Luc Besson (The Fifth Element) expertly filters familiar film tropes into funhouse mirror versions of themselves. There aren’t many filmmakers who can play with clichés and somehow turn them on their ...

If you’ve never heard of the French sci-fi comic Valerian and Laureline, then you’ve missed out on the stories that have proven to be influential on Star Wars, The Fifth Element, and space opera tales ...

I really enjoyed Luc Besson's adaptation of the comic Valerian Et Laureline by Pierre Christin and artist Jean-Claude Mézières, as Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets. I talked about the film ...

The Fifth Element director Luc Besson has debuted his very own Twitter account and revealed his next project, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. An adaptation of the French comic series ...

Luc Besson has been cleared of rape accusations leveled by an actress with whom he had an intimate relationship after a French court rejected her final appeals. “This decision confirms the dismissal ...

After the director threatened to move production on the $180 million film to Hungary, legislation was introduced to close a tax loophole. By Rhonda Richford Luc Besson - H 2015 According to media ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

Launched in 1967, the series is written by Pierre Christin and illustrated by Jean-Claude Mézières. It follows the adventures of the eponymous time-travelling spatio-temporal agent and his ...