FRANÇOIS’ FREEZE-FRAME FINALE

Bizarre Love Triangle

Dir Julia Ducournao, France/Belgium, 2025 On digital platforms As the daughter of a gynæcologist and a dermatologist, it was perhaps inevitable that French screenwriter/director Julia Ducournao would

RICHARD LINKLATER’S NOUVELLE VAGUE IS A LOVING RECREATION — AND CELEBRATION — OF JEAN- LUC GODARD’S BREATHLESS . AND HERE, EXCLUSIVELY FOR EMPIRE , LINKLATER WRITES A VALENTINE TO THE FRENCH NEW WAVE ITSELF…

AGNÈS VARDA’S PARISIAN PORTRAIT OF A LADY

Audiences continued to defy the critics in 2025, with two widely panned films – A Minecraft Movie and the live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch – dominating the box office. Here are some of the films the critics did like, a few of which were also commercial hits