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120 battements par minute
by Robin Campillo. Reviewed by V. Hunter Capps in A Small Movement With a Big Agenda: Robin Campillo’s BPM
1001 Grams
by Bent Hamer. Reviewed by Ken Alder in Universal measures: 1001 Grams
1788 et demi
by Olivier Guignard. Reviewed by Aurore Chery in The French Revolution on TV in the New Millennium
1914
by Jean Echenoz. Reviewed by Martha Hanna in “Anthem for Doomed Youth:” Jean Echenoz’s 1914
Abel Gance’s Revolutionary Silent Epic Napoleon
by Abel Gance. Reviewed by Howard G. Brown in A Napoleon for the Digital Age
The Accursed Kings
by Maurice Druon. Reviewed by Sarah Hanley in Imagining the Last Capetians: Maurice Druon, The Accursed Kings
Les adieux à la reine [Farewell My Queen]
by Benoît Jacquot. Reviewed by Laura Mason in Les adieux à la reine/Farewell, My Queen
L’Adversaire
by . Reviewed by Liana Vardi in L’Adversaire by Emmanuel Carrère
L’Adversaire
by . Reviewed by Liana Vardi in HHhH by Laurent Binet
L’Adversaire
by . Reviewed by Liana Vardi in Truth or fiction and why it matters. A look at Ivan Jablonka, Emmanuel Carrère, and Laurent Binet
Alceste à bicyclette [Cycling with Molière]
by Philippe Le Guay. Reviewed by Emma Gilby in Molière on the Ile de Ré or Alceste à bicyclette
The Alchemy of Murder
by Carol McCleary. Reviewed by Charles Rearick in Crime, Terror & Sleuthing in Paris, 1889
L’Allée du roi [The King’s Way]
by Nina Companéez. Reviewed by Michael P. Breen and Junko Thérèse Takeda in The King is Dancing and The King’s Way
All Souls’ Rising
by Madison Smartt Bell. Reviewed by Jeremy D. Popkin in Madison Smartt Bell’s Haitian Revolution Trilogy
Aloïse
by Liliane de Kekrmadec. Reviewed by Mark S. Micale in Mad Women Artists: Séraphine, Camille Claudel 1915, Aloïse
Les amants réguliers [Regular Lovers]
by Philippe Garrel. Reviewed by Donald M. Reid in May Fools, The Dreamers & Regular Lovers
Les Anarchistes
by Elie Wajeman. Reviewed by Roxanne Panchasi in “Avec l’amour au poing”*: Elie Wajeman’s Les Anarchistes
Après mai
by Olivier Assayas. Reviewed by Daniel A. Gordon in Olivier Assayas’ Après mai
Arab Jazz
by Karim Miské. Reviewed by Kimberly A. Arkin in Arab Jazz by Karim Miské
L’armée du crime [Army of Crime]
by Robert Guédiguian. Reviewed by Chris Millington in Celebrating the Resistance: L’armée du crime
Army of Shadows
by Jean-Pierre Melville. Reviewed by Simon Kitson and Richard Vinen in Army of Shadows and Lacombe, Lucien
L’Art français de la guerre
by Alexis Jenni. Reviewed by Donald Reid in Jenni’s French Art of War
Au bonheur des dames
by Emile Zola. Reviewed by Michael Miller in The Birth of the Department Store: Émile Zola’s Au bonheur des dames and BBC’s The Paradise miniseries
Augustine
by Alice Winocour. Reviewed by Judith Surkis in Alice Winocour’s Augustine
Au Revoir
by Pierre Lemaitre. Reviewed by Béatrix Pau in The Great Swindle ou Au Revoir, Là-haut de Pierre Lemaitre
L’autre Dumas [Dumas]
by Safy Nebbou. Reviewed by Liana Vardi in Dumas for Dummies
Avoir vingt ans dans les Aurès [To Be Twenty in the Aures]
by René Vautier. Reviewed by Michael G. Vann in The Dark Side: French Men Becoming Monsters in Algeria
The Battle
by Patrick Rambaud. Reviewed by Michael Sibalis in Patrick Rambaud’s Napoleonic Trilogy
Bellringer
by J. Robert Janes. Reviewed by Robin Walz in Collaboration during the Occupation: The “St-Cyr and Kohler” Mysteries
Benghazi-Bergen-Belsen
by Yossi Sucary. Reviewed by Jessica R. Hammerman in Libya and the Holocaust: Yossi Sucary’s Benghazi-Bergen-Belsen
Black and White in Color
by Jean-Jacques Annaud. Reviewed by Richard S. Fogarty in ‘French Savages’: War and Colonialism in Jean-Jacques Annaud’s Black and White in Color
Black Robe
by Bruce Beresford. Reviewed by Cecilia Danysk, Amanda Eurich, Laurie Hochstetler in Revisiting an old classic: Black Robe Three Ways
The Blood of Lorraine
by Barbara Corrado Pope. Reviewed by Charles Sowerwine in Death in the Belle Époque: Barbara Corrado Pope’s Trilogy of Mysteries
Breathless
by Jean-Luc Godard. Reviewed by Patrick Young and Rebecca Pulju in Breathless and Cléo de 5 à 7
The Brethren; City of Wisdom and Blood
by Robert Merle. Reviewed by Brian Sandberg in Robert Merle’s Wars of Religion: The Brethren and City of Wisdom and Blood
Bride of New France
by Suzanne Desrochers. Reviewed by Liana Vardi in Neither Saint nor Whore
La Cache
by Christophe Boltanski. Reviewed by Philip Nord in Christophe Boltanski’s Memories of War and Peace
Caché dans la maison des fous
by Didier Daeninckx. Reviewed by Alan Morris in In Praise of Folly: Didier Daeninckx, Caché dans la maison des fous
Camille Claudel 1915
by Bruno Dumont. Reviewed by Mark S. Micale in Mad Women Artists: Séraphine, Camille Claudel 1915, Aloïse
Les Camisards
by René Allio. Reviewed by W. Gregory Monahan in The Magic of the Cévennes: Les Camisards (1972) and Michael Kohlhaas (2013)
Capitaine Conan
by Roger Vercel. Reviewed by John Cerullo in The Dangers of Valor: Roger Vercel’s and Bertrand Tavernier’s Capitaine Conan
Les Caprices d’un fleuve
by Bernard Giraudeau. Reviewed by Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall in Les caprices d’un fleuve and Burn!
Ce que le jour doit à la nuit
by Alexandre Arcady. Reviewed by Julia Clancy-Smith in Night, Day, and Mediterranean Summers: French Colonial Films for the Classroom
Ce qu’aimer veut dire
by Mathieu Lindon. Reviewed by David Caron in Sex, Drugs, and Literature
Cézanne et moi
by Danièle Thompson. Reviewed by Marco Deyasi in The tormented artist and his friend: Danièle Thompson’s Cézanne et moi
Cézanne’s Quarry
by Barbara Corrado Pope. Reviewed by Charles Sowerwine in Death in the Belle Époque: Barbara Corrado Pope’s Trilogy of Mysteries
Les chants de Mandrin [Smugglers’ Songs]
by Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche. Reviewed by Michael Kwass in Smugglers’ Songs
The Châtelet Apprentice
by Jean-François Parot. Reviewed by David Garrioch in Parot’s Eighteenth-Century Mysteries
Chocolat
by Roschdy Zem. Reviewed by Charles Rearick in Chocolat: A Black Entertainer in the Belle Époque
Cléo de 5 à 7 [Cléo from 5 to 7]
by Agnès Varda. Reviewed by Patrick Young and Rebecca Pulju in Breathless and Cléo de 5 à 7
Le Colonel Chabert
by Honoré de Balzac. Reviewed by Howard G. Brown in Chabert vs Chabert
A Country Road
by Jo Baker. Reviewed by Alan Morris in Waiting for Godot: Jo Baker, A Country Road, A Tree
Coup de Torchon
by Bertrand Tavernier. Reviewed by Alice Conklin in Coup de Torchon
Le Crabe-Tambour
by Pierre Shoendoerffer. Reviewed by Robert Aldrich in Le Crabe-Tambour: In the Wake of Empire
Cyrano de Bergerac
by Jean-Paul Rappeneau. Reviewed by Jeffrey S. Ravel in Revisiting Cyrano de Bergerac (1990): Ideas for Teaching Old Regime Theater in the History Classroom
Danton
by Andrzei Wajda. Reviewed by Jack Censer and Mary Ashburn Miller in La nuit de Varennes and Danton
Demain dès l’aube [Tomorrow at Dawn]
by Denis Dercourt. Reviewed by Howard G. Brown in Duelling Films
Désirée
by Annemarie Selinko. Reviewed by Michael Sibalis in Napoleon’s Fiancée: The Fabulous Destiny of Désirée Clary
The Devils
by Ken Russell. Reviewed by Darryl Dee in Possession in the Grand Siècle: The Devils
Les dieux ont soif [The Gods Will Have Blood]
by Anatole France. Reviewed by D.M.G Sutherland in France’s Terror: Les dieux ont soif
Diplomatie
by Volker Schlöndorff. Reviewed by Matthew Cobb in Kaboom! Diplomatie (2014) and the destruction of Paris
Divines
by Houda Benyamina. Reviewed by Thibault Schilt in Reversed Gazes and Blended Genres: Divines (2016)
The Dreamers
by Bernardo Bertolucci. Reviewed by Donald M. Reid in May Fools, The Dreamers & Regular Lovers
The Dream Maker
by Jean-Christophe Rufin. Reviewed by Daniel Hobbins in The Making of a Modern Man: Jean-Christophe Rufin’s Jacques Coeur
The Dream of Scipio
by Iain Pears. Reviewed by Daniel Lord Smail in Being Medieval and Civilized
The Duellists
by Ridley Scott. Reviewed by Howard G. Brown in Duelling Films
Entre les murs
by Laurent Cantet. Reviewed by Martin O'Shaughnessy in Are you sure you think what you think? Laurent Cantet’s Entre les murs and mythologies of Republican education
L’Esquive [Games of Love and Chance]
by Abdellatif Kechiche. Reviewed by Elena Russo in Revisiting Kechiche’s L’Esquive (Games of Love and Chance)
L’évasion de Louis XVI
by Arnaud Sélignac. Reviewed by Aurore Chery in The French Revolution on TV in the New Millennium
Le Feu/Under Fire
by Henri Barbusse. Reviewed by Susan R. Grayzel in Teaching Le Feu/Under Fire by Henri Barbusse
The Four Musketeers
by George Sidney. Reviewed by Charlotte C. Wells in “Keep Those Swords Away from the Computer, Boys!” The Three Musketeers in the Classroom
Fragments d’Antonin [Antonin’s Stories]
by Gabriel Le Bomin. Reviewed by Paul Jankowski and Martha Hanna in Antonin’s Stories and Life and Nothing But
Gervaise
by René Clément. Reviewed by Rosemary A. Peters-Hill in Adapting Emile Zola’s L’Assommoir, René Clément’s Gervaise (1956)
La grande illusion [Grand Illusion]
by Jean Renoir. Reviewed by Jay Winter in The Grand Illusion: The Genius of Indirection
La Haine
by Mathieu Kassovitz. Reviewed by Michael Gott in Banlieue Cinema: La Haine (1995)
Half-Blood Blues
by Esi Eguyan. Reviewed by Jeff Jackson in Vichy France from the Margins: Half-Blood Blues
Haussmann or the Distinction
by Paul La Farge. Reviewed by David P. Jordan in An Unreconstructed Haussmann
He's My Girl
by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann. Reviewed by Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall in Jewish-Muslim Romance with a French Twist: Jean-Jacques Zilbermann’s He’s My Girl
HHhH
by . Reviewed by Liana Vardi in L’Adversaire by Emmanuel Carrère
HHhH
by . Reviewed by Liana Vardi in HHhH by Laurent Binet
HHhH
by . 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
by . Reviewed by Liana Vardi in L’Adversaire by Emmanuel Carrère
Histoire des grands-parents que je n’ai pas eus
by . Reviewed by Liana Vardi in HHhH by Laurent Binet
Histoire des grands-parents que je n’ai pas eus
by . Reviewed by Liana Vardi in Truth or fiction and why it matters. A look at Ivan Jablonka, Emmanuel Carrère, and Laurent Binet
L’histoire est une littérature contemporaine
by Laurent Binet. Reviewed by Liana Vardi in L’Adversaire by Emmanuel Carrère
L’histoire est une littérature contemporaine
by Laurent Binet. Reviewed by Liana Vardi in HHhH by Laurent Binet
L’histoire est une littérature contemporaine
by Laurent Binet. Reviewed by Liana Vardi in Truth or fiction and why it matters. A look at Ivan Jablonka, Emmanuel Carrère, and Laurent Binet
Les Hommes libres [Free Men]
by Ismaël Ferroukhi. Reviewed by Ethan Katz in Vichy France from the Margins: Les Hommes libres
Hors la loi [Outside the Law]
by Rachid Bouchareb. Reviewed by Todd Shepard in Hors-la-loi/Outside the Law
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman [Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês]
by Nelson Pereira dos Santos. Reviewed by Michael Wintroub in Cannibal Histories: Some Comments on Nelson Pereira dos Santos’s How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Human Traces
by Sebastian Faulks. Reviewed by Richard C. Keller in Sebastian Faulks, Human Traces
The Immoralist
by André Gide. Reviewed by Michael Lucey in On André Gide’s The Immoralist (1902)
Indochine
by Régis Wargnier. Reviewed by Alison J. Murray Levine and Eric T. Jennings in Indochine and The Sea Wall
The Infamous Rosalie
by Évelyne Trouillot. 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
Island Beneath the Sea
by Isabel Allende. Reviewed by Laurent Dubois in Unwritten Stories
Jacques Tardi’s WWI Graphic Novels
by Jacques Tardi. Reviewed by Robin Walz in Putain de guerre! Teaching Jacques Tardi’s WWI Graphic Novels
Jean de Florette
by Claude Berri. Reviewed by Don Reid in The Fifth Republic and the Peasants: Jean de Florette, Manon des Sources, and Tous au Larzac
Jeanne la Pucelle [Joan the Maid]
by Jacques Rivette. Reviewed by Daniel Hobbins in The Cinematic Maid: Teaching Joan of Arc through Film
Journal d’une femme de chambre
by Benoît Jacquot. Reviewed by Eliza Earle Ferguson in Benoît Jacquot’s Journal d’une femme de chambre
A Journey to the End of the Millennium: A Novel of the Middle Ages
by A.B. Yehoshua. Reviewed by Daniel Lord Smail in Being Medieval and Civilized
Kaveena
by Boubacar Boris Diop. Reviewed by Kelly Duke Bryant in Kaveena, A Novel of Françafrique
Là-haut
by . Reviewed by Béatrix Pau in The Great Swindle ou Au Revoir, Là-haut de Pierre Lemaitre
Lacenaire [The Elegant Criminal]
by Francis Girod. Reviewed by Thomas Cragin in À bas la guillotine! Vive la bourgeoisie? Lacenaire and The Widow of Saint Pierre
Lacombe Lucien
by Louis Malle. Reviewed by Simon Kitson and Richard Vinen in Army of Shadows and Lacombe, Lucien
Laëtitia ou la fin des hommes
by Ivan Jablonka. Reviewed by Liana Vardi in L’Adversaire by Emmanuel Carrère
Laëtitia ou la fin des hommes
by Ivan Jablonka. Reviewed by Liana Vardi in HHhH by Laurent Binet
Laëtitia ou la fin des hommes
by Ivan Jablonka. Reviewed by Liana Vardi in Truth or fiction and why it matters. A look at Ivan Jablonka, Emmanuel Carrère, and Laurent Binet
Legends of the Tour
by Jan Cleijne. Reviewed by Eric Reed in Legends of the Tour, Jan Cleijne’s Graphic-Novel History of France’s National Bicycle Race
A Little Chaos
by Alan Rickman. Reviewed by Kathleen Wellman in A Little Chaos in Louis XIV’s Court
Little Demon in the City of Light
by Steven Levingston. Reviewed by Barbara C. Pope in Stranger than Fiction: Steven Levingston on Murder, Mesmerism, and Forensics in Fin-de-siècle Paris
Loin des hommes
by David Oelhoffen. Reviewed by Joshua Cole in Albert Camus’s “L’hôte” becomes Loin des hommes (Far From Men)
Louis enfant roi
by Roger Planchon. Reviewed by Brian Sandberg in Louis, enfant roi
The Lymond Chronicles
by Dorothy Dunnett. Reviewed by Charlotte Wells in The Lymond Chronicles
Madame Bovary
by Sophie Barthes. Reviewed by James Smith Allen in Sophie Barthes’s Madame Bovary
manifeste pour les sciences sociales
by Emmanuel Carrère. Reviewed by Liana Vardi in L’Adversaire by Emmanuel Carrère
manifeste pour les sciences sociales
by Emmanuel Carrère. Reviewed by Liana Vardi in HHhH by Laurent Binet
manifeste pour les sciences sociales
by Emmanuel Carrère. Reviewed by Liana Vardi in Truth or fiction and why it matters. A look at Ivan Jablonka, Emmanuel Carrère, and Laurent Binet
Manon of the Spring
by Christian Rouaud. Reviewed by Don Reid in The Fifth Republic and the Peasants: Jean de Florette, Manon des Sources, and Tous au Larzac
The Man with the Lead Stomach
by Jean-François Parot. Reviewed by David Garrioch in Parot’s Eighteenth-Century Mysteries
La Marseillaise
by Jean Renoir. Reviewed by Laura Mason in Celebrating Popular Revolution: Jean Renoir’s La Marseillaise (1938)
Master of the Crossroads
by Madison Smartt Bell. Reviewed by Jeremy D. Popkin in Madison Smartt Bell’s Haitian Revolution Trilogy
The Mersault Investigation
by Kamel Daoud. Reviewed by Natalya Vince in Literature as post-colonial reality? Kamel Daoud’s The Meursault Investigation
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
by Luc Besson. Reviewed by Daniel Hobbins in The Cinematic Maid: Teaching Joan of Arc through Film
Le métis de Dieu [The Jewish Cardinal]
by Ilan Duran Cohen. Reviewed by John Connelly in The Jewish Cardinal: Jean-Marie Lustiger and the Struggle for Interfaith Reconciliation
Meurtres pour mémoire
by Didier Daeninckx. Reviewed by Alan Morris in Forgetting is Easy, Remembering is Murder: Didier Daeninckx, Meurtres pour mémoire (1983)
Michael Kohlhaas
by Arnaud des Pallières. Reviewed by W. Gregory Monahan in The Magic of the Cévennes: Les Camisards (1972) and Michael Kohlhaas (2013)
Midnight in Paris
by Woody Allen. Reviewed by Jeffrey H. Jackson in Midnight in Paris
Milou en Mai [May Fools]
by Louis Malle. Reviewed by Donald M. Reid in May Fools, The Dreamers & Regular Lovers
Les Misérables
by Tom Hooper. Reviewed by Michael Sibalis in Who were Les Misérables?
The Missing Italian Girl
by Barbara Corrado Pope. Reviewed by Charles Sowerwine in Death in the Belle Époque: Barbara Corrado Pope’s Trilogy of Mysteries
Mon Colonel (The Colonel)
by Laurent Herbiet. Reviewed by Michael G. Vann in The Dark Side: French Men Becoming Monsters in Algeria
Monsieur le Commandant
by Romain Slocombe. Reviewed by Sandra Ott in Romain Slocombe, Monsieur le Commandant: A Wartime Confession
Monsieur Vincent
by Maurice Cloche. Reviewed by Michael Wolfe in Catholic Reform in the Grand Siècle: Monsieur Vincent (1947)
The Monuments Men
by George Clooney. Reviewed by Elizabeth Campbell Karlsgodt in A Surfeit of Creative License in George Clooney’s The Monuments Men
La Mort de Louis XIV
by Albert Serra. Reviewed by W. Gregory Monahan in Alberto Serra’s La mort de Louis XIV
Murder on the Eiffel Tower
by Claude Izner. Reviewed by Charles Rearick in Crime, Terror & Sleuthing in Paris, 1889
The Musketeers
by Richard Lester. Reviewed by Charlotte C. Wells in “Keep Those Swords Away from the Computer, Boys!” The Three Musketeers in the Classroom
Napoleon's Exile
by Patrick Rambaud. Reviewed by Michael Sibalis in Patrick Rambaud’s Napoleonic Trilogy
Napoleon's Last Island
by Thomas Keneally. Reviewed by Michael Sibalis in Betsy and the Emperor: A Well-Worn Tale Retold
The Nicolas Le Floch Affair
by Jean-François Parot. Reviewed by David Garrioch in Parot’s Eighteenth-Century Mysteries
The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah. Reviewed by Shannon L. Fogg in Sisters in the Resistance: The Nightingale
Ninety-Three
by Victor Hugo. Reviewed by Marisa Linton in Victor Hugo, Ninety-Three (Quatrevingt-treize)
None (interview)
by Susanne Alleyn. Reviewed by Liana Vardi in Interview with Susanne Alleyn
Notre Dame de Paris
by Victor Hugo. Reviewed by Alex J. Novikoff in Medievalism and Modernity in Victor Hugo’s Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Novel
by . Reviewed by Charles Rearick in Edward Rutherfurd’s Paris, the Novel
La nuit de Varennes [Night of Varennes]
by Ettore Scola. Reviewed by Jack Censer and Mary Ashburn Miller in La nuit de Varennes and Danton
The Occupation Trilogy
by Patrick Modiano. Reviewed by Alan Morris in Into the Heart of Darkness: Patrick Modiano, The Occupation Trilogy (2015)
An Officer and a Spy
by Robert Harris. Reviewed by Julie Kalman in Revisiting the Dreyfus Affair: Robert Harris, An Officer and a Spy
Once in a Lifetime
by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar. Reviewed by Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall in New Directions in French Holocaust Film: The Origin of Violence, Once in a Lifetime, and Victor “Young” Perez
Les Onze
by Pierre Michon. Reviewed by Liana Vardi in The Tiepolo of the Terror: Pierre Michon’s The Eleven
L’ordre et la morale
by Mathieu Kassovitz. Reviewed by Denise Fisher in The Need to Remember : L’ordre et la morale (Rebellion)
The Orenda
by Joseph Boyden. Reviewed by Allan Greer in Hurons and Jesuits Revisited: Joseph Boyden’s The Orenda
The Origin of Violence
by Elie Chouraqui. Reviewed by Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall in New Directions in French Holocaust Film: The Origin of Violence, Once in a Lifetime, and Victor “Young” Perez
Pablo
by Julie Birmant and Clément Oubrerie. Reviewed by Robin Walz in Loving Picasso (or Not)
[Paper Conspiracies]
by Susan Daitch. Reviewed by Venita Datta in Méliès and the Dreyfus Affair: Paper Conspiracies
The Paradise
by Bill Gallagher. Reviewed by Michael Miller in The Birth of the Department Store: Émile Zola’s Au bonheur des dames and BBC’s The Paradise miniseries
Paris
by Edward Rutherfurd. Reviewed by Charles Rearick in Edward Rutherfurd’s Paris, the Novel
The Paris Enigma: a Novel
by Pablo de Santis. Reviewed by Charles Rearick in Crime, Terror & Sleuthing in Paris, 1889
Parrot and Olivier in America
by Peter Carey. Reviewed by K. Steven Vincent in Parrot and Olivier in America
The Passion of Joan of Arc
by Carl Theodor Dreyer. Reviewed by Daniel Hobbins in The Cinematic Maid: Teaching Joan of Arc through Film
Pépé le Moko
by Julien Duvivier. Reviewed by Michael G. Vann in “Blame it on the Casbah”: The White Male Imperialist Fantasies of Duvivier’s Pépé le Moko
The Phantom of Rue Royale
by Jean-François Parot. Reviewed by David Garrioch in Parot’s Eighteenth-Century Mysteries
A Place of Greater Safety
by Hilary Mantel. Reviewed by Colin Jones in A Place of Greater Safety
The Prague Cemetery
by Umberto Eco. Reviewed by Steven Englund in Skating over the Abyss: A Review of Umberto Eco’s The Prague Cemetery
La Princesse de Montpensier [The Princess of Montpensier]
by Bertrand Tavernier. Reviewed by Paul Cohen in La Princesse de Montpensier
Le procès de Jeanne d’Arc [The Trial of Joan of Arc]
by Robert Bresson. Reviewed by Daniel Hobbins in The Cinematic Maid: Teaching Joan of Arc through Film
Pure
by Andrew Miller. Reviewed by Clare Crowston in Andrew Miller’s Pure and Les Innocents Cemetery
Queimada [Burn!]
by Gillo Pontecorvo. Reviewed by Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall in Les caprices d’un fleuve and Burn!
Qu’as-tu fait de tes frères?
by Claude Arnaud. Reviewed by David Caron in Sex, Drugs, and Literature
La Rafle [The Round Up]
by Roselyne Bosch. Reviewed by Julian Jackson in La Rafle
Reign
by Laura McCarthy. Reviewed by Charlotte C. Wells in Myth, History and Teen-age Romance: A Sixteenth-Century Historian Watches Reign
La Religieuse
by Guillaume Nicloux. Reviewed by Lisa Jane Graham in A la recherche du père perdu: Guillaume Nicloux’s La Religieuse (2013)
The Retreat
by Patrick Rambaud. Reviewed by Michael Sibalis in Patrick Rambaud’s Napoleonic Trilogy
La Révolution française
by Robert Enrico. Reviewed by Alex Fairfax-Cholmeley in A Cinematic Revolution? Sources, Imagery and Interpretation in La Révolution française (1989)
Ridicule
by Patrice Leconte. Reviewed by Thomas E. Kaiser and Lisa Jane Graham in Beaumarchais l’insolent and Ridicule
Rodin
by Jacques Doillon. Reviewed by Neil McWilliam in Beyond the Gates of Hell: Jacques Doillon’s Rodin
Le roi danse [The King is Dancing]
by Gérard Corbiau. Reviewed by Michael P. Breen and Junko Thérèse Takeda in The King is Dancing and The King’s Way
The Saint-Florentin Murders
by Jean-François Parot. Reviewed by David Garrioch in Parot’s Eighteenth-Century Mysteries
Saint-Laurent
by Bertrand Bonello. Reviewed by Mary Lynn Stewart in Too Much and Not Enough: Yves Saint Laurent and Saint Laurent
The Seige
by Arturo Pérez-Reverte. Reviewed by Charles Esdaile in Clinging to the Myth: Perez-Réverte on Napoleon’s siege of Cádiz
La Semaine Sainte
by Louis Aragon. Reviewed by Alan Forrest in Aragon, La Semaine Sainte
Séraphine
by Martin Provost. Reviewed by Mark S. Micale in Mad Women Artists: Séraphine, Camille Claudel 1915, Aloïse
The Seventh Function of Language
by Laurent Binet. Reviewed by Michael Mulvey in A Buddy-Detective Romp through Semiology: The Seventh Function of Language
Le Souper
by Jean-Claude Brisville. Reviewed by Philip Dwyer in “When Vice Meets Crime”: Jean-Claude Brisville’s Le Souper
Le souper: le vice au bras du crime
by Edouard Molinaro. Reviewed by Philip Dwyer in “When Vice Meets Crime”: Jean-Claude Brisville’s Le Souper
The Stone that the Builder Refused
by Madison Smartt Bell. Reviewed by Jeremy D. Popkin in Madison Smartt Bell’s Haitian Revolution Trilogy
Suite Française
by Irène Némirovsky. Reviewed by Sara Maza in Suite Française, Irène Némirovsky
Suite Française
by Irène Némirovsky. Reviewed by Simon Kitson in Suite Française
Taking of Power of Louis XIV (La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV)
by Roberto Rosselini. Reviewed by Bill Beik in The Grandeur of Louis XIV on Film
Le terroriste noir
by Tierno Monénembo. Reviewed by Tyler Stovall in A Transnational Struggle for National Salvation: Tierno Monénembo’s Le terroriste noir and the history of the French Resistance
Thérèse philosophe
by Anonymous. Reviewed by Jennifer J. Davis in The Laws of Eighteenth-Century Sex: Thérèse philosophe
The Three Musketeers
by Fred Niblo. Reviewed by Charlotte C. Wells in “Keep Those Swords Away from the Computer, Boys!” The Three Musketeers in the Classroom
The Three Musketeers
by Paul W.S. Anderson. Reviewed by Liana Vardi in Dumas for Dummies
To the Hermitage
by Malcolm Bradbury. Reviewed by Kent Wright in To the Hermitage
Tous au Larzac
by . Reviewed by Don Reid in The Fifth Republic and the Peasants: Jean de Florette, Manon des Sources, and Tous au Larzac
Toussant Louverture
by Philippe Niang. Reviewed by Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall in Happy as a Slave: The Toussaint Louverture miniseries
A Tree
by . Reviewed by Alan Morris in Waiting for Godot: Jo Baker, A Country Road, A Tree
Un barrage contre la pacifique [Sea Wall]
by Rithy Panh. Reviewed by Alison J. Murray Levine and Eric T. Jennings in Indochine and The Sea Wall
Un été à la Goulette
by Férid Boughedir. Reviewed by Julia Clancy-Smith in Night, Day, and Mediterranean Summers: French Colonial Films for the Classroom
Un Français
by Diastème. Reviewed by Liana Vardi in The Politics of Violence: Un Français
Vatel
by Roland Joffé. Reviewed by Bill Beik in The Grandeur of Louis XIV on Film
Vénus noire [Black Venus]
by Abdellatif Kechiche. Reviewed by Matthew Ramsey in Black Venus/Vénus Noire
Versailles
by David Wolstencroft and Simon Mirren. Reviewed by Charlotte C. Wells in Versailles On a Dark and Stormy Night
La veuve de Saint-Pierre [The Widow of Saint-Pierre]
by Patrice Leconte. Reviewed by Thomas Cragin in À bas la guillotine! Vive la bourgeoisie? Lacenaire and The Widow of Saint Pierre
Victor
by Jacques Ouaniche. Reviewed by Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall in New Directions in French Holocaust Film: The Origin of Violence, Once in a Lifetime, and Victor “Young” Perez
Victor Hugo Vient de Mourir
by Judith Perrignon. Reviewed by Charles Rearick in Victor Hugo’s Funeral as Historical Fiction
La Vie et rien d’autre [Life and Nothing But]
by Bertrand Tavernier. Reviewed by Paul Jankowski and Martha Hanna in Antonin’s Stories and Life and Nothing But
Violette
by Martin Provost. Reviewed by Sandrine Sanos in “A World of Noise and Fury:” Martin Provost’s Violette (2013)
Waterloo
by Sergey Bondarchuk. Reviewed by Charles Esdaile in Waterloo (1970): A Critical Review
The Wound
by Laurent Mauvignier. Reviewed by Patricia M.E. Lorcin in Men at War: Laurent Mauvignier’s The Wound
The Young Karl Marx
by Raoul Peck. Reviewed by Jonathan Beecher in Raoul Peck’s The Young Karl Marx
Yves Saint Laurent
by Jalil Lespert. Reviewed by Mary Lynn Stewart in Too Much and Not Enough: Yves Saint Laurent and Saint Laurent
À la recherche du temps perdu
by Nina Companeez. Reviewed by Adam Watt in Nina Companeez tackles À la recherche du temps perdu
Ça ira (1) fin de Louis
by Joël Pommerat. Reviewed by Liana Vardi, Guillaume Mazeau in Ça ira (1) fin de Louis: Interview with Guillaume Mazeau