Culture Who was Jacqueline-Charlotte Dufresnoy, France’s First Trans Actress? Coccinelle was a French singer, actress, and LGBTQ activist.
Books French Women Do Get Fat: A New Novel Talks About Fatphobia in France Not everyone in France looks like Emily Cooper... nor should they.
Film & TV Letter from Cannes: On the Ground at the 76th Cannes Film Festival The grit and grind behind the glamour of Cannes.
Film & TV A Look Inside the Weird, Wild World of ‘Titane,’ the French Feminist Horror Movie That Won At Cannes In 2021 French director, Julia Ducournau, made a tough, stylish and strange art film called Titane--it's got sex with cars and horrors with hairpins.
Culture “Dieu et mon droit” on U.K.’s Royal Coat of Arms: Why is it in French? A coat of arms by any other name would not seem so French.
Film & TV ‘Nona and Her Daughters’ is a Bizarre French Family Comedy About a Pregnant Septuagenarian This French feminist family comedy is a wild ride.
Culture Get Out & Listen! French Podcasts on Sports and Athletes Frenchly offers 4 French podcasts about sports to enjoy and inspire--and learn French as you go!
Culture A Not-To-Be-Missed Gem: The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon Your soul will expand the minute you enter the museum.
Sports French Extraterrestrial Prepares to Invade the NBA His 3-point shot is as smooth as crème Chantilly!
Language The 15 Hardest French Words to Pronounce (with English Translations) English speakers probably can't pronounce these French words. Can you?
Le Ciné The Uncanny & Interesting Films of Belgian writer, Amélie Nothomb The Baroness Fabienne Claire Nothomb, aka Belgian author Amélie Nothomb, isn’t quite Stephen King level prolific...yet.
Bouquin ‘First Blood’ by Amélie Nothomb is a New Satirical French Language Novel Based on a True Story Amélie Nothomb's new novel tackles her own Belgian family's complicated history in the Congo.