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In The Stranger François Ozon captures the many ambiguities of Albert Camus’s novel

Director François Ozon’s new film adaptation of Albert Camus’s novel L’Étranger (The Outsider, 1942) confronts a considerable task: turning a brief, philosophical novel into a cinematic experience.

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Benjamin Voisin on reading sad philosophy and smoking heavily for The Stranger

Benjamin Voisin’s remarkable turn as Meursault in the new adaptation of Albert Camus’ novel looks set to bring him international stardom... though he may make you want to start smoking again

Evening Standard

The Stranger review: A fresh, post-colonial take on the Camus classic

4/5 François Ozon takes on the famous existential novella with a stand-out performance by lead Benjamin Voisin

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The Stranger review – lustrously beautiful and superbly realised modern take on the Camus classic

François Ozon’s adaptation of the 1942 novella L’Etranger passionately honours the original text while bringing a contemporary perspective to its themes of empire and race

The Guardian - UK

Let’s get metaphysical! Existentialist cinema is back, if anyone cares

The philosophy was embraced by film noir, the French New Wave and modern hitmen questioning life’s purpose. Now dust off your turtlenecks, for Sirāt and a new version of Albert Camus’ The Stranger look set to make ennui on-trend again

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Prime Video just added one of the best thriller movies you (probably) missed in 2025 — and it’s 97% on Rotten Tomatoes

"When Fall is Coming" just landed on Prime Video, and it's one of the year's most overlooked thriller movies, packed with morally grey dilemmas and long-buried family secrets. You should watch it now.

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Nerve-wracking twists, remarkable stardom and jet-black comedy: the 5 best films of the 2025 French Film Festival

This year’s Alliance Française French Film Festival showcases a diverse selection of films from blockbusters and biopics to comedies and gripping thrillers for Australian audiences.

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When Autumn Falls review – a small gem of a mystery from François Ozon

Hélène Vincent is a treat as a devoted grandmother who isn’t quite what she seems in this understated French tale of family dysfunction

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When Autumn Falls review – François Ozon’s diverting mystery of tricky family dynamics

Ozon’s drama mixes implied horror with sentimentality as it examines dangerous secrets and the disastrous ramifications of an (accidental?) poisoning

The Guardian - UK

François Ozon: ‘I was a very perverse child – I loved the idea of my aunt trying to kill us all’

INTERVIEW: The reformed ‘enfant terrible’ of French cinema – and director of ‘Swimming Pool’ and ‘8 Women’ – is back with a twisty tale of mushroom poisonings and sex work called ‘When Autumn Falls’. He speaks to Adam White about catfights, plastic surgery, and why some filmmakers might actually miss…

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‘I told Charlotte Rampling’s agent: I want to see her doing the vacuuming’: François Ozon

The French director on how Catherine Deneuve didn’t get what he was doing on 8 Women, his love of Kubrick – and why he won’t work in Hollywood

The Guardian - UK

Post your questions for François Ozon

The French auteur behind 8 Women, In the House and most recently When Autumn Falls is joining us to answer your questions, from how does he coax such amazing performances from actors to his visual influences

The Guardian - UK

‘I never really learned anything from anybody’: Isabelle Huppert on 50 years in film

The acclaimed French actor answers your questions on Heaven’s Gate, Haneke and hindsight

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The Crime is Mine review – Isabelle Huppert and co revel in Ozon’s frothy French crime caper

Set in 1930s Paris, François Ozon’s theatre-world courtroom comedy is a fizzing if throwaway delight

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The Crime Is Mine review – François Ozon’s 1930s crime comedy is a moreish crowdpleaser

Ozon and a stellar cast serve up an entertaining, if shallow caper that shades a little too close to #MeToo

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Post your questions for Isabelle Huppert

She’s worked with most of the great names of European cinema, from Godard to Haneke, and on one of Hollywood’s greatest disasters. Now she’s ready for your closeup quizzing

The Guardian - US

Sun, sea and flings: our writers on their favorite summertime movies

From Do the Right Thing to Now and Then, Guardian writers pick the film that reminds them most of the warmest months

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Charlotte Rampling on her acting "flow"

The acclaimed actor discusses her new film "Juniper," her lack of acting training, if she can shoot a gun & "Dune"

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Peter von Kant review – François Ozon’s gender-swapping flirt with Fassbinder

A director’s infatuation with a boy turns sour in the French film-maker’s frothy reworking of The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

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Everything Went Fine review – François Ozon’s nimble study of assisted dying

The French director focuses on domestic dynamics rather than the moral issues in this naturalistic drama about a family crisis

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By the Grace of God to 45 Years: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

François Ozon takes on child abuse in the French Catholic church, and Charlotte Rampling stars in the devastating drama about a 40th wedding anniversary gone sour

France 24

Berlin's film frenzy gets underway: 72nd Berlinale opens with 'Peter von Kant'

It's Europe's most accessible, edgy and – often – political film festival. The Berlinale has kicked off in the German capital with François Ozon's "Peter von Kant", a gender-swapped reimagining of German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1972 feature "The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant".

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Peter von Kant review – gender-flipped Fassbinder does away with the bitter tears

François Ozon gives Fassbinder’s all-female 1972 drama The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant a makeover, making it lighter and more camp

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