Nobody sings “Master of the House” in the new French film “Les Misérables.” And not a single character is named Jean Valjean or Inspector Javert. The action’s set more than two centuries after 1815, ...

Before Tom Hooper gave us Digital Fur Technology, he gave us extreme fisheye lens closeups of French folk. Les Misérables, the 2012 film adaptation of the international hit musical, is available to ...

It’s been almost eight years since Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables hit theaters. That in turn makes it almost eight years since Russell Crowe’s performance as Les Mis antagonist Inspector Javert made such ...

In modern-day Montfermeil, the setting of Victor Hugo’s novel, the filmmaker Ladj Ly stages his own impassioned cry against oppression. By Glenn Kenny When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

“Les Misérables” is not merely named after Victor Hugo’s celebrated novel, it shares its setting and succeeds splendidly in a mutual goal. Directed and co-written by Ladj Ly, who was born, raised and ...