Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. had its Wright brothers, France its "Light" brothers. A few years before Orville and Wilbur piloted the first flight, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. March 19, 1895, started off just like any other workday for the employees at the Lumiere Factory in Lyon, France. But as they ...

Thomas Crapper didn’t invent the toilet, nor was the company that bore his moniker the source for the name of a bodily function. And while John Montagu, the Earl of Sandwich, will forever be ...

All eyes are on Cannes chief Thierry Frémaux as he decides which films make the cut for the upcoming festival. Meanwhile, in his other job as head of the Institut Lumière, he directs film lovers’ gaze ...

Founded in 1926, inspired by figures such as Louis Lumière and Léon Gaumont, ENS Louis-Lumière was a pioneer in film and photography education. It is a state-funded school run under the auspices of ...

Lyon, the birthplace of cinema, is preparing to welcome a host of A-list guests for its annual celebration of both heritage and contemporary cinema, the Lumière Film Festival. Run by Cannes chief ...