Jean-Luc Godard

 Renowned French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo has died at the age of 88, AFP reported on Monday, citing his lawyer.

No additional details were provided.

The French Institute and the Greek Film Archive have joined forces to pay tribute to Danish-French avant-garde actress, writer, filmmaker and singer Anna Karina, who died last December at the age of 79.

Star Trek icon George Takei took to social media on Nov. 11 to deny an allegation he molested a male model in 1981 - as Richard Dreyfuss and Gary Godard became the latest entertainment figures to push back against sexual misconduct accusations.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center's (SNFCC) Park Your Cinema program, bringing classic films of world cinema to the Athenian public, gets under way on Friday, August 4, with Jean-Luc Godard's 1963 drama "Le mepris" (Contempt), starring Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance and Giorgia Moll.

The second retrospective of what has been dubbed "weird wave" cinema is taking place at the open-air Panathinea movie theater in Ambelokipi from Thursday, May 25, to Wednesday, May 31, featuring the work of up-and-coming filmmakers as well as selections by greats such as Alejandro Jodorowsky, Luis Puenzo and Jean-Luc Godard.