LONDON – Hollywood actor Johnny Depp doesn’t have a mobile phone because he doesn’t like to be “reachable all the time”. The 47-year-old actor, who has children Lily, 11 and eight-year-old Jack with French singer-actress Vanessa Paradis, likes to maintain a low profile and thinks the internet is an “interesting” way to communicate,...
MUMBAI – The third edition Of Rendez-Vous With French Cinema In India is set to begin here Dec 4 and it will also pay tribute to late director-writer Alain Corneau. As many as seven French movies will be screened with English subtitles at the Metro BIG Cinemas (Dhobi Talao) and Fun Cinemas (Andheri...
Two leading figures in the French cinema, actor Gérard Depardieu and director Claude Chabrol, collaborate for the first time in this breezy whodunit. Paul Bellamy (Depardieu) is a French police detective whose wife, Françoise (Marie Bunel), has managed to persuade him to take a vacation for the first time in years. While she's...
MUMBAI – A leading French production house, Studio Canal, sees India as a potential hub for international films and believes it is essential to create awareness about Indian films abroad. “It’s actually a very nice discovery. I decided to travel to India because the Mumbai film festival (MAMI International Film Festival) invited us,”...
Director Clint Eastwood delves into the mysterious world of the hereafter with this ensemble supernatural drama starring Matt Damon, Cécile De France, Jay Mohr, and Bryce Dallas Howard. In the wake of a near-death experience during a powerful tsunami, French television reporter Marie (De France) takes her married lover's advice to pen the...
ABU DHABI – His French war drama “Incendies” is set in a fictional land but Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve says that with a universal concept and a star cast hailing from different parts of the world, the movie is bound to find a connect with all, including people in India. “My film is...
A man who ruins relationships for a living may have finally found a woman he can't easily manipulate in this French comedy from writer and director Pascal Chaumeil. Alex (Romain Duris) is a handsome man who knows how to make women fall for him, and he's found an unusual way of making money...
LONDON – Ace Hollywood filmmaker Woody Allen has refuted reports he cut scenes featuring French first lady Carla Bruni from his upcoming film, insisting he’s delighted with her work. The former model and singer joined Owen Wilson on the set of “Midnight in Paris” to film scenes as a tour guide back in...
Zac Efron's shaggy-haired "High School Musical" days are behind him. See his bold, bearded look during a French film festival.
The Oscar winner was spotted in Paris getting cozy with her new hunky French co-star! Get the latest on this new pairing.