Anti-conformist French film-maker Jean-Marie Straub died peacefully at his home in Switzerland on Sunday, the Swiss National Film Archive announced. He was 89. Straub was a peer of many greats from the French New Wave and received the Locarno film festival’s lifetime achievement award in 2017. “I spoke to... read full story
"I spoke to Mrs Straub at midday; he died at 6am this morning at his house in Rolle,"