Last year, in IndieWire’s 2024 Cannes Critics Survey, there was startling unanimity, with Sean Baker’s “Anora” winning Best Film, Best Screenplay, and Best Director. The 2025 Critics Poll couldn’t be ...

It’s not often that we get to watch Jodie Foster in a French-speaking lead role, which makes her latest Cannes film premiere, A Private Life, all the more intriguing. She has the chops: Foster studied ...

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 20: Jodie Foster attends the "Vie Privée" (A Private Life) red carpet at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 20, 2025 in Cannes, France. Gisela ...

France and the U.S. have a long and shared history in film, with a relationship that has always been very open to conversation and mutual influence and inspiration. This legacy is a major focus of ...

It’s a tall order to sustain an L.A.-based film festival that focuses solely on French-language content, but The American French Film Festival has risen to the challenge for nearly three decades. The ...

Jodie Foster revealed that she’s been offered leading roles in French films before making “Vie Privée,” but was “too scared” to take them on. The Oscar winner is fluent in the language, having ...

France and the U.S. have a long and shared history in film, with a relationship that has always been very open to conversation and mutual influence and inspiration. This legacy is a major focus of ...

Bruel, who previously worked closely with the CNC to promote French talent in America and helped create Villa Albertine, a U.S. residency program for French creatives, also talked about his mandate to ...