This article originally appeared in Empire magazine, issue #97 (July 1997). “It was always going to be set here," mutters an obviously knackered Luc Besson, negotiating his way through the diminishing ...

Some of the finest lines in cinema history were supposed to be outtakes or were mere unserious improvisations. “Bring me ...

Nine years ago, Luc Besson came across a theory that humans only use 10% of their brain capacity. A quick Google search would have informed the French filmmaker responsible for cult classics like La ...

Big badaboom! In a world where the dystopian gloom of "Blade Runner" long defined the look of movie sci-fi, French auteur Luc Besson's gleefully ridiculous space opera "The Fifth Element" was an ...