A new restoration of the 1967 film “Belle de Jour” opens Friday. Below is The Times’ original review from Dec. 19, 1968. It is one of life’s surprising ironies that the great Spanish director Luis ...

French Actress Catherine Deneuve is only 24, but she is already a veteran of 22 films in which she has been seduced almost as often as Bardot. She is also France’s fastest-rising female star, and is ...

Let’s not pretend that director Luis Buñuel meant to say anything elevated with this picture or do anything but drag us down into the muck that gets splattered across Catherine Deneuve’s face, as she ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

Billie Piper may be heading to Hollywood, if The Sun is to be believed. In what seems to have been an actual interview, Piper told TV Biz that ITV's Secret Diary of a Call Girl is in the early stages ...

Close-up shot of Catherine Deneuve lying in bed in Belle de Jour Image via Euro International Films The world of sex work has been the subject of movies for decades, whether told in coded language or ...

Xpress' 6th grade reviewer offers her thoughts on Pixar's latest gem. When Luis Buñuel’s Belle de Jour (1967) hit America in 1968, it was mildly scandalous — even with the newly-minted MPAA R rating. ...

The French beauty shared a brief kiss with Catherine Deneuve in a memorable scene from the Luis Buñuel film about a high-class brothel. By Rhett Bartlett Geneviève Page, the alluring French actress ...

It's widely recognized as one of the sexiest movies ever made, and now "Belle de Jour" is returning to the big screen for its 50th anniversary. “Belle de Jour,” Luis Buñuel’s erotic drama about a ...

The Frenchman also wrote 'Unbearable Lightness of Being,' 'Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie' and 'Diary of a Chambermaid' and received an honorary Oscar. By Jordan Mintzer Jean-Claude Carrière, the ...

This film ranked #28 in Time Out's list of the 100 greatest French films. Click here to see the full list. A perverse valentine to this coolest of Gallic beauties, Belle de jour stars Catherine ...

Belle de Jour explores the dual life of Séverine, a young housewife who leads a conventional existence with her husband while secretly working at a brothel. As she navigates her hidden desires and the ...