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France

Film Review: “France” — A Comic Drama about the Shallowness of Contemporary Journalism

Léa Seydoux claims the spotlight as the title character in Bruno Dumont’s pithy and entertaining France, giving a performance that’s cunningly calibrated to mesmerize.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Bruno Dumont, France, journalism, Léa Seydoux

Film Reviews: At the NYFF — Haynes’s “The Velvet Underground,” Dumont’s “France,” and Peleshian’s “Nature”

Reviews of Todd Haynes’s documentary The Velvet Underground, Bruno Dumont’s France, a satire-drama about the news industry, and Nature, Artavazd Peleshian’s graceful parade of natural disasters.

By: David D'Arcy Filed Under: Featured, Film, Music, Review, Rock Tagged: Artavazd Peleshian, Bruno Dumont, David D'Arcy, France, Lou Reed, nature, New York Film Festival, The Velvet Underground, Todd Hayes

Book Review: “De Gaulle” — An Exemplary View of the Man and His Times

For anyone interested in the man or that era, De Gaulle is indispensable.

By: Thomas Filbin Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: De Gaulle, Europe, France, Julian Jackson, Thomas Filbin

Book Review: Edith Wharton and Michelle Obama — Breaking New Ground for Women

What impressed me most about these two different women is they were both products of an America which values determination and wit and intelligence, as well as opportunity.

By: Roberta Silman Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Becoming, Claudine Lesage, Edith Wharton, Edith Wharton in France, France, Michelle Obama

Fuse Book Review: “A Hero of France” — An Insider’s Guide to the French Resistance

Alan Furst’s books are spy thrillers infused with a crisp, rather than a flowery, literary sensibility.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: A Hero of France, Alan Furst, France, French Resistance, historical fiction, Thomas Filbin, World War II

Book Review: The Battle of Agincourt Turns 600

Anne Curry’s purpose is not merely to act as a military analyst, but to explore the long cultural history of the battle’s meanings in subsequent British history.

By: Thomas Filbin Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Agincourt, Anne Curry, England, France, Oxford University Press, The Hundred Years War, Thomas Filbin

Short Fuse Movie Review: “Hugo” Triumphant

I had written Martin Scorsese off, and never expected he had a “Hugo” in him. That he did is the among the touching things in this film.

By: Harvey Blume Filed Under: Featured, Film Tagged: fantasy film, France, George Méliès, Hugo, Martin Scorsese, Short Fuse, silent film

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