Some of the finest lines in cinema history were supposed to be outtakes or were mere unserious improvisations. “Bring me ...

Owing principally, but not exclusively, to the stark dedication with which it begins and the crushing letter with which it ends, Philippe Besson’s eighteenth book, just published in the United States ...

This article originally appeared in Empire magazine, issue #97 (July 1997). “It was always going to be set here," mutters an obviously knackered Luc Besson, negotiating his way through the diminishing ...

Nine years ago, Luc Besson came across a theory that humans only use 10% of their brain capacity. A quick Google search would have informed the French filmmaker responsible for cult classics like La ...

Christoph Waltz is in talks to co-star. By Mia Galuppo Senior Entertainment Reporter Luc Besson has found his next project with a Dracula origin story, teaming with Caleb Landry-Jones, who starred in ...

Big badaboom! In a world where the dystopian gloom of "Blade Runner" long defined the look of movie sci-fi, French auteur Luc Besson's gleefully ridiculous space opera "The Fifth Element" was an ...

On the 20th anniversary of space opera "The Fifth Element," it's become clear how much it shares with Besson's latest passion project, "Valerian." Luc Besson was born to make “Valerian and the City of ...

Christina Radish is the Senior Entertainment Reporter at Collider. Having worked at Collider for over a decade (since 2009), her primary focus is on film and television interviews with talent both in ...