Third without fail for the director Jeanne Herry with an extremely poignant film on a little-known judicial law. Introduced into French law in 2014, and revoked in 2020, the notion of “restorative justice” consists of having convicts meet their victims in their place of detention under the mediation of volunteers from civil society. Jeanne Herry … Read More ““I will always see your faces”: restorative justice in an emotional choral film” »
On her ninth album, the American singer Lana Del Rey goes further in revealing her intimacy, in particular concerning her family, while once again jealously guarding her secrets. Lana Del Rey is a pop star like no other. She is not one of those whose next hits we are watching, but of those, rare today … Read More “Lana Del Rey does the Seven Veils Dance on her new album, “Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd”” »
Two French journalists, Karim Lebhour and Vincent Defait, introduce us with false candor and great kindness to Ethiopia, a country in the throes of change. Heart stroke. Article written by France Televisions Writing Culture Published on 03/23/2023 16:21 Reading time : 1 min. Cover of the album “A season in Ethiopia”. (Editions Steinkis) There’s Joe … Read More “Comics: “A season in Ethiopia”, or the tribulations of two French journalists in Addis Ababa” »
In the guise of a film of ghosts, Joanna Hogg continues her work on memory begun in “The Souvenir” 1 and 2. A woman travels back in time with her mother in a deserted hotel in the English countryside, in Eternal Daughter which comes out Wednesday, March 22. Tilda Swinton in a mother-daughter dual role … Read More ““Eternal Daughter”: Tilda Swinton in a dual role resurrects inner ghosts” »
Emilie Anna Maillet creates an immersive and theatrical show on the use of the smartphone, mirror 2.0 of the 21st century The Socratic precept “Know thyself” has been put to the test since the widespread use of mobile telephony. Is the image that we give and that we are sent back to us true, fictitious, … Read More ““To Like or not to like”: a powerful theatrical and digital stroll on the role of social networks in adolescence” »
José Miguel Ribeiro’s film is a poetic and heartbreaking portrait of the history of this country, ravaged for many years by civil war. Heart stroke. The revolution devours its children, dreams turn into nightmares. The film opens with a man running from gunfire. Bullets hit him, he collapses in a pool of water. A tree, … Read More ““Nayola”: three women recount the war in Angola in a great animated film” »
Until March 28, the Paris Court of Appeal (in the Sainte Chapelle gallery) wants to raise awareness on the subject of violence against women through a poignant exhibition. On the occasion of International Women’s Rights Day and national tribute to Gisèle Halimi, the Paris Court of Appeal is exhibiting from today, March 8, the work … Read More ““Kintsugi, reflections of women”: an exhibition at the Paris Court of Appeal pays tribute to women victims of violence” »
The first woman to exhibit in her lifetime at the National Museum of Modern Art in 1956 and celebrated throughout the world in her time, Germaine Richier had not had a major exhibition in Paris for decades. His sculptures are at the Center Pompidou until June 12, 2023. The Center Pompidou is devoting an awaited … Read More “Germaine Richier or the intensity of sculpture: a great artist to rediscover at the Center Pompidou” »
Perfectly faithful to Beckett and without intellectualizing, Alain Françon offers us an overwhelmingly human version of “Waiting for Godot” by Beckett. It’s at La Scala Paris, until April 8. There is of course the dead tree and the rock imposed by Beckett. Alain Françon and his decorator Jacques Gabel have added a magnificent ash-coloured canvas … Read More ““Waiting for Godot”: Alain Françon offers us a tender and human version of Beckett’s play” »
At the Théâtre des Béliers Parisiens, Mélodie Mourey immerses us in an exciting journalistic thriller of burning topicality. “Big Mother” or when democracy is threatened by the fraudulent use of our personal data collected on the internet and social networks. In three pieces (Crazy Toads, Race of the Giants, Big Mother), Mélodie Mourey asserted her … Read More ““Big Mother” at the Théâtre des Béliers: Mélodie Mourey tackles the threats to democracy in a breathtaking journalistic thriller” »
