Cécile de France, a blond gamine who’s endearingly squeaky of voice and spiky of hair, provides the center around which the other characters revolve in “Avenue Montaigne.” Danièle Thompson’s romantic ...

A film about love and art, about passing time and time passing, “Avenue Montaigne” is a humble pleasure. The modesty feels intentional and misleading: the story is a nominally light affair abuzz with ...

There’s no feeling like wanting to like a film and not being able to. Year of the Dog, the directing debut of writer Mike White, whose work I have admired, is a failed but noble effort to address ...

Gamine Jessica (Cecile de France) hits Paris fresh from Burgundy, where she’s been looking in on her grandmother (Suzanne Flon). Once arrived, she finds work at the Cafe des Arts, a brasserie which ...

French director Danièle Thompson, now 65, has directed just three feature films. First, there was the dysfunctional Christmas family comedy La Bûche (1999), then the romantic Jet Lag (2002), and now ...

The 2025 Christmas lights at Place Vendôme in Paris - dates For the holiday season, Place Vendôme will be lit up with a ...

PARIS — Chanel said Wednesday it has bought the building housing its boutique on Avenue Montaigne for an undisclosed sum, as leading luxury brands continue to snap up real estate in a bid to secure ...

At the end of 1946, a French designer by the name of Christian Dior fell in love with an elegantly understated hôtel particulier in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. A few weeks later in 1947, the ...

If you like to think of Paris as a city full of crazy dreamers who dunk their croissants in balsamic vinegar, sit in the rain in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower and ponder the meanings of life, art and ...