Meryl Streep's gleeful performance as the beloved cook goes beyond imitation. She is the Julia Child of our dreams
By Stephanie Zacharek Aug 7, 2009
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World leaders may have struggled to reach consensus, but they did break new ground: Barack Obama admitted his country was responsible for the current crisis.
By Marc Hujer, Wolfgang Reuter and Christoph Schwennicke
April 7, 2009
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In an era of wealth and excess, 19th century French anarchists introduced terrorism as we know it. Can a fascinating new history help us understand our own violent times?
By Andrew O'Hehir
February 27, 2009
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A French editorial writer calls Obama's victory the first good worldwide news since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
November 5, 2008
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French screen legend Jeanne Moreau will make you weep in Israeli director Amos Gitai's breathtaking and unconventional "One Day You'll Understand."
By Andrew O'Hehir
November 1, 2008
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French provocateur Bernard-Henri Lévy on how the left is being destroyed by tolerance -- and why Europeans love Obama.
By Beth Arnold
October 20, 2008
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Claude Miller's wrenching "A Secret" distills the French nation's Nazi-era guilt into one family's incredible-but-true wartime story.
By Andrew O'Hehir
September 5, 2008
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Why the French love Barack Obama -- even if he'd rather not be seen with them in public.
By Beth Arnold
July 25, 2008
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This movie about a former hustler is a devastating portrait of the aging body.
By Stephanie Zacharek
July 18, 2008
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In a borderless Europe, cheap workers come -- and then they go
By Andrew Leonard
June 4, 2008
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Tabloids of the world demand to know: Will Angelina Jolie give birth in France?
By Catherine Price
May 15, 2008
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Behind closed doors a paper has been circulated that may provide the beginnings of an exit strategy.
By Matthias Gebauer
April 4, 2008
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Beneath the gawking, the online reaction to the Spitzer and Paterson revelations shows that Americans are wary of passing judgment on private sins.
By Gary Kamiya
April 1, 2008
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A French biotechnology company moves its research to the U.S., citing domestic issues. As in, France hates Monsanto.
By Andrew Leonard
March 5, 2008
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Everyone's abuzz about French President Nicolas Sarkozy's ex-model/musician love.
By Megan Doll
January 15, 2008
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Buying a gas-guzzling new car in France just became significantly more expensive.
By Andrew Leonard
December 5, 2007
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Figuring out which (if any) organic wine to buy can feel like navigating dawn with a hangover.
By Rebecca Clarren
December 1, 2007
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Nicolas Sarkozy's cheery U.S. visit has the press howling that he's Bush's new lap dog -- maybe even if it comes to hitting Iran.
By Gregor Peter Schmitz
November 8, 2007
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Demonizing the Iranian president and making his visit to New York seem controversial are all part of the neoconservative push for yet another war.
By Juan Cole
September 24, 2007
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They may still be chic, but French women aren't so skinny anymore.
By Carol Lloyd
September 20, 2007
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A new online service in France helps philanderers keep their infidelity secret.
By Catherine Price
September 14, 2007
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This year's chaotic, scandal-ridden Tour de France was the best ever -- because it exposed the truth about cycling today.
By Jörg Schallenberg
July 31, 2007
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Not in the mood for Louvre.
July 9, 2007
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Can France's new president -- and the next American one -- begin to reverse the damage of the Bush era?
By Gregory Levey
June 15, 2007
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