Gallic screen legends of a certain age have taken a hard right turn — just like France in general. By Benjamin Svetkey and Julian Sancton, Editors What’s up with reactionary old French screen legends?

French cinema admissions dropped 13.6% year-on-year in 2025 to 156.79M admissions, against 181.52M last year, for a rough gross of $1.36B (€1.16b), according to figures released by France’s National ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A symbol of rebellious youth and beauty, Brigitte Bardot helped usher in the sexual revolution in the movies with her sensual, ...

Bardot was 91 when she died. Get updates here on the late French actress and animal rights activist’s cause of death. Brigitte Bardot made a name for herself in both French cinema and animal rights ...

French movie actress Brigitte Bardot, whose sexy 1950s and ’60s look defined beauty for generations of men and women and who later became a world-renowned animal rights activist, has died at age 91.

PARIS (AP) — Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant animal rights activist and far-right supporter, has died ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brigitte Bardot in 1963. (John Kisch Archive/Getty Images) Brigitte Bardot, the French movie icon and sex symbol and animal rights ...

PARIS, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Former French movie star and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot is currently recovering and wants to reassure those concerned about her health not to worry, Bardot's ...

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Jodie Foster's 'A Private Life' and Richard Linklater's 'Nouvelle Vague' are among the hot titles at the 29th annual edition celebrating the collaboration between French and U.S. film industries. By ...

Any time a notable figure of the French New Wave is introduced in Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague,” we’re treated to a momentary straight-on shot of them, with a nameplate — Claude Chabrol, ...