'Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,' a new romantic comedy about a woman who lives between the pages and struggles to finish her own story. Laura shares with us why she decided to direct, what inspired this story, and how she chose to show the work of Jane Austen in a new light. We delve into[...]

It's that time of year again! The Cannes Film Festival wrap up! There were anarchists sabotaging electrical systems and fainting spells during the screenings but was it also an exciting year for cinema? Our guest Youri Rebeko helps us unpack it all and shares his top picks and biggest disappointments this year.  Youri is a[...]

For this holiday episode we are delving into cinema history with renowned cinephile, David Honnorat, and talking all bout French comedy film. Our focus is Santa Claus is a Stinker (Le père Noël est une ordure) 1982, and French Fried Vacation 2: The Bronzes go Skiing (Les Bronzés font du ski) 1979. Both Films are[...]

In this episode ARBL Murray and Manon Kerjean talk to director Simon Bouisson about his latest film DRONE, his past work as an interactive filmmaker, building stories around the many layers of truth behind emerging technologies, the male gaze, making electronic music with composer Paul Saban, and using Artificial Intelligence in cinema. We also find[...]

On this episode Manon Kerjean and ARBL Murray sit down with director Nicolas Peduzzi to talk about his latest documentary film Etat Limité or "On the Edge." The Film follows a young psychiatrist Jamal during his daily rounds at the well-known Hospital Beaujon on the edge of Paris. Jamal has to navigate time constraints and[...]

Paris is the birthplace of Cinema culture and one of the most filmed cities in the world. On this episode of Lost in Frenchlation we talk about the history of films shot in Paris and the directors who love to shoot the city of light. Juliette Dubois​​ is a cinema historian who gives intricate guided[...]

Just a Couple of Days (Quelques Jours Pas Plus) is a recent film by Julie Navarro which focuses on the plight of refugees in Paris as a romantic comedy unfolds in the background. A music journalist is assigned to cover "hard news" and ends up at a protest to keep the doors open at a[...]

Yannick Champion-Osselin & Manon Kerjean interview  Sionann O'Neill & Joan Lagache, the two translators for 'Anatomy of a Fall.' The thriller that was lauded internationally for its use of linguistics as a plot device.  'Anatomy of a Fall' follows Sandra, a German writer, her French husband Samuel, and their eleven-year-old son Daniel in a remote town in the French Alps.[...]