The Library of Congress discovered a lost 1897 film by Georges Méliès, a legendary pioneer of special effects, featuring one ...

There aren't many movies with better screenplays than The Godfather, except for arguably Casablanca, The Princess Bride, and ...

The 45-second Georges Méliès film, "Gugusse and the Automaton", was donated to the Library of Congress last year.

Movie trilogies more entertaining than The Lord of the Rings include the first three Star Wars movies, the Cornetto trilogy, ...

Pierre Salvadori’s ambitious period comedy “La Vénus électrique” is set to premiere on opening night of the 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival on May 12. As per Cannes rules, the film – which ...

The New Orleans Film Society’s French Film Festival is a francophone affair, with French language films from Europe, Africa and North America, including the Louisiana French of the documentary “Built ...

When the 29th New Orleans French Film Festival begins to roll at the Prytania Theater Uptown this month, expect an eclectic array of narrative, documentary and animated features, not to mention six ...

I couldn’t stop blinking back tears, and I couldn’t understand why. I’d just walked out of a movie called “The Testament of Ann Lee.” Lee was the founder of the American Shakers, a tiny utopian ...

Gallic screen legends of a certain age have taken a hard right turn — just like France in general. By Benjamin Svetkey and Julian Sancton, Editors What’s up with reactionary old French screen legends?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A symbol of rebellious youth and beauty, Brigitte Bardot helped usher in the sexual revolution in the movies with her sensual, ...

Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant animal rights activist and far-right supporter, has died, according ...

French movie actress Brigitte Bardot, whose sexy 1950s and ’60s look defined beauty for generations of men and women and who later became a world-renowned animal rights activist, has died at age 91.