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‘The Stranger’ Turns Existentialism Into Something Dangerous

April 26, 2026 Neal Pollack 3 Comments absurdism, Albert Camus, Algiers 1930s, arthouse cinema, Benjamin Voisin, best films 2026, black and white film, book adaptation, Camus adaptation, classic literature, colonial history, colonialism, culture criticism, existential philosophy, existentialism, film adaptation, film criticism, film reviews, foreign film, François Ozon, French Algeria, French cinema, French New Wave, Italian neorealism, Jean-Paul Sartre, media analysis, Meursault, movie reviews, Orson Welles adaptation, philosophy in film, Pierre Lottin, postcolonial themes, race and identity, Rebecca Marder, The Cure Killing an Arab, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Stranger, violence and morality

François Ozon’s elegant Camus adaptation finds new urgency in colonial Algiers

Summer of 85

Call Us By Our Names

June 28, 2021July 1, 2021 Michael Giltz 0 Comments Barbara Sukowa, Filippo Meneghetti, François Ozon, Martine Chevallier, Summer of 85, Two of Us

In these French gay love stories, love and death are basically the same thing

TIFF

The Virtual TIFF Previews the Virtual Oscars

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Chloe Grace Moretz, François Ozon, Mads Mikkelsen, MLK/FBI, One Night In Miami, Regina King, Shadow in the Cloud, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival

Big woke awards contenders and Midnight Madness close out Toronto

The Berlin Wail

February 12, 2019February 12, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Bill Nighy, By The Grace Of God, Fatih Akin, François Ozon, Lone Sherfig, The Golden Glove, Zoe Kazan

Very Serious Stuff At the 69th Berlinale

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BFG Podcast #314: Lanterns, Coyotes, Acme Discussions

September 3, 2026September 3, 2026 Book and Film Globe Staff 0

Neal and Rob unpack private equity and falling anvils; Neal and Nick pick over HBO’s new superhero series

Featured Stories FILM

Ridley Scott Is Back, Flying By the Light of ‘The Dog Stars’

August 28, 2026August 31, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0

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Maybe You Can Go Home Again, Samba Traore

August 27, 2026August 30, 2026 William Schwartz 0

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40 Years On, UConn’s Geno Auriemma is Still Butting Heads… and Winning

August 26, 2026August 30, 2026 Jon Hart 0

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