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A Tree: Reviewed by Alan Morris in Waiting for Godot: Jo Baker, A Country Road, A Tree

HHhH: Reviewed by Liana Vardi in L’Adversaire by Emmanuel Carrère

HHhH: Reviewed by Liana Vardi in HHhH by Laurent Binet

HHhH: Reviewed by Liana Vardi in Truth or fiction and why it matters. A look at Ivan Jablonka, Emmanuel Carrère, and Laurent Binet

Histoire des grands-parents que je n’ai pas eus: Reviewed by Liana Vardi in L’Adversaire by Emmanuel Carrère

Histoire des grands-parents que je n’ai pas eus: Reviewed by Liana Vardi in HHhH by Laurent Binet

Histoire des grands-parents que je n’ai pas eus: Reviewed by Liana Vardi in Truth or fiction and why it matters. A look at Ivan Jablonka, Emmanuel Carrère, and Laurent Binet

Là-haut: Reviewed by Béatrix Pau in The Great Swindle ou Au Revoir, Là-haut de Pierre Lemaitre

L’Adversaire: Reviewed by Liana Vardi in L’Adversaire by Emmanuel Carrère

L’Adversaire: Reviewed by Liana Vardi in HHhH by Laurent Binet

L’Adversaire: Reviewed by Liana Vardi in Truth or fiction and why it matters. A look at Ivan Jablonka, Emmanuel Carrère, and Laurent Binet

The Novel: Reviewed by Charles Rearick in Edward Rutherfurd’s Paris, the Novel

Tous au Larzac: Reviewed by Don Reid in The Fifth Republic and the Peasants: Jean de Florette, Manon des Sources, and Tous au Larzac

, Anonymous

Thérèse philosophe: Reviewed by Jennifer J. Davis in The Laws of Eighteenth-Century Sex: Thérèse philosophe

, Diastème

Un Français: Reviewed by Liana Vardi in The Politics of Violence: Un Français

Allen, Woody

Midnight in Paris: Reviewed by Jeffrey H. Jackson in Midnight in Paris

Allende, Isabel

Island Beneath the Sea: Reviewed by Laurent Dubois in Unwritten Stories

Alleyn, Susanne

None (interview): Reviewed by Liana Vardi in Interview with Susanne Alleyn

Allio, René

Les Camisards: Reviewed by W. Gregory Monahan in The Magic of the Cévennes: Les Camisards (1972) and Michael Kohlhaas (2013)

Ameur-Zaïmeche, Rabah

Les chants de Mandrin [Smugglers’ Songs]: Reviewed by Michael Kwass in Smugglers’ Songs

Anderson, Paul W.S.

The Three Musketeers: Reviewed by Liana Vardi in Dumas for Dummies

Annaud, Jean-Jacques

Black and White in Color: Reviewed by Richard S. Fogarty in ‘French Savages’: War and Colonialism in Jean-Jacques Annaud’s Black and White in Color

Aragon, Louis

La Semaine Sainte: Reviewed by Alan Forrest in Aragon, La Semaine Sainte

Arcady, Alexandre

Ce que le jour doit à la nuit: Reviewed by Julia Clancy-Smith in Night, Day, and Mediterranean Summers: French Colonial Films for the Classroom

Arnaud, Claude

Qu’as-tu fait de tes frères?: Reviewed by David Caron in Sex, Drugs, and Literature

Assayas, Olivier

Après mai: Reviewed by Daniel A. Gordon in Olivier Assayas’ Après mai

Baker, Jo

A Country Road: Reviewed by Alan Morris in Waiting for Godot: Jo Baker, A Country Road, A Tree

Balzac, Honoré de

Le Colonel Chabert: Reviewed by Howard G. Brown in Chabert vs Chabert

Barbusse, Henri

Le Feu/Under Fire: Reviewed by Susan R. Grayzel in Teaching Le Feu/Under Fire by Henri Barbusse

Barthes, Sophie

Madame Bovary: Reviewed by James Smith Allen in Sophie Barthes’s Madame Bovary

Bell, Madison Smartt

All Souls’ Rising: Reviewed by Jeremy D. Popkin in Madison Smartt Bell’s Haitian Revolution Trilogy

Master of the Crossroads: Reviewed by Jeremy D. Popkin in Madison Smartt Bell’s Haitian Revolution Trilogy

The Stone that the Builder Refused: Reviewed by Jeremy D. Popkin in Madison Smartt Bell’s Haitian Revolution Trilogy

Benyamina, Houda

Divines: Reviewed by Thibault Schilt in Reversed Gazes and Blended Genres: Divines (2016)

Beresford, Bruce

Black Robe: Reviewed by Cecilia Danysk, Amanda Eurich, Laurie Hochstetler in Revisiting an old classic: Black Robe Three Ways

Bertolucci, Bernardo

The Dreamers: Reviewed by Donald M. Reid in May Fools, The Dreamers & Regular Lovers

Besson, Luc

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc: Reviewed by Daniel Hobbins in The Cinematic Maid: Teaching Joan of Arc through Film

Binet, Laurent

L’histoire est une littérature contemporaine: Reviewed by Liana Vardi in L’Adversaire by Emmanuel Carrère

L’histoire est une littérature contemporaine: Reviewed by Liana Vardi in HHhH by Laurent Binet

L’histoire est une littérature contemporaine: Reviewed by Liana Vardi in Truth or fiction and why it matters. A look at Ivan Jablonka, Emmanuel Carrère, and Laurent Binet

The Seventh Function of Language: Reviewed by Michael Mulvey in A Buddy-Detective Romp through Semiology: The Seventh Function of Language

Boltanski, Christophe

La Cache: Reviewed by Philip Nord in Christophe Boltanski’s Memories of War and Peace

Bomin, Gabriel Le

Fragments d’Antonin [Antonin’s Stories]: Reviewed by Paul Jankowski and Martha Hanna in Antonin’s Stories and Life and Nothing But

Bondarchuk, Sergey

Waterloo: Reviewed by Charles Esdaile in Waterloo (1970): A Critical Review

Bonello, Bertrand

Saint-Laurent: Reviewed by Mary Lynn Stewart in Too Much and Not Enough: Yves Saint Laurent and Saint Laurent

Bosch, Roselyne

La Rafle [The Round Up]: Reviewed by Julian Jackson in La Rafle

Bouchareb, Rachid

Hors la loi [Outside the Law]: Reviewed by Todd Shepard in Hors-la-loi/Outside the Law

Boughedir, Férid

Un été à la Goulette: Reviewed by Julia Clancy-Smith in Night, Day, and Mediterranean Summers: French Colonial Films for the Classroom

Boyden, Joseph

The Orenda: Reviewed by Allan Greer in Hurons and Jesuits Revisited: Joseph Boyden’s The Orenda

Bradbury, Malcolm

To the Hermitage: Reviewed by Kent Wright in To the Hermitage

Bresson, Robert

Le procès de Jeanne d’Arc [The Trial of Joan of Arc]: Reviewed by Daniel Hobbins in The Cinematic Maid: Teaching Joan of Arc through Film

Brisville, Jean-Claude

Le Souper: Reviewed by Philip Dwyer in “When Vice Meets Crime”: Jean-Claude Brisville’s Le Souper

Campillo, Robin

120 battements par minute: Reviewed by V. Hunter Capps in A Small Movement With a Big Agenda: Robin Campillo’s BPM

Carey, Peter

Parrot and Olivier in America: Reviewed by K. Steven Vincent in Parrot and Olivier in America

Carrère, Emmanuel

manifeste pour les sciences sociales: Reviewed by Liana Vardi in L’Adversaire by Emmanuel Carrère

manifeste pour les sciences sociales: Reviewed by Liana Vardi in HHhH by Laurent Binet

manifeste pour les sciences sociales: Reviewed by Liana Vardi in Truth or fiction and why it matters. A look at Ivan Jablonka, Emmanuel Carrère, and Laurent Binet

Chouraqui, Elie

The Origin of Violence: Reviewed by Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall in New Directions in French Holocaust Film: The Origin of Violence, Once in a Lifetime, and Victor “Young” Perez

Clément, René

Gervaise: Reviewed by Rosemary A. Peters-Hill in Adapting Emile Zola’s L’Assommoir, René Clément’s Gervaise (1956)

Cloche, Maurice

Monsieur Vincent: Reviewed by Michael Wolfe in Catholic Reform in the Grand Siècle: Monsieur Vincent (1947)

Clooney, George

The Monuments Men: Reviewed by Elizabeth Campbell Karlsgodt in A Surfeit of Creative License in George Clooney’s The Monuments Men

Cohen, Ilan Duran

Le métis de Dieu [The Jewish Cardinal]: Reviewed by John Connelly in The Jewish Cardinal: Jean-Marie Lustiger and the Struggle for Interfaith Reconciliation

Companeez, Nina

À la recherche du temps perdu: Reviewed by Adam Watt in Nina Companeez tackles À la recherche du temps perdu

Companéez, Nina

L’Allée du roi [The King’s Way]: Reviewed by Michael P. Breen and Junko Thérèse Takeda in The King is Dancing and The King’s Way

Corbiau, Gérard

Le roi danse [The King is Dancing]: Reviewed by Michael P. Breen and Junko Thérèse Takeda in The King is Dancing and The King’s Way

Daeninckx, Didier

Caché dans la maison des fous: Reviewed by Alan Morris in In Praise of Folly: Didier Daeninckx, Caché dans la maison des fous

Meurtres pour mémoire: Reviewed by Alan Morris in Forgetting is Easy, Remembering is Murder: Didier Daeninckx, Meurtres pour mémoire (1983)

Daitch, Susan

[Paper Conspiracies]: Reviewed by Venita Datta in Méliès and the Dreyfus Affair: Paper Conspiracies

Daoud, Kamel

The Mersault Investigation: Reviewed by Natalya Vince in Literature as post-colonial reality? Kamel Daoud’s The Meursault Investigation

Dercourt, Denis

Demain dès l’aube [Tomorrow at Dawn]: Reviewed by Howard G. Brown in Duelling Films

Desrochers, Suzanne

Bride of New France: Reviewed by Liana Vardi in Neither Saint nor Whore

Diop, Boubacar Boris

Kaveena: Reviewed by Kelly Duke Bryant in Kaveena, A Novel of Françafrique

Doillon, Jacques

Rodin: Reviewed by Neil McWilliam in Beyond the Gates of Hell: Jacques Doillon’s Rodin

Dreyer, Carl Theodor

The Passion of Joan of Arc: Reviewed by Daniel Hobbins in The Cinematic Maid: Teaching Joan of Arc through Film

Druon, Maurice

The Accursed Kings: Reviewed by Sarah Hanley in Imagining the Last Capetians: Maurice Druon, The Accursed Kings

Dumont, Bruno

Camille Claudel 1915: Reviewed by Mark S. Micale in Mad Women Artists: Séraphine, Camille Claudel 1915, Aloïse

Dunnett, Dorothy

The Lymond Chronicles: Reviewed by Charlotte Wells in The Lymond Chronicles

Echenoz, Jean

1914: Reviewed by Martha Hanna in “Anthem for Doomed Youth:” Jean Echenoz’s 1914

Eco, Umberto

The Prague Cemetery: Reviewed by Steven Englund in Skating over the Abyss: A Review of Umberto Eco’s The Prague Cemetery

Eguyan, Esi

Half-Blood Blues: Reviewed by Jeff Jackson in Vichy France from the Margins: Half-Blood Blues

Enrico, Robert

La Révolution française: Reviewed by Alex Fairfax-Cholmeley in A Cinematic Revolution? Sources, Imagery and Interpretation in La Révolution française (1989)

Farge, Paul La

Haussmann or the Distinction: Reviewed by David P. Jordan in An Unreconstructed Haussmann

Faulks, Sebastian

Human Traces: Reviewed by Richard C. Keller in Sebastian Faulks, Human Traces

Ferroukhi, Ismaël

Les Hommes libres [Free Men]: Reviewed by Ethan Katz in Vichy France from the Margins: Les Hommes libres

France, Anatole

Les dieux ont soif [The Gods Will Have Blood]: Reviewed by D.M.G Sutherland in France’s Terror: Les dieux ont soif

Gance, Abel

Abel Gance’s Revolutionary Silent Epic Napoleon: Reviewed by Howard G. Brown in A Napoleon for the Digital Age

Garrel, Philippe

Les amants réguliers [Regular Lovers]: Reviewed by Donald M. Reid in May Fools, The Dreamers & Regular Lovers

Gide, André

The Immoralist: Reviewed by Michael Lucey in On André Gide’s The Immoralist (1902)

Giraudeau, Bernard

Les Caprices d’un fleuve: Reviewed by Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall in Les caprices d’un fleuve and Burn!

Girod, Francis

Lacenaire [The Elegant Criminal]: Reviewed by Thomas Cragin in À bas la guillotine! Vive la bourgeoisie? Lacenaire and The Widow of Saint Pierre

Godard, Jean-Luc

Breathless: Reviewed by Patrick Young and Rebecca Pulju in Breathless and Cléo de 5 à 7

Guay, Philippe Le

Alceste à bicyclette [Cycling with Molière]: Reviewed by Emma Gilby in Molière on the Ile de Ré or Alceste à bicyclette

Guédiguian, Robert

L’armée du crime [Army of Crime]: Reviewed by Chris Millington in Celebrating the Resistance: L’armée du crime

Guignard, Olivier

1788 et demi: Reviewed by Aurore Chery in The French Revolution on TV in the New Millennium

Hamer, Bent

1001 Grams: Reviewed by Ken Alder in Universal measures: 1001 Grams

Hannah, Kristin

The Nightingale: Reviewed by Shannon L. Fogg in Sisters in the Resistance: The Nightingale

Harris, Robert

An Officer and a Spy: Reviewed by Julie Kalman in Revisiting the Dreyfus Affair: Robert Harris, An Officer and a Spy

Herbiet, Laurent

Mon Colonel (The Colonel): Reviewed by Michael G. Vann in The Dark Side: French Men Becoming Monsters in Algeria

Hooper, Tom

Les Misérables: Reviewed by Michael Sibalis in Who were Les Misérables?

Hugo, Victor

Ninety-Three: Reviewed by Marisa Linton in Victor Hugo, Ninety-Three (Quatrevingt-treize)

Notre Dame de Paris: Reviewed by Alex J. Novikoff in Medievalism and Modernity in Victor Hugo’s Hunchback of Notre Dame

Izner, Claude

Murder on the Eiffel Tower: Reviewed by Charles Rearick in Crime, Terror & Sleuthing in Paris, 1889

Jablonka, Ivan

Laëtitia ou la fin des hommes: Reviewed by Liana Vardi in L’Adversaire by Emmanuel Carrère

Laëtitia ou la fin des hommes: Reviewed by Liana Vardi in HHhH by Laurent Binet

Laëtitia ou la fin des hommes: Reviewed by Liana Vardi in Truth or fiction and why it matters. A look at Ivan Jablonka, Emmanuel Carrère, and Laurent Binet

Jacquot, Benoît

Journal d’une femme de chambre: Reviewed by Eliza Earle Ferguson in Benoît Jacquot’s Journal d’une femme de chambre

Les adieux à la reine [Farewell My Queen]: Reviewed by Laura Mason in Les adieux à la reine/Farewell, My Queen

Janes, J. Robert

Bellringer: Reviewed by Robin Walz in Collaboration during the Occupation: The “St-Cyr and Kohler” Mysteries

Jenni, Alexis

L’Art français de la guerre: Reviewed by Donald Reid in Jenni’s French Art of War

Joffé, Roland

Vatel: Reviewed by Bill Beik in The Grandeur of Louis XIV on Film

Kassovitz, Mathieu

La Haine: Reviewed by Michael Gott in Banlieue Cinema: La Haine (1995)

L’ordre et la morale: Reviewed by Denise Fisher in The Need to Remember : L’ordre et la morale (Rebellion)

Kechiche, Abdellatif

L’Esquive [Games of Love and Chance]: Reviewed by Elena Russo in Revisiting Kechiche’s L’Esquive (Games of Love and Chance)

Vénus noire [Black Venus]: Reviewed by Matthew Ramsey in Black Venus/Vénus Noire

Kekrmadec, Liliane de

Aloïse: Reviewed by Mark S. Micale in Mad Women Artists: Séraphine, Camille Claudel 1915, Aloïse

Keneally, Thomas

Napoleon's Last Island: Reviewed by Michael Sibalis in Betsy and the Emperor: A Well-Worn Tale Retold

Leconte, Patrice

La veuve de Saint-Pierre [The Widow of Saint-Pierre]: Reviewed by Thomas Cragin in À bas la guillotine! Vive la bourgeoisie? Lacenaire and The Widow of Saint Pierre

Ridicule: Reviewed by Thomas E. Kaiser and Lisa Jane Graham in Beaumarchais l’insolent and Ridicule

Lemaitre, Pierre

Au Revoir: Reviewed by Béatrix Pau in The Great Swindle ou Au Revoir, Là-haut de Pierre Lemaitre

Lespert, Jalil

Yves Saint Laurent: Reviewed by Mary Lynn Stewart in Too Much and Not Enough: Yves Saint Laurent and Saint Laurent

Lester, Richard

The Musketeers: Reviewed by Charlotte C. Wells in “Keep Those Swords Away from the Computer, Boys!” The Three Musketeers in the Classroom

Levingston, Steven

Little Demon in the City of Light: Reviewed by Barbara C. Pope in Stranger than Fiction: Steven Levingston on Murder, Mesmerism, and Forensics in Fin-de-siècle Paris

Lindon, Mathieu

Ce qu’aimer veut dire: Reviewed by David Caron in Sex, Drugs, and Literature

Malle, Louis

Lacombe Lucien: Reviewed by Simon Kitson and Richard Vinen in Army of Shadows and Lacombe, Lucien

Milou en Mai [May Fools]: Reviewed by Donald M. Reid in May Fools, The Dreamers & Regular Lovers

Mantel, Hilary

A Place of Greater Safety: Reviewed by Colin Jones in A Place of Greater Safety

Mauvignier, Laurent

The Wound: Reviewed by Patricia M.E. Lorcin in Men at War: Laurent Mauvignier’s The Wound

McCarthy, Laura

Reign: Reviewed by Charlotte C. Wells in Myth, History and Teen-age Romance: A Sixteenth-Century Historian Watches Reign

McCleary, Carol

The Alchemy of Murder: Reviewed by Charles Rearick in Crime, Terror & Sleuthing in Paris, 1889

Melville, Jean-Pierre

Army of Shadows: Reviewed by Simon Kitson and Richard Vinen in Army of Shadows and Lacombe, Lucien

Mention-Schaar, Marie-Castille

Once in a Lifetime: Reviewed by Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall in New Directions in French Holocaust Film: The Origin of Violence, Once in a Lifetime, and Victor “Young” Perez

Merle, Robert

The Brethren; City of Wisdom and Blood: Reviewed by Brian Sandberg in Robert Merle’s Wars of Religion: The Brethren and City of Wisdom and Blood

Michon, Pierre

Les Onze: Reviewed by Liana Vardi in The Tiepolo of the Terror: Pierre Michon’s The Eleven

Miller, Andrew

Pure: Reviewed by Clare Crowston in Andrew Miller’s Pure and Les Innocents Cemetery

Mirren, David Wolstencroft and Simon

Versailles: Reviewed by Charlotte C. Wells in Versailles On a Dark and Stormy Night

Miské, Karim

Arab Jazz: Reviewed by Kimberly A. Arkin in Arab Jazz by Karim Miské

Modiano, Patrick

The Occupation Trilogy: Reviewed by Alan Morris in Into the Heart of Darkness: Patrick Modiano, The Occupation Trilogy (2015)

Molinaro, Edouard

Le souper: le vice au bras du crime: Reviewed by Philip Dwyer in “When Vice Meets Crime”: Jean-Claude Brisville’s Le Souper

Nebbou, Safy

L’autre Dumas [Dumas] : Reviewed by Liana Vardi in Dumas for Dummies

Némirovsky, Irène

Suite Française: Reviewed by Sara Maza in Suite Française, Irène Némirovsky

Suite Française: Reviewed by Simon Kitson in Suite Française

Niang, Philippe

Toussant Louverture: Reviewed by Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall in Happy as a Slave: The Toussaint Louverture miniseries

Niblo, Fred

The Three Musketeers: Reviewed by Charlotte C. Wells in “Keep Those Swords Away from the Computer, Boys!” The Three Musketeers in the Classroom

Nicloux, Guillaume

La Religieuse: Reviewed by Lisa Jane Graham in A la recherche du père perdu: Guillaume Nicloux’s La Religieuse (2013)

Oelhoffen, David

Loin des hommes: Reviewed by Joshua Cole in Albert Camus’s “L’hôte” becomes Loin des hommes (Far From Men)

Oubrerie, Julie Birmant and Clément

Pablo: Reviewed by Robin Walz in Loving Picasso (or Not)

Pallières, Arnaud des

Michael Kohlhaas: Reviewed by W. Gregory Monahan in The Magic of the Cévennes: Les Camisards (1972) and Michael Kohlhaas (2013)

Panh, Rithy

Un barrage contre la pacifique [Sea Wall]: Reviewed by Alison J. Murray Levine and Eric T. Jennings in Indochine and The Sea Wall

Parot, Jean-François

The Châtelet Apprentice: Reviewed by David Garrioch in Parot’s Eighteenth-Century Mysteries

The Man with the Lead Stomach: Reviewed by David Garrioch in Parot’s Eighteenth-Century Mysteries

The Nicolas Le Floch Affair: Reviewed by David Garrioch in Parot’s Eighteenth-Century Mysteries

The Phantom of Rue Royale: Reviewed by David Garrioch in Parot’s Eighteenth-Century Mysteries

The Saint-Florentin Murders: Reviewed by David Garrioch in Parot’s Eighteenth-Century Mysteries

Pears, Iain

The Dream of Scipio: Reviewed by Daniel Lord Smail in Being Medieval and Civilized

Peck, Raoul

The Young Karl Marx: Reviewed by Jonathan Beecher in Raoul Peck’s The Young Karl Marx

Pérez-Reverte, Arturo

The Seige: Reviewed by Charles Esdaile in Clinging to the Myth: Perez-Réverte on Napoleon’s siege of Cádiz

Perrignon, Judith

Victor Hugo Vient de Mourir: Reviewed by Charles Rearick in Victor Hugo’s Funeral as Historical Fiction

Planchon, Roger

Louis enfant roi: Reviewed by Brian Sandberg in Louis, enfant roi

Pommerat, Joël

Ça ira (1) fin de Louis: Reviewed by Liana Vardi, Guillaume Mazeau in Ça ira (1) fin de Louis: Interview with Guillaume Mazeau

Pontecorvo, Gillo

Queimada [Burn!]: Reviewed by Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall in Les caprices d’un fleuve and Burn!

Pope, Barbara Corrado

Cézanne’s Quarry: Reviewed by Charles Sowerwine in Death in the Belle Époque: Barbara Corrado Pope’s Trilogy of Mysteries

The Blood of Lorraine: Reviewed by Charles Sowerwine in Death in the Belle Époque: Barbara Corrado Pope’s Trilogy of Mysteries

The Missing Italian Girl: Reviewed by Charles Sowerwine in Death in the Belle Époque: Barbara Corrado Pope’s Trilogy of Mysteries

Provost, Martin

Séraphine: Reviewed by Mark S. Micale in Mad Women Artists: Séraphine, Camille Claudel 1915, Aloïse

Violette: Reviewed by Sandrine Sanos in “A World of Noise and Fury:” Martin Provost’s Violette (2013)

Rambaud, Patrick

Napoleon's Exile: Reviewed by Michael Sibalis in Patrick Rambaud’s Napoleonic Trilogy

The Battle: Reviewed by Michael Sibalis in Patrick Rambaud’s Napoleonic Trilogy

The Retreat: Reviewed by Michael Sibalis in Patrick Rambaud’s Napoleonic Trilogy

Rappeneau, Jean-Paul

Cyrano de Bergerac: Reviewed by Jeffrey S. Ravel in Revisiting Cyrano de Bergerac (1990): Ideas for Teaching Old Regime Theater in the History Classroom

Renoir, Jean

La Marseillaise: Reviewed by Laura Mason in Celebrating Popular Revolution: Jean Renoir’s La Marseillaise (1938)

La grande illusion [Grand Illusion]: Reviewed by Jay Winter in The Grand Illusion: The Genius of Indirection

Rickman, Alan

A Little Chaos: Reviewed by Kathleen Wellman in A Little Chaos in Louis XIV’s Court

Rivette, Jacques

Jeanne la Pucelle [Joan the Maid]: Reviewed by Daniel Hobbins in The Cinematic Maid: Teaching Joan of Arc through Film

Rosselini, Roberto

Taking of Power of Louis XIV (La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV): Reviewed by Bill Beik in The Grandeur of Louis XIV on Film

Rouaud, Christian

Manon of the Spring: Reviewed by Don Reid in The Fifth Republic and the Peasants: Jean de Florette, Manon des Sources, and Tous au Larzac

Rufin, Jean-Christophe

The Dream Maker: Reviewed by Daniel Hobbins in The Making of a Modern Man: Jean-Christophe Rufin’s Jacques Coeur

Russell, Ken

The Devils: Reviewed by Darryl Dee in Possession in the Grand Siècle: The Devils

Rutherfurd, Edward

Paris: Reviewed by Charles Rearick in Edward Rutherfurd’s Paris, the Novel

Santis, Pablo de

The Paris Enigma: a Novel: Reviewed by Charles Rearick in Crime, Terror & Sleuthing in Paris, 1889

Santos, Nelson Pereira dos

How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman [Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês]: Reviewed by Michael Wintroub in Cannibal Histories: Some Comments on Nelson Pereira dos Santos’s How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman

Schlöndorff, Volker

Diplomatie: Reviewed by Matthew Cobb in Kaboom! Diplomatie (2014) and the destruction of Paris

Scola, Ettore

La nuit de Varennes [Night of Varennes]: Reviewed by Jack Censer and Mary Ashburn Miller in La nuit de Varennes and Danton

Scott, Ridley

The Duellists: Reviewed by Howard G. Brown in Duelling Films

Sélignac, Arnaud

L’évasion de Louis XVI: Reviewed by Aurore Chery in The French Revolution on TV in the New Millennium

Selinko, Annemarie

Désirée: Reviewed by Michael Sibalis in Napoleon’s Fiancée: The Fabulous Destiny of Désirée Clary

Serra, Albert

La Mort de Louis XIV: Reviewed by W. Gregory Monahan in Alberto Serra’s La mort de Louis XIV

Shoendoerffer, Pierre

Le Crabe-Tambour: Reviewed by Robert Aldrich in Le Crabe-Tambour: In the Wake of Empire

Sidney, George

The Four Musketeers: Reviewed by Charlotte C. Wells in “Keep Those Swords Away from the Computer, Boys!” The Three Musketeers in the Classroom

Slocombe, Romain

Monsieur le Commandant: Reviewed by Sandra Ott in Romain Slocombe, Monsieur le Commandant: A Wartime Confession

Sucary, Yossi

Benghazi-Bergen-Belsen: Reviewed by Jessica R. Hammerman in Libya and the Holocaust: Yossi Sucary’s Benghazi-Bergen-Belsen

Tardi, Jacques

Jacques Tardi’s WWI Graphic Novels: Reviewed by Robin Walz in Putain de guerre! Teaching Jacques Tardi’s WWI Graphic Novels

Tavernier, Bertrand

Coup de Torchon: Reviewed by Alice Conklin in Coup de Torchon

La Princesse de Montpensier [The Princess of Montpensier]: Reviewed by Paul Cohen in La Princesse de Montpensier

La Vie et rien d’autre [Life and Nothing But]: Reviewed by Paul Jankowski and Martha Hanna in Antonin’s Stories and Life and Nothing But

Thompson, Danièle

Cézanne et moi: Reviewed by Marco Deyasi in The tormented artist and his friend: Danièle Thompson’s Cézanne et moi

Trouillot, Évelyne

The Infamous Rosalie: Reviewed by Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall in If This is a Woman: Evelyne Trouillot’s The Infamous Rosalie and the Lost Stories of New-World Slavery

Varda, Agnès

Cléo de 5 à 7 [Cléo from 5 to 7]: Reviewed by Patrick Young and Rebecca Pulju in Breathless and Cléo de 5 à 7

Vautier, René

Avoir vingt ans dans les Aurès [To Be Twenty in the Aures]: Reviewed by Michael G. Vann in The Dark Side: French Men Becoming Monsters in Algeria

Vercel, Roger

Capitaine Conan: Reviewed by John Cerullo in The Dangers of Valor: Roger Vercel’s and Bertrand Tavernier’s Capitaine Conan

Wajda, Andrzei

Danton: Reviewed by Jack Censer and Mary Ashburn Miller in La nuit de Varennes and Danton

Wajeman, Elie

Les Anarchistes: Reviewed by Roxanne Panchasi in “Avec l’amour au poing”*: Elie Wajeman’s Les Anarchistes

Wargnier, Régis

Indochine: Reviewed by Alison J. Murray Levine and Eric T. Jennings in Indochine and The Sea Wall

Winocour, Alice

Augustine: Reviewed by Judith Surkis in Alice Winocour’s Augustine

Yehoshua, A.B.

A Journey to the End of the Millennium: A Novel of the Middle Ages: Reviewed by Daniel Lord Smail in Being Medieval and Civilized

Zem, Roschdy

Chocolat: Reviewed by Charles Rearick in Chocolat: A Black Entertainer in the Belle Époque

Zilbermann, Jean-Jacques

He's My Girl: Reviewed by Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall in Jewish-Muslim Romance with a French Twist: Jean-Jacques Zilbermann’s He’s My Girl