Belle Epoque originally was conceived as an elegant, speakeasylike, absinthe-focused hideaway removed from the big beers, cocktails and karaoke of Bourbon Street, in a section of the Old Absinthe ...

As it now stands, virtual reality technology is clunky and unconvincing, offering little more than the illusion of interactivity. Someday, VR will make good on its potential, but until then, French ...

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The French Riviera is synonymous with azure waters, fabulous pebbled beaches, and small but glamorous towns filled with splendid mansions. Favored by aristocracy, dignitaries, and jetsetters, there ...

Whores? Check. Absinthe? Check. A can-can kick line? Triple check. The playwrights have certainly met quota in their perverse biographical work about Henri Toulouse-Lautrec’s syphilitic final days in ...

Nicolas Bedos, the French writer-director behind the Cannes-premiering “La Belle Epoque,” is set to direct “Mascarade,” a French Riviera-set drama-comedy with Isabelle Adjani, Pierre Niney and ...

Was France’s Belle Epoque really so belle? A high-end, crafted slice of 1899 Parisian Noir unspooling as the capital seethes with anti-Semitism, violence, riots, conspiracy and the customary women’s ...