For those living in the San Jose, CA area, Beyond the Clouds is being screened this week at the Camera 3 Cinemas at 4:45 and 8:55 pm.

There's a new interview with Vincent conducted by Gaumont Films in regard to his latest film Epouse-moi. Now, thanks to Cinzia Masina, we have the translated interview.

It was especially gratifying to see Vincent featured in the latest issue (Dec-Jan-Feb) of a new avante-garde magazine called Black Book, which refers to itself as "progressive culture." Journalist Victoria Young spoke with our man back in August when he was in New York for the US premiere of Those Who Love Me... Some of us Perez fans, including yours truly, went into Greenwich Village to see the movie, never suspecting that Vincent, wife Karine and baby Iman were staying at their Tribeca apartment, not far from the Village Cinema where the film was playing. Oh, to be so close and yet so far...

Thanks to the efforts of our multi-lingual Cinzia Masina, we have another translated interview, this time from the March 1995 issue of the Spanish magazine Fotogramas. If the photo looks familiar to you, it should. The same photo was used in the June 1991 issue of French Premiere magazine, so it makes for a much younger-looking Perez than he actually was in 1995. In this interview we finally discover Vincent has a brother Carlos and a sister Estrella, and it's fascinating to read his comments on Gerard Depardieu, Isabelle Adjani and Jacqueline Bisset. Of course, little did he know back then that Gerard's daughter Roxane would end up being his own daughter Iman's half sister.

Today Epouse-Moi premiered in France! All the critics seem to agree in their evaluation of this film giving it two stars (out of four) except for Telerama and Le Monde, which gave it only one star. So far the actors aren't being faulted for their performances; it's more a problem of the actual script. It will be interesting to see what fans think of this film though.

It appears that the French critics are not raving about Epouse-moi, which is sooooo disappointing. No one has given it more than two stars (out of four) as of yet, so it's obviously not enjoying the success of Fanfan. It must be a terrible letdown for the director and cast when the critics don't offer praise after so much hard work has gone into making a film. Of course, Perez fans everywhere will certainly enjoy his screen presence once again.

Below is a two-page photo from the December 1998 issue of Elle magazine in which the dresses worn by Karine and daughter Roxane were featured as well as all the details of the events leading up to the Perez/Silla wedding. More photos will be added when the translation of the article is completed. Actual wedding photos are on their way!

Two more translated interviews have been added thanks to Cinzia Masina. The first is one from the cinema magazine at France.com in regard to The Crow: City of Angels and the second one is from a Club Internet chat that Vincent participated in on August 25, 1996.

Five more days until the premiere of Epouse-moi (aka Marry Me)! I will try to translate and post reviews as I find them as well as any new photos. I welcome all fans from France to e-mail their comments if they see the film - oh, to be so fortunate...

The interview from the June/July 1998 issue of L'Optimum magazine has been translated revealing more information as to just how extraordinary Vincent Perez is. We also discover how close he came to starring in A Perfect Murder alongside Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow. Though I happen to be a fan of Viggio Mortensen and was fond of his role as Gywneth's artist boyfriend, the film would have been even more appealing with Vincent.

There's also a new article called "Vincent le Magnifique". It's from the June 1991 issue of French Premiere magazine with a photo of a very young-looking Perez. Many thanks to Cinzia Masina for devoting her time this week to translating some of the overload of foreign articles!

Le Temps Retrouve is now available in France in both video and DVD format. London's Daily Telegraph (01-07-00 edition) recently described it as "perfectly managed" and "magical" and "a lovely film to remember and be remembered by... Decadent Paris flappers glide across the screen - brilliantly realized here, with Catherine Deneuve as Odette, Emmanuelle Beart as Gilberte, Vincent Perez as Morel, John Malkovich as Baron de Charlus, Pascal Gregory as Saint-Loup - and they seem to convey a whole world of moral and social particularity as they pass by. They are present on screen in a way that is wholly cherishable." Le Temps Retrouve was featured throughout England from September to December as part of the Martell French Cinema Tour.

Ah, a wedding teaser from the December 1998 issue of Elle magazine. The photo to the left shows French designer Christian Lacroix giving the final touches to Karine's gorgeous wedding  gown of ivory satin and lace. The groom wore Giorgio Armani. The 200-guest wedding of 35-year-old Vincent and 33-year-old Karine Silla was held at Sainte-Clotilde Church in the Seventh District of Paris on December 18, 1998. More wedding photos and articles to follow!

I recently received the June 17, 1993 copy of Cine Tele Revue with Sophie Marceau and Vincent on the cover. Inside is an interview with these two stars of Fanfan. Since it may be a while before the translation is done, I thought I'd go ahead and at least post the photos. The quality isn't as crisp as I'd like due to the quality of the paper, which is more like what you would get as a TV supplement in your local newspaper.

Epouse-moi will be premiering in France on the 19th so that's the biggest news for January 2000! Vincent recently gave a lengthy interview to Cinelive magazine in conjunction with the opening of his latest film.