Juliette Binoche, Adèle Haenel, Swann Arlaud Protest Billionaire’s Bid for French Cinema Chain UGC as “Fascist Takeover”

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On the eve of the Cannes Film Festival, some 600 French film professionals, including acclaimed actors Juliette Binoche, Adèle Haenel, Swann Arlaud and Damien Bonnard, have signed an open letter opposing plans by right-wing billionaire Vincent Bolloré to take full control of UGC, France’s third-largest cinema chain. The letter, published in left-leaning French newspaper Libération,…

“Cinema Needs Europe, Europe Needs Cinema”: 4,700 Film Professionals Call for EU to Protect Film Funding

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Francis Ford Coppola, Juliette Binoche, Sandra Hüller, Stellan Skarsgård, Joachim Trier, and Vicky Krieps are among the more than 4,700 film professionals who have signed an open letter calling for the European Union to protect film funding on the continent. The letter, titled “Europe needs cinema, Cinema needs Europe,” calls on the EU to “future-proof”…

Juliette Binoche Set for CPH:DOX as Copenhagen Doc Fest Unveils Full Program, “A Double Take on a World Gone Mad”

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“A double take on a world gone mad.” That’s how CPH:DOX, the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, described its 2026 edition as it unveiled the full program for its 23rd edition taking place March 11-22. Organizers also highlighted stars coming to the Danish capital for the event. They include French actress Juliette Binoche, who is bringing her directorial…

Hollywood Flashback: When Cannes First Fell in Love With Juliette Binoche

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Long before Juliette Binoche was named president of the Cannes jury, her acting career was born at the international film festival. Forty years ago, French director André Téchiné’s Paris-set Rendez-Vous debuted here, with Binoche starring as a young actress who finds herself entangled in romances with three men, all while chasing her dream of making it on…

Halle Berry, Jeremy Strong Join Juliette Binoche on Cannes Jury

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An all-star line-up, including actors Halle Berry, Jeremy Strong, and Alba Rohrwacher, auteur directors Hong Sangsoo, Payal Kapadia, and Carlos Reygadas, French Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani, and Congolese documentarist Dieudo Hamadi will join Oscar-winning French star Juliette Binoche on this year’s international jury for the 2025 Cannes film festival. The group of 5 women and…

#‘The New Look’ Trailer: Ben Mendelsohn’s Christian Dior Seeks to “Create a New World” in 1940s Paris

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Against the backdrop of the World War II Nazi occupation of Paris, Ben Mendelsohn‘s Christian Dior is seeking to create a new way forward in the trailer for the upcoming Apple TV+ historical drama, The New Look. The 10-episode series, which reunites Mendelsohn with his Bloodline showrunner Todd A. Kessler, explores the interwoven saga of…

#Juliette Binoche on Being Wooed by French Cuisine and Working With Her Ex

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In France, cinema is known as the “seventh art” (the other six being painting, sculpture, music, dance, architecture and photography). Tran Anh Hùng’s The Taste of Things, the country’s 2024 Oscar entry for international feature, makes a powerful argument that gastronomy should be No. 8. The film, which won the Vietnam-born, Paris-based Hùng the best…