Paris Letter: Aznavour was determined, wise and persevering, in work as in love

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Review: Liam O Mochain is at the centre of his omnibus film’s daisy chain of stories

Maverick director Liam O Mochain has spent six years, and his own money, on his new film

The ‘Betty Blue’ actor on her love affair with Rupert Everett and why Jesus is sexy

‘Die Zeit’ newspaper listed her as one of 12 people ‘most likely to shape the thought of tomorrow’

Hilary Fannin: I found Germaine Greer's contribution to the #MeToo debate unpalatable - I don’t remember many women slapping men down

Sophie Spatz alleges Gérald Darmanin coerced her into sex with promise of letter

#MeToo seems in danger of dissolving into futile, inter-generational warfare between people who are supposed to be on the same side. What a shame

French actor clarifies position on controversial letter and condemns other signatories for distorting the spirit of message

Women who denounce the ‘puritanical witch-hunt’ are out of touch, say younger critics

One hundred French writers, performers and academics including Catherine Denueve have written an open letter defending ‘the freedom to seduce’

Paris Letter: France mourns Jeanne Moreau, an actor of fierce intelligence

The throaty actor – a walking embodiment of French sophistication – has died aged 89

Acting powerhouses Catherine Frot and Catherine Deneuve are wasted in Martin Provost’s fitful drama

Life’s Work: George Stacpoole, antiques dealer in Adare, Co Limerick, and president of IADA

Every now and then, the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize anticipates a movement

Satirical wit, freewheeling sexuality and a new wave cinematic sensibility? François Ozon, director of ‘Sitcom’, ‘Swimming Pool’ and, now, ‘The New Girlfriend’, is a most French film-maker, and despite Hollywood overtures he refuses to change his style

Opening film obscure, but the 68th festival has much to offer, writes Donald Clarke in Cannes

Since stumbling into the role of Amélie, Audrey Tautou has forged a singular career, one of the few resolutely Gallic film stars to become a global star. Her secret to success: ‘I always tried to follow my instincts

The director is enjoying a comeback as an icon of French New Wave cinema, having fallen out of fashion by the time of his death in 1990

Magazine petition from group of French intellectuals comes under fire from feminists