Screenwriter-producer-director Albert Lamorisse’s short film is as diminutive as a child in the company of the most beloved films, many of which are over four times as long. Yet it packs in layers of ...

When I was younger, my mom showed me an old French movie called The Red Balloon. So many years later, I don’t remember much of the movie’s plot—I think he lost the balloon in the end—but certain ...

Compared to the structural excesses of modern Hollywood films, The Red Balloon (Le Ballon Rouge) feels truly overwhelming because of its visual and narrative minimalism. And then again, perhaps such ...

Youthful innocence has been explored in motion pictures almost from the start. From Charlie Chaplin to Satyajit Ray to Wes Anderson, various filmmakers have successfully captured this elusive ...

The inaugural edition of the Gaza Children’s Film Festival opens Thursday with a screening of Albert Lamorisse’s 1956 Cannes Palme d’Or-winning short classic The Red Balloon. The one-month festival ...