TIME | Video

Baseball à la française: Baseball's popularity in France has lagged behind basketball's, but could that be changing?

TIME | Video

Risk and Execution: Media tycoon Jean-Marie Messier talks about dealing with attention in the media, the differences between France and the US and Nicolas Sarkozy.

TIME | Video

The Tara Expedition: The Tara is an Arctic research vessel that spent 507 days at sea to study the effects of climate change. It recently returned to port in France.

TIME | Video

Americans vote in Paris : This year for the first time a global primary allowed American citizens to vote in polling stations overseas.

TIME | Video

Takeaway Shows : Watch the indie bands you love making music in the streets (and elevators) of Paris.

TIME | Video

Au Revoir Cigarettes: The end of the very French custom of smoking in bars, cafes and restaurants.

TIME | Video

An Accidental Chef: At Spring, Parisians get to taste the cuisine of an American who never intended to run a kitchen.

TIME | Culture

In Search of Lost Time: The land of Proust, Monet, Piaf and Truffaut has lost its status as a cultural superpower. Can it regain its glory? (contributed and assisted some reporting)

TIME | Video

Scenes from a Paris Labor Strike: As French labor unions and commuter headaches continue, workers hit the streets to air their grievances.

RUE89 | Franco-American Street

Mike Gravel: Democratic Candidate or Arty Auteur? A look at the strange YouTube commercials by the third-tier presidential candidate, this campaign's version of Howard Beale.

TIME | Time Global Advisor

Best of the Bistros : Four good and very different kinds of Paris bistros, from traditional to modern. Plus, a 2-minute video feature about one of the more colorful examples.

RUE89 | Franco-American Street

George W. Bush, Beer Lover? That's how he was referred to by French TV as he poured what looked to be beer into a glass at the G8 summit. But wait a minute, isn't Bush a teetotaler? A look at the politics of alcohol and the alcohol of politics.

RUE89 | Franco-American Street

The Reasons Behind The United States' Fascination With Kouchner: Why French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner is even more of an American Media darling than President Sarkozy.

RUE89 | Franco-American Street

Government Ministers and Media Spouses - Familiar Bedfellows: A look at the conflicts of interest that have arisen in France where several high profile politicians and TV personalities are couples.

RUE89 | Franco-American Street

A Quick Guide For Americans to Better Understand French Politics: applying the left-right designations of the American political spectrum isn't exactly the same in France.

RUE89 | Franco-American Street

Franco-American Street: A new French news and culture website featuring an English-language blog. The first post looks the ceremonial inauguration of new French president Nicolas Sarkozy from an American point of view.

TIME | Arts

Rethinking the Art of Subtitles: Turning the spotlight on this unsung tool of international cinema.

TIME | Arts

The Sweet Songs of Keren Ann: A profile of the singer-songwriter as she releases her fifth album.

TIME | Health

Anti-Fast Food in France - A portrait of Cojean, the Paris restaurant chain focused on fresh food.

TIME | Global Advisor

Wild at Heart: Filmmaker David Lynch's painting and other artistic works are exhibited in Paris.

TIME | World

The Many Faces of Europe: A look at integration, diversity and ethnic tensions in Europe. (provided reporting from Paris).

TIME | Time Global Advisor

Lustrous Liquid: A taste of Louis XIII cognac.

TIME | Arts

The Best Stones Film You've Never Seen: A look at the unreleased 1972 Robert Frank documentary Cocksucker Blues.

TIME | Person of the Year issue

Kamini - as part of the Person of the Year feature, this rapper's rap and video about life in a small French town went viral on user-created content websites and landed him a record deal. (reported on and interviewed Kamini)

TIME | Notebook

Don't Be A Stranger: A new web site helps Parisians get to know each other.

TIME | Technology

Does High Tech Require High Fiber? : With consumers showing an insatiable thirst for broadband services, some companies are betting billions on faster wires.
(contributed on fiber optics in France)

THE ATLANTIC | Interview

Sorrow Without Pity: Carmen Callil discusses Bad Faith, her unflinching portrait of a fascist Frenchman in Nazi-occupied France.

TIME | Style & Design

Euro Stars : European niche brands are bringing innovation and quirky ideas back to beauty counters on both sides of the Atlantic.

TIME | Web

Debt of Honor: An interview with Rachid Bouchareb, director and co-writer of the new film Indigènes.

TIME | World

Allah's Recruits: Why more and more Westerners are converting to Islam and, in some cases, pursuing an extremist path. (contributed from France)

TIME | World Cup

Italy's Cup: After a final that had drama from the first minute to last, the Azzurri win the World Cup for the fourth time. (Contributed from the streets of Paris).

TIME | Notebook

France's Smoking Ban Stubbed Out: Villepin looks for clean air on the way to the polls. But delaying new laws the public support is a suprising route.

TIME | Digital

What's That Sound?: French MPs vote to control digital downloads, but suppliers probably won't be facing the music.

TIME | Europe Cover

Shakespeare Inc.: Sensitive poet and venerated playwright, the Bard is as popular as ever, and not just for his way with words: he's a cash cow
(Reported on WS's popularity in France)

TIME | Europe Cover

Europe's Extraordinary Makeover: Nose too big? Breasts too small? Years taking their toll? Cosmetic surgery, once the indulgence of the rich, is now reshaping women — and men — of all ages and incomes. Inside the Continent's obsession with external beauty
(co-reported on France)

TIME | Torino 2006

Waiving the Flag: A growing number of athletes are adding — even switching — passports to pursue Olympic dreams (reported on French-Algerian athletes).

TIME | Notebook

Searching For a Fight: Could Quaero - hailed by President Jacques Chirac - be Europe's answer to Google?

SCREEN | Review

Bandidas: A mostly negative review of this Salma Hayek - Penelope Cruz vehicle.

TIME | Web

Accidental Heartthrob: French movie actor Romain Duris has one big thing in his favor ... consistency.

TIME | France

French Exception: As far as binge drinking goes, it's vive la résistance! (article on Europe's binge-drinking here).

TIME | Movies

Shoot For The Sky: Cult director, producer and movie mogul — it seems there's no project too ambitious for Luc Besson. Now he plans to turn Paris into the new Hollywood.

TIME | Europe Cover

Restless Youth: Can France bring order to the streets and hope to the restive minorities of the banlieues?

TIME | Europe Cover

Streets Of Fire: Nights of mayhem scorch France's troubled banlieues and blacken the country's image of itself. (reported from affected areas in Paris suburbs).

FRANCE MAGAZINE | Feature

La Cinémathèque Française: The Sequel
A look at the grand reopening of the illustrious Paris film center in its new location.

TIME | Notebook

Fire Alarm: The blaze deaths of dozens of poor African immigrants have ignited a row over Paris' housing policies.

TIME | Society

The Lost Tribes of Europe: How the continent's indeginous people expands our understanding of what it means to be European.
(reported on the Bretons in France)

SCREEN | Film Review

Charly (l'avion) a positive review of this French family film.

SCREEN | Film Review

Russian Dolls (Les Poupées Russes): A positive review of this sequel to L'Auberge Espagnole.

TIME | Global Adviser - Tech Watch

Energized Bunny: Can a new computer gadget pull the rabbit out of the hat for wi-fi?

TIME | Music

It's the Same Old Song: How singer-songwriter Vincent Delerm is making the French chanson tradition chic again.

SCREEN | Film Review

By The Pricking Of My Thumbs: A generally positive review of this French adaptation of the Agatha Christie tale.

SCREEN | Film Review

Gamblers (Les Mauvais Joueurs) : A rave review of this character-driven drama.

TIME Magazine | Inside Business

Gallo Says Bonjour: America's Biggest Winery is Blending foreign grapes with U.S. salesmanship--and scandalizing the industry. Will wine become homogenized?
(reported on France)

SCREEN | Film Review

Anthony Zimmer: A generally positive review of this French thriller with Sophie Marceau and Yvan Attal.

TIME Magazine | Cinema

Old Dogme, New Tricks: With its austere cinematic rules and bold new ideas, the Dogme 95 movement shook up filmmaking. A decade on, its influence has gone mainstream. (interviewed actor-filmmaker Jean-Marc Barr).

SCREEN | Film Review

L'Empire des Loups (Empire of the Wolves): A negative review of this Jean Reno action thriller.

TIME Magazine | Handicap Rights

Access Denied: Disabled Europeans are routinely barred from public and private buildings and services. Now some are fighting back (reported on France).

TIME Magazine | Counterterrorism

Across the Divide: A year ago last week, a mostly Moroccan terror cell carried out the Madrid bombings. How Spain and Morocco are trying to prevent young immigrants from doing it again.
(contributed from Amsterdam)

TIME Magazine | Notebook Section

No Home From Home: An idea for Strasbourg's European Parliament seat?

TIME Magazine | Cinema

Ones to Watch: A short profile of young French actor Louis Garrel (middle of page.)

TIME Magazine | Innovators

Comic Book Heroes: How four daring young artists are shaking up the world of cartooning.
(wrote short profile of French graphic novelist Joann Sfar)

TIME Magazine | Corporate Bullying

Not Just Kids' Stuff: Bullying at work may be different to that in the playground, but the effects can be just as damaging (reported French contributions).

Archive of Article Links 2000 - 2004

TIME Magazine

13 December 2004

Why We Sleep
You may think it's for your body, but it's really for your brain. The latest research is full of surprises.
(contributed for France)

6 December 2004

Found In Translation
How do you bring a voice like Philip Roth's to other languages? Josée Kamoun opens her book of tricks.

7 November 2004

Post-election
Election night as seen in Europe.

21 October 2004

Americans Abroad, Voting
A look at American expatriates and the 2004 election.

19 September 2004
On The Right Road
France's road safety campaign is yielding results.

23 August 2004
The Last Best Place in Europe

Profile of Nantes from TIme's cover story on Secret Capitals in Europe.(Also, quoted on the front page of Le Monde for our choices of Nantes and Grenoble) .

16 August 2004
Drawing a Whole New Image for Africa: Can a small Senegalese firm compete in the animation jungle? Pictoon thinks it can. Spoke with cited-French company that aired Pictoon cartoon.

19 April 2004

Director's Choice: The French Invasion of Hollywood Contribution from Kassovitz interview to this sidebar story to profile of Michel Gondry.

31 March 2004

Profile of Mathieu Kassovitz: Gothika's French director is an unabashed fan of American movies.

29 March 2004

The Battle Over Birth: With elective C-sections, detailed birth plans and better medication, European women are demanding control over the birth process. But cash-strapped medical systems are fighting back. Who decides how we are born now? Reported from Paris and Nantes on changes to birthing in France.

1 March 2004

Playing Against The Big Boys: Europe has lots of cinematic history, talent and state funding, but Hollywood still rules the box office. A look at new laws and alliances designed to give Europe the film industry it deserves. Reported on France.

19 January 2004

Hollywood Robbery: How does a hit movie go from the free market to the black market? TIME retraces the trail. Background research.

12 January 2004

How to Plug Europe's Brain Drain: Europe's best and brightest scientific minds are leaving in droves for the U.S. — and billions of euros and thousands of jobs are at stake. Here's how Europe is trying to lure them back. Co-reported on France for Europe-wide article.

8 December 2003

What Price Education? University systems in England, France and Germany are cash-strapped, so some governments are proposing tuition fees — and students are on the march. Has no-cost higher education become a luxury Europe can't afford? Reported for section on France.

1 December 2003

Let's Not Drink to That: Not everybody is happy with the extent of France's road safety campaign.

3 November 2003

Faith and Fury: Clashes over crucifixes and head scarves in public schools show that Europeans are still searching for the fine line that separates church and state.Reported background and interviews with Philippe Darriulat and Lila Levy-Omari.

28 July 2003

The New Cinema Vérité: The no-frills movie theater is a staple of Parisian life. But are revival houses on their last reel?

21 July 2003

Risky Business: Science can pinpoint potential dangers from GM foods, mobile phones and household chemicals — but can't tell us if those risks are real. What's a consumer to do?Reported "Not on My Roof S'il Vous Plait" section of story (beginning page 4).

9 June 2003

O Father, Where Art Thou?: A look at the state of Christianity in Europe. Reported on La Courneuve church (page three section on immigrants).

12 May 2003

Great Dane: A profile of filmmaker Lars von Trier. Spoke to actor Jean-Marc Barr about his experience with LvT.

21 April 2003

Lost To the Ages: Could the U.S. have stopped the looting of Iraq's priceless antiquities? The answer is not that simple.Reported from Paris on the emergency UNESCO meeting.

4 March 2003

Absent Minded: Across Europe, employees are failing to turn up for work. Governments and businesses are sick of it.Contributed France elements of article.

17 February 2003

Voting With Their Feet: Europeans turned out to protest a war that hasn't been declared. Can marching stop an invasion? Covered the February 15th demonstration in Paris against a possible war in Iraq.

The Cars That ate London, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Rome, Madrid, Vienna, Athens...

A look at the car congestion in European cities.Reported and contributed on France section.

03 February 2003

Down and Out in Europe:The number of homeless in Western Europe is at its highest level in 50 years — and rising. Reported and wrote France sections of this report on Europe's homeless problem.

20 January 2003

Marking Down the Future: A look at consumer spending in Europe. Additional reporting for this Time Magazine business feature.

13 January 2003

Mad At America: A look at Europe-U.S. Relations
Additional reporting for this Time Atlantic cover story.

SOFA Magazine

3 October 2002

The Paris Press Conference for Minority Report

Chicago Sun-Times

22 September 2002

Exploring the Streets of African-American Paris
A new book traces the history of the American American experience in Paris.

Jerusalem Post

12 September 2002

An Unbearable Ambivalence Half a Year After Last Spring's Peak of Anti-Jewish Acts, What Are French Jews Feeling?

UnderGround Online

30 July 2002

"Shooting One's Mouth Off Into the Void" Talking with musician Grant Lee Phillips

Gadfly Online

2 July 2002

"If They Are Laughing, You Can Talk about Anything"

A conversation with singer-songwriter Dan Bern.

21 June 2002

"People Want to See Something Different" An interview with Business of Strangers writer/director Patrick Stettner.

12 June 2002

The Battle between Authenticity and Self-indulgence at the Heart of Counting Crows

A critical look at the band and its place in the rock and roll pantheon.

4 June 2002

Watching People Watch Soccer The crowd in Paris cheering on the defending World Cup champions on the Jumbotron.

27 May 2002

Ladies And Gentlemen, The Cinema is Now Closed The rather serious festival comes to an end with Polanski's The Pianist taking the Top Prize.Cannes Film Festival Notebook #4

25 May 2002

You Talkin' To Me?" Scorsese Shows Us The Half Monty and Later the Press Crunch Becomes Uncivil Cannes Film Festival Notebook #3

23 May 2002

What's the Difference Between a Duck? and Other Questions Cannes FIlm Festival Notebook #2

20 May 2002

Here We are Now, Entertain Us...Because We Have Stories To File Cannes Film Festival Notebook #1

13 May 2002

Finding the Ethos of Route 66 Abroad Is the road trip an American invention?

3 May 2002

The French give Le Pen the bird While Looking Inward A report from the May Day demonstrations on the streets of Paris.

26 April 2002

Pre-Cannes Conference The festival's lineup is announced and we reflect on the politics of cinema.

15 April 2002

"Movies Are Like Religion" Filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro talks candidly about the state of cinema, why Blade 2 is just as good as Devil's Backbone and why Mimic is not.

9 April 2002

Femi Kuti's Audience Connection A review of the Afrobeat musician's Paris concert.

29 March 2002

"Have You Ever Been Wrong?" An email conversation with Roger Ebert.

25 March 2002

Beyond Skepticism The rise of 9-11 conspiracy theories and the discourse of armchair sleuths.

15 March 2002

Soul Food In France Monique Wells talks about the African American experience in Paris and cooking the foods of home.

6 March 2002

Big In Europe: The Mystique of Our Pop Culture in Other Cultures The effect and mythology in American pop culture figures finding sucess overseas.

25 Feb. 2002

Sad White Boy: Talking to Musician Josh Rouse About Why Being One Is Not Such A Bad Thing An interview with the singer-songwriter before his Paris concert.

18 Feb. 2002

Aloft, En Route to Paris Again: Thoughts on Flying, Gentrifying and the New Currency
An essay from Paris about returning there.

21 Jan. 2002

Adapting To Our Flag Culture: Thoughts on Returning to the United States For the First Time Since Sept. 11 An essay from Chicago.

17 Dec. 2001

Chewbacca in Paris: Star Wars Actor Peter Mayhew Draws a Crowd of French Obi-Wans, Vaders, Amidalahs and Storm Troopers A report from a comic bookstore appearance that reveals a strong cultural bridge, at least when it comes to Sci-Fi.

10 Dec. 2001

Taking Folk, Rock n¹ Roll North American Stage Presence Abroad: Does the Music of Ani DiFranco and Ron Sexsmith Translate? A look at these two musicians¹ concerts in Paris, with thoughts from Sexsmith on playing to foreign audiences.

3 Dec. 2001

Sanctimony and Self-loathing in Paris: Thoughts on Fitting In, Having Pride, But Not Too Much A personal essay about being an American in Europe these days.

19 Nov. 2001

The Abbey Roadblock: The Beatles¹ Crosswalk, Three Decades Hence What is going on at the famous site now, and who flocks there.

12 Nov. 2001

North Atlantic Across the Atlantic: Willem Dafoe¹s Wooster Group Performs in Paris

This American theater company presents a play about NATO in English to a mixed audience.

5 Nov. 2001

Dubuffet For Dummies: A Layman Tours an Artist Retrospective and Poses Many Questions Looking at the works of Jean Dubuffet on his own turf, at the Centre Pompidou.

31 Oct. 2001

A Day in the Life of a Parisian Café: Or-What To Do If It¹s 9 :30am, You Are Walking Your Dog and You Want a Beer Exploring the daily French culture cornerstone. (essay later included in Vintage/Randomhouse 2003 anthology, Paris In Mind: Three Centuries of Americans Writing about Paris).

15 Oct. 2001

Beatles in Residence: The Hamburg home of the Lads From Liverpool

Retracing the steps of the early Beatle years.

8 Oct. 2001

Behind the Red Light: An Interview with an Amsterdam Window Prostitute Discussing the process and specifics of having sex for a living where its legal. (GRAPHIC LANGUAGE USED)

5 Oct. 2001

Woody Allen in Paris: The Droll Press Junket That Was Observations at a bi-lingual Woody Allen press conference as he promoted Curse of the Jade Scorpion.

1 Oct. 2001

Leonard Cohen - A Worker in Song A look at musician Leonard Cohen's career on the eve of his first new album in ten years.

1 Oct. 2001

Paris, The Dream City of Moviegoers Exploring the way Paris reveres cinema.

24 Sept. 2001

After The End: Jim Morrison¹s 30-year tenure at a French Cemetery
A day at Pere Lachaise, looking into the burial place of the 60¹s icon.

20 Sept. 2001

The week of Sept. 11th, From Paris

Looking at the events and the days that followed, from the perspective of an American overseas.

9 Sept. 2001

Serious Cinema and Johnny Depp as the Playmate of the Year

A week at the Deauville American Film Festival.

17 July 2001

An Interview with Kalle Lasn The Founder of Adbusters and Culturejammers talks.

10 June 2001

Overnight in Terre Haute: A Journal

From dusk to dawn outside the penitentiary on the eve of Timothy McVeigh¹s execution.

May 2001

Roger Ebert¹s Overlooked Film Festival

A Report from Champaign, IL at the 3rd annual festival.

11 May 2001

An Interview with David Urrutia

A screenwriter/producer/actor from 1999¹s Jesus Son talks about making the film.

Gadfly Magazine (in print)

3 January 2001

The Washington Correspondent: An Interview with Jake Tapper A conversation with Salon.com's Washington man in the days during the election fiasco about his career and the wackiness of present politics.

November 2000
The Novelist and the Megaphone: Authors who Direct
Looking at writers who have made their own feature films.

10 Sept 2000
Which Way the Wind Blows: What Has Happened to Protest Music?
A look at the state of protest music in modern times, how it still exists, how it does not.

17 April 2000
Sex That Shares A Surname: A look at incest in the movies.

6 January 2000
I Feel Your Pain: Identifying with the Immoral and Amoral in the Movies
What happens when the character who is the audience surrogate becomes an antogonist?

Chicago Reader

17 August 2001

A Report From The 26th Glamourcon : Where do pinups go after their moment in the spotlight?

New City

8 May 2000

Job Dumping: The Art of Quitting Your Job and Still Working In This Town Again
A humor piece about not burning your professional bridges, written back when there were jobs galore.