French actress Juliette Binoche once counted Francois Mitterand among her admirers – the late President famously approached her in a restaurant and asked her to be his mistress [For the record, Binoche declined]. So was Binoche also among the number of high-profile French women that the newly divorced President Sarkozy (right) was rumoured to have [...]

French actress Juliette Binoche has criticized the American concept of beauty, insisting people in the U.S. only value “youth and big breasts.” The Oscar winner, 44, is convinced older women are more accepted in her native France, whereas in America, most females over the age of 40 are not considered beautiful. And the star is [...]

By Wesley Morris to The Boston Globe A year at the Yale School of Drama costs $25,735. Juilliard is about $1,500 more. And you don’t even want to know what an education from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art will set you back. For aspiring movie actors, it would be a lot cheaper just to [...]

By Michael Phillips to Chicago Tribune See here a video from Juliette talking about FOTRB It sounds cliched, as does the nature of the film itself, but “Flight of the Red Balloon” is a gem made by a filmmaker who loves life, and knows how to capture its ebb and flow and sweet complication. This [...]

Freep.com: After retro screenings of 1956′s “The Red Balloon” last season, the DFT now premieres “Flight of the Red Balloon” (***), a tribute to the old film and a subtle character study. Juliette Binoche stars as a Paris performance artist trying to balance work and motherhood while the title balloon appears as a curious observer. [...]