Most of the 21 films on this year’s lineup rely on stories that center around the various ways we connect with others.

Director Matteo Garrone is scrupulous in his attention to the harrowing logistics of a Senegalese immigrant’s journey to Italy.

One could argue that the festival couldn’t occur at a better time, when French films are enjoying success in the U.S. this year.

Three films that are—coincidentally, but fortuitously—mature studies of single parents trying their best to raise children in often discordant circumstances.

Film critics Pollyanna Positive and Negative Nancy took in Belgian director Bas Devos’s Here and came away with very different views of the movie.

The work of an artist with nothing to prove, with a hand at the wheel so sure you don’t even notice it.

As the title character, Line Renaud is a true force of nature.

A charming, effervescent, and smart addition to François Ozon’s always fast-moving, fast-changing body of work.

Food porn is much better when seen on a big screen, filmed by world-class directors. Case in point: the culinary eroticism in Tran Anh Hung’s latest film.