Serge Gainsbourg was an original. In fact, he has more claim to the word than most of the men to whom it’s been attached lately. It’s hard even to describe the work of the French ...

Serge Gainsbourg, the French pop poet and provocateur who courted controversy while scaling the heights of stardom over the course of his decades-spanning career, is the subject of an upcoming ...

With Jane Birkin’s passing, France loses both an icon and one of its greatest enigmas. To focus on France is not to diminish the fact that Birkin’s death will be mourned around the world. Alongside ...