by William Alexander Yankes The annual French film festival, COLCOA (the abbreviation for City of Lights, City of Angels), that honors the ever-stronger bond between the world’s two film capitals—Paris and Los Angeles—celebrated its 18th year at the Directors’ Guild of America in 2014. Traditionally held after the Oscars, COLCOA devotes just over a week in April, nine days which are anticipated with baited breath all year by cinephiles and Francophiles alike, to showcasing the very best of contemporary French filmmaking. ( Photo courtesy of Gaumont. ) Two years ago, on April 20th, the curtains opened on the first night of the annual festival to a full house. The standing room-only crowd was eager, as always, to spend a week witnessing and celebrating films infused with poetry, humor, candor, pathos, passion, sex and, yes, a most French ingredient, love. On that night in particular, François Truffart, COLCOA director, announced the presence of Claude Lelouch, director of the 1966...