“My First Arrival in France” is an excerpt adapted from her memoir A Long Way from Iowa: From the Heartland to the Heart of France

Lanie Goodman heads to Cannes to meet the French director Nicolas Bedos and discuss his latest film, Mascarade.

Once saddled with a cruel nickname, the ski resort of Flaine has found fresh admiration for its Brutalist architecture and mid-century sense of style.