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EXCLUSIVE: Caleb Landry Jones extends a gnarly bejewelled hand as he arrives on the set of Luc Besson's gothic drama Dracula: A Love Tale.   The Three Boards and Nitram actor is unrecognizable after four hours in make-up. His already tall frame augmented by platform shoes, he towers over Besson, the…

France's Deauville American Film Festival has announced a retrospective gathering 50 U.S. features that have challenged perceptions of the world to mark its 50th anniversary. The selection ranges from D. W. Griffith's 1916 silent epic Intolerance to Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time In Hollywood,…

The left wing New Popular Front (NFP) alliance triumphed in the second round of France's snap parliamentary elections on Sunday, with the far right National Rally (RN) party coming in third, according to first exit polls released immediately after voting closed. Per the preliminary results, the NFP…

France goes to the polls on Sunday for the second round of a snap parliamentary election in which far right National Rally (RN) party looks set to come out on top. With less than 48 hours until the booths open, polls are forecasting RN is on course to win between 200 to 230 seats in France's 577-seat…

France's National Cinema Centre (CNC) has announced it is increasing the size of the country's Oscar selection committee to reinforce its independence. The move follows controversy over the CNC-run committee's recent choices of film to represent France in the Best International Feature Film…

The 39th edition of France's reduced-price movie ticket scheme, La Fête du Cinéma, has blasted through all previous records with 4.65 million admissions across the four-day event. The promotion sees movie tickets discounted to 5 euros each for all showings in participating cinemas (excluding premiums for…

French prosecutors have requested rape charges against director Benoît Jacquot in relation to allegations by actresses Isild Le Besco and Julia Roy, according to French media reports. Jacquot was taken into police custody on Monday for questioning on Le Besco and Roy's accusations as well as…

The investigative office of the Paris Appeals Court has rejected a request by the lawyers of French Culture Minister Rachida Dati for an end to prosecution procedures related to the Carlos Ghosn affair. In charges dating back to 2021, Dati is under investigation for payments totalling $950k (€900K)…

The Far right Rassemblement National (RN) party has won the first round of France's snap parliamentary elections, according to first exit polls released immediately after polling booths closed. Per a poll released by Ipsos-Talan, RN has taken 34% of the votes, with the left wing New Popular Front…

Apple TV+ has set its latest French original: six-part thriller A L’ombre des Forêts. Cannes Best Actor and three-time César Best Actor winner Benoît Magimel (Pacification, De Sont Vivant) and two-time César winner Mélanie Laurent have landed the leading roles. Cédric Anger (Next Time I’ll Aim For the…

Isabelle Huppert has been announced as this year's recipient of the Lumière Award at the 16th edition of the classic film-focused Lumière Festival in Lyon this fall. "Her career encompasses an immense part of the history of contemporary cinema," the Institut Lumière, which oversees the festival…

Studiocanal exec Dominique Jubin has been named Head of French Drama at the French content house’s Canal+ Group cousin, Ciné+ OCS. Jubin will exit her post as Managing Director of Studiocanal Original, Studiocanal’s French TV series production unit, to take up her new role on July 1. That is two days…