François Ozon

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
Wendy Ide
19, Oct, 2024 @2:00 PM

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
Peter Bradshaw
17, Oct, 2024 @6:00 AM

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
Andrew Pulver
23, Sep, 2024 @12:13 PM

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
Lauren Mechling, Owen Myers, Andrew Lawrence, Catherine Shoard, Scott Tobias, Jenna Amatulli, Benjamin Lee, Charles Bramesco, Radheyan Simonpillai, AA Dowd and Veronica Esposito
20, Jul, 2023 @1:37 PM

The 50 best films of 2022 in the UK
The No 1 film is a stunning directorial debut, one of the finest cinematic moments of any year – see which other movies you may have missed
22, Dec, 2022 @6:00 AM

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
Wendy Ide
17, Dec, 2022 @3:00 PM

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
Wendy Ide
19, Jun, 2022 @10:00 AM

Berlin film festival 2022 roundup – earnestness, joy, and the best film won
At an unusually quiet, Covid-strict festival, it was a good year for the French, and female directors – and we got to see Jean-Luc Godard do his ironing
Jonathan Romney
19, Feb, 2022 @1:00 PM

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
Peter Bradshaw
11, Feb, 2022 @1:30 PM

Cannes 2021 week one roundup: saliva tests and strange visions
It’s not the festival as we know it, but despite Covid restrictions there are wild gems from Leos Carax, Joanna Hogg, Todd Haynes and more
Xan Brooks
10, Jul, 2021 @1:00 PM

Everything Went Fine review – wonderfully observed story of assisted dying
André Dussollier and Sophie Marceau are outstanding as a father and daughter whose tricky relationship is upended when he asks for her help to die
Peter Bradshaw
07, Jul, 2021 @6:53 PM

Summer of 85 review – François Ozon's bittersweet teen romance
Two boys in a French seaside resort fall fatally in love in a nostalgic coming-of-age tale
Mark Kermode Observer film critic
25, Oct, 2020 @8:00 AM
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