 drama Il y a longtemps que je t’aime (I’ve loved you so long in English), is a poignant and… Read More

Jean-Luc Godard’s first feature length film, A bout de souffle, (1960), is a seminal work of the Nouvelle Vague, and a classic example of the… Read More

Les Quatre Cents Coups (1959), the first - and largely autobiographical - film of famous Nouvelle Vague director François Truffaut, follows the exploits of a… Read More

This week, we invite you to take a tour of Paris through the eyes of acclaimed French director Agnès Varda. Read More