Vincent Laroche

There are film festivals, and then there is Venice. Perhaps it is the geography that preserves the distinction. In Cannes, cinema takes over the Croisette; in Toronto, it occupies a city. In Venice, it arrives by water. Filmmakers, actors, critics and producers step from boats onto the Lido, and for eleven days an island better known for beaches and Belle Époque hotels becomes one of the places where the future of international cinema is negotiated. The glamour is unmistakable, but it would...

On an August evening in Washington, D.C., the National Mall will become something it was never formally designed to be: an open-air cinema. On August 20, 2026, as darkness settles over one of America's most symbolic public landscapes, Jean-Luc Godard's À bout de souffle - Breathless - will flicker onto a screen at the National Sylvan Theater. Jean-Paul Belmondo will once again swagger through Paris. Jean Seberg will once again walk the Champs-Élysées calling out the name of the New York...

There was once a time when romantic comedies understood something essential about human connection: that love often arrives indirectly. Through missed timing, crossed paths, unanswered letters, or voices carried across distances. Films such as Sleepless in Seattle and Notting Hill understood that romance was rarely about perfection. It was about emotional recognition. Netflix’s film Voicemails for Isabelle appears ready to revive that emotional tradition for a new generation, but with a...