François Ozon: 'No matter how big or small the film, I have always followed my own desire'

I wouldn't be where I am today if...' In this series, Le Monde interviews a figure about a decisive moment in their life. As ...

In Just 1 Weekend, ‘Predator: Badlands' Has Overtaken One of the Greatest Sci-Fi Movies of All Time

Predator: Badlands has overtaken one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time in a single weekend at the global box office.
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François Ozon On Albert Camus Inspired Film ‘The Stranger’ & His Passion For Filmmaking: “To Create Is To Live Twice” — Venice

Prolific French director François Ozon touched down in Venice on Tuesday with his adaptation of Albert Camus’s absurdist classic The Stranger about a French expat living in colonial 1930s French ...
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Francois Ozon’s ‘The Crime Is Mine’ Unveils Trailer; Music Box to Release the 1930s Screwball Comedy in the U.S. (EXCLUSIVE)

Music Box Films has dropped the trailer for “The Crime Is Mine,” François Ozon’s screwball comedy set in 1930s Paris starring Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Rebecca Marder and Isabelle Huppert. A showbiz caper ...
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Francois Ozon’s Prizewinning Film ‘When Fall Is Coming’ Sells to Music Box for U.S. Distribution (EXCLUSIVE)

Music Box Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “When Fall Is Coming,” a mystery-filled thriller directed by French auteur François Ozon. Represented internationally by Playtime, “When Fall ...
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‘By the Grace of God’ Film Review: François Ozon’s Look at Catholic Child Abuse Puts Victims First

Versatile in a way that few directors at his level of recognition dare to be, prolific French auteur François Ozon follows his psychosexual thriller “Double Lover” with a multi-narrative drama based ...
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New US Trailer for François Ozon's 'When Fall Is Coming' Dark Comedy

"I wasn't the mother she wanted." Music Box Films has revealed an official US trailer for a French indie film titled When Fall Is Coming, another new film from French director François Ozon. The film ...
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Everything Old Is New Again: François Ozon’s “5 x 2”

[ indieWIRE’s weekly reviews are written by critics from Reverse Shot. ] Overpowered or indifferent, she submits with a bleary-eyed stoicism, then retreats to straighten up in the bathroom, getting ...
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‘Peter Von Kant’ Film Review: Ozon Does Fassbinder, and We’ve Already Been Here Before

More than 20 years after adapting a Rainer Werner Fassbinder play called “Waters Drops on Burning Rocks” into a movie, François Ozon has made this gender-flipped adaptation of one of Fassbinder’s ...
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Cannes: Francois Ozon Says ‘It’s a Fantasy of Many Women to Do Prostitution’ (Q&A)

The French provocateur discusses his competition entry "Young & Beautiful," his difficult teenage years and why he doesn't care about comforting the audience. By Rhonda Richford Francois Ozon Cannes ...
Los Angeles Times

French filmmaker François Ozon looks at secrets and lies in war’s aftermath with ‘Frantz’

What follows is a cagey dance of well-meaning deceit, as a common ground of sadness brings Adrien, Anna and Frantz’s loss-stricken parents toward a kind of healing. As with many of Ozon’s movies, ...
Los Angeles Times

Francois Ozon’s ‘New Girlfriend’ evolves as a story of changes

Award-winning French director Francois Ozon (“Swimming Pool,” “In the House”) had a difficult time casting the leading roles in his latest film, “The New Girlfriend,” a romantic dramedy opening Friday ...