http://dir.salon.com/topics/france/?source=rss&aim=france en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/08/07/julie_julia_review/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/08/07/julie_julia_review/index.html?source=rss Meryl Streep's gleeful performance as the beloved cook goes beyond imitation. She is the Julia Child of our dreams By Marc Hujer, Wolfgang Reuter and Christoph Schwennicke Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/07/obama_g_20/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/07/obama_g_20/index.html?source=rss 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 Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/02/27/dynamite_club/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/02/27/dynamite_club/index.html?source=rss 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 Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/11/05/quote/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/11/05/quote/index.html?source=rss A French editorial writer calls Obama's victory the first good worldwide news since the fall of the Berlin Wall. By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/11/01/one_day/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/11/01/one_day/index.html?source=rss French screen legend Jeanne Moreau will make you weep in Israeli director Amos Gitai's breathtaking and unconventional "One Day You'll Understand." By Beth Arnold Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/10/20/bhl/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/10/20/bhl/index.html?source=rss French provocateur Bernard-Henri Lévy on how the left is being destroyed by tolerance -- and why Europeans love Obama. By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/09/05/secret/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/09/05/secret/index.html?source=rss Claude Miller's wrenching "A Secret" distills the French nation's Nazi-era guilt into one family's incredible-but-true wartime story. By Beth Arnold Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/25/obama_paris/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/25/obama_paris/index.html?source=rss Why the French love Barack Obama -- even if he'd rather not be seen with them in public. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/07/18/forget/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/07/18/forget/index.html?source=rss This movie about a former hustler is a devastating portrait of the aging body. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/04/polish_plumbers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/04/polish_plumbers/index.html?source=rss In a borderless Europe, cheap workers come -- and then they go By Catherine Price Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/05/15/jolie_baby/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/05/15/jolie_baby/index.html?source=rss Tabloids of the world demand to know: Will Angelina Jolie give birth in France? By Matthias Gebauer Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/04/nato/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/04/nato/index.html?source=rss Behind closed doors a paper has been circulated that may provide the beginnings of an exit strategy. By Gary Kamiya Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/04/01/puritanism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/04/01/puritanism/index.html?source=rss Beneath the gawking, the online reaction to the Spitzer and Paterson revelations shows that Americans are wary of passing judgment on private sins. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/03/05/monsanto_and_france/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/03/05/monsanto_and_france/index.html?source=rss A French biotechnology company moves its research to the U.S., citing domestic issues. As in, France hates Monsanto. By Megan Doll Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/01/15/carla_bruni/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/01/15/carla_bruni/index.html?source=rss Everyone's abuzz about French President Nicolas Sarkozy's ex-model/musician love. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/12/05/french_carbon_tax/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/12/05/french_carbon_tax/index.html?source=rss Buying a gas-guzzling new car in France just became significantly more expensive. By Rebecca Clarren Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/good_life/2007/12/01/organic_wine/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/good_life/2007/12/01/organic_wine/index.html?source=rss Figuring out which (if any) organic wine to buy can feel like navigating dawn with a hangover. By Gregor Peter Schmitz Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/11/08/sarkozy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/11/08/sarkozy/index.html?source=rss 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 Juan Cole Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/09/24/ahmadinejad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/09/24/ahmadinejad/index.html?source=rss 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 Carol Lloyd Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/20/french_fat/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/20/french_fat/index.html?source=rss They may still be chic, but French women aren't so skinny anymore. By Catherine Price Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/14/alibila/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/14/alibila/index.html?source=rss A new online service in France helps philanderers keep their infidelity secret. By Jörg Schallenberg Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/07/31/tour_de_france/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/07/31/tour_de_france/index.html?source=rss This year's chaotic, scandal-ridden Tour de France was the best ever -- because it exposed the truth about cycling today. Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2007/07/09/rsufrance/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2007/07/09/rsufrance/index.html?source=rss Not in the mood for Louvre. By Gregory Levey Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/06/15/sarkozy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/06/15/sarkozy/index.html?source=rss Can France's new president -- and the next American one -- begin to reverse the damage of the Bush era?