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Second Installment of Baudry’s De Gaulle Epic Opens to Divided Reviews

Pathé’s summer bid to revive big-budget French history on screen now faces scrutiny over artistic coherence and patriotic framing.

Baudry’s De Gaulle Debut Wins Praise for Spectacle and Draws Historians’ Ire

Baudry’s Two‑Part De Gaulle Epic Debuts at Cannes

László Nemes Says Antisemitism Is Silencing Jewish Cinema as Cannes Focuses on His New Film

Cannes Focuses on the Occupation as Nemes’s Moulin Debuts in Competition

At Cannes, László Nemes’ ‘Moulin’ Stuns Visually but Divides on Scope

Cannes Film Festival Opens Tuesday With 22-Film Race and a Scaled-Back Hollywood Presence

France Starts Building Next-Generation Nuclear Carrier ‘France Libre’

French Resistance Veteran Robert Birenbaum Dies at 99

Viral 'Fedora Man' at Louvre Heist Identified as 15-Year-Old Visitor

Classic Stage Company Announces World Premiere of Marcel on the Train for February 2026

Last Surviving FTP‑MOI Résistant Léon Landini Dies at 99

Ronan Bennett Reimagines Army of Shadows as Six-Part Drama for Channel 4 and Canal+

Etienne-Emile Baulieu, Inventor of RU-486, Dies at 98

Oscar-Winning Documentarian Marcel Ophüls Dies at 97

Macron Honors WWII 'Malgré-nous' and Announces Marc Bloch's Panthéon Induction

Missak Manouchian and Wife Inducted into France's Panthéon

Apple TV+'s The New Look Dives into Fashion Icons' Lives During WWII

Maisie Williams Transforms for 'The New Look' Role, Losing Over 25 Pounds