Long before he became France’s greatest playwright, Moliere was the leader of a bankrupt, 17th-century theater troupe. Writer-director Laurent Tirard’s “Moliere” suggests that during a few months ...

LITTLE ROCK — Witty, romantic and at times acerbically funny, Moliere is a French comedy that makes use of its eponymous 17th-century playwright's gift for farce. It's the story of Jean-Baptiste ...

In the year 1644, Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, better known as Molière (Romain Duris), is still an unknown young actor and playwright. He dreams of performing and writing grand tragedies, but possesses no ...

The French have finally gotten around to doing their version of Shakespeare in Love. It’s called Moliere, and it invents a somewhat funny, fanciful and almost certainly fictional episode in the life ...

A penniless poet, a wealthy gentleman and a bored wife. The perfect recipe for a light-hearted comedy of romantic mishaps, peppered with quotes and references to the real Molière's works (though this ...