‘The Stranger’ Review: François Ozon Unpacks French-Algerian Tensions in His Albert Camus Update

‘The Stranger’ Review: François Ozon Unpacks French-Algerian Tensions in His Albert Camus Update

Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2025 Venice Film Festival. “The Stranger” opens in select theaters starting April 4, 2026. There is a chameleonic quality to François Ozon; unlike many auteurs, he does not simply remake the same film in different guises. The cool, voyeuristic gaze of Charlotte Rampling in the psychosexual thriller “Swimming Pool” is nothing like the Catherine Deneuve-led musical “8 Women,” just as t…

Director in Focus: François Ozon, From IN THE HOUSE to THE STRANGER

How director François Ozon keeps changing, but stays remarkably modern. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]