Cécile De France in High Tension CÉCILE DE FRANCE IN A TENSE MOMENT By Brad Balfour W ith high cheek bones and rich full lips, 30-year-old actress Cécile De France has been dubbed one of the next big things to come out of France recently. The character she plays in the just released slasher/psycho killer flick  High Tension  might shock people into believing that. Though she first came to international attention as one of the leads in Cedric Klapisch's college comedy  L'Auber

Audrey Tautou stars in “A Very Long Engagement.” AUDREY TAUTOU Survives War and Love and Becomes an International Star by Brad Balfour...

Julie Delpy stars in “Before Sunset.” Julie Delpy Paris Match by Jay S. Jacobs Sometimes, through a mixture of hard work, talent and...

Before Sunset BEFORE SUNSET  (2004) Starring Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine Torres, Rodolphe Pauly, Mariane...

Man on the Train MAN ON THE TRAIN (L’HOMME DU TRAIN) (2003) Starring Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday, Jean-Françoise Stévenin, Charlie...

The Good Thief THE GOOD THIEF (2003) Starring Nick Nolte, Tcheky Karyo, Nutsa Kukhianidze, Said Taghmaoui, Gérard Darmon, Marc Lavoine, ...

Vanessa Paradis – Au Zenith Vanessa Paradis – Au Zenith  (Barclay/Universal-France) In the United States, Vanessa Paradis is probably best known as Johnny Depp's live-in girlfriend. Other people may know her as the Chanel model or an actress. But in her native France, she is an institution.  Paradis first made waves when she was only 14, with her 1987 international hit single "Joe Le Taxi." That single was a huge hit in just about every country  but  the U.S., and the song an

Axelle Red – Alive Axelle Red – Alive  (Virgin-France) I might have never heard of Axelle Red if I weren't channel surfing one August night last year in the Sofitel Méditerranée in Cannes. With my admittedly rudimentary skills in the French language, I was looking for something, frankly, which I could understand.  That's when I stumbled upon an hour-long interview special with popular Belgian singer Axelle Red, which was peppered liberally with clips from her music videos and