Juliette Binoche

My Favorite French Films

Lotte Verbeek | Posted 05.14.2012

Lotte Verbeek

Why French films? If you watch the below five titles, you'll know it. But to put it into words, French film to me is: aesthetics, subtleties, sensuality. Like no other filmmakers, the French understand the art of communicating without telling.

Juliette Binoche in Elles at the Nuart

Andrea R. Vaucher | Posted 05.02.2012

Andrea R. Vaucher

The incomparable Juliette Binoche is riveting in the new film, Elles. Every emotion, no matter how subtle, registers on that alabaster visage; one minute you're laughing with her, the next she's breaking your heart.

WATCH: Best-Seller Becomes Ballet

Posted 10.22.2011

Best-selling book Chocolat by Joanne Harris, was published in 1999 and can already boast an Academy Award nominated film adaptation. Now it's being to...

Are the Best Movies for Grown-Ups Being Made Outside the U.S.?

John Farr | Posted 06.25.2011

John Farr

2011-04-25-farr.jpgWhen it comes to what I call "human-scale" films, the rest of the world is eating our lunch.

Three Actressing Tour de Forces

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011

Stanton Peele

Amanda Seyfried, Juliette Binoche, Mia Wasikowska -- each actress (and her character) is passionate, committed, intuitive -- and vulnerable.

HuffPost Review: Certified Copy

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Marshall Fine

The films of Abbas Kiarostami are critical favorites for God knows what reason. Slow and relatively plotless, they clog the screens at festivals aroun...

Gerard Depardieu Slams Juliette Binoche: She 'Is Nothing'

Posted 05.25.2011

Gerard Depardieu is no fan of fellow French actor Juliette Binoche, saying "she has nothing" in an interview with the Austrian publication Profil. T...

One Iranian Prisoner Released -- But Many Thousands to Go

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011

Virginia M. Moncrieff

The release of film director Jafar Panahi on bail is a wonderful day for those who prayed for his release. But no one can forget the many thousands of other political prisoners in Iranian jails.

Cannes 2010 Prizes: Thailand (and Monkey Ghosts) Win Palme d'Or!

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Giltz

Thailand won its first Palm d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival with critical favorite Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.

A Conversation with Juliette Binoche on "Certified Copy"

Karin Badt | Posted 05.25.2011

Karin Badt

I was surprised that Juliette Binoche was even more beautiful in real life than in the movies. She answered each question about Kiarostami's new film Certified Copy (in which she stars) with meditative reflection.

Kiarostami's "Certified Copy": Ambiguous Film at Cannes

Karin Badt | Posted 05.25.2011

Karin Badt

Abbas Kiarostami's new film Certified Copy is ambiguously subtle--and here-in lies the pleasure. The story of a gallery owner (played charmingly by ...

Cannes 2010 Day Six and Seven: Biutiful is Beautiful and Jia is Beautifuler

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Giltz

The theme of this year's Cannes? It's not economics, as some suggest. It's "less." Less movie stars. Less parties. Less print journalists. Less frenzy. Less crowds. And especially less interviews.

Gywneth, Aniston, Salma & More Spend Thanksgiving in Morocco (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

A few of Hollywood's biggest stars spent Thanksgiving at a black tie Moroccan bash instead of eating turkey dinners. Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Anisto...

Letter From Paris: An Appalachian Artist

Beth Arnold | Posted 05.25.2011

Beth Arnold

My prediction: Theo Edmonds is going to stir up the Paris art world. Better get a painting while you can.

Top Ten Greatest Films of 2009

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011

Stanton Peele

It's that time of year again, the time when film critics and aficionados remind you of those great films - most of which you missed. Here are the top 10 movies of 2009.

HuffPost Review: Paris

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Marshall Fine

Part Parisian travelogue, part Robert Altman film, Cedric Klapisch's Paris is engaging without really being memorable.

Culture Zohn: The Unbearable Lightness of Being '08

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Patricia Zohn

2008-09-03-zohn_bowler.jpgIt's important to remember that politics demands nuance and good listening skills, that politicians are not saints (except I guess St. Sarah), that dealing with repressive Russia is not going to be uncomplicated.

Actress Juliette Binoche Visits Iran

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

French actress Juliette Binoche, who is working on a new film with celebrated Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, is visiting Iran in order to deepen ...