Tag: Culture
Thelonious Monk, 40 years later…
The pianist Thelonious Monk drew the contours of an art whose rites and codes he appropriated with originality and singularity. Abused, criticized, his expressiveness had taken aback and continues to…
Mamani Keita and Aïda Nosrat, exile over the voices
The collective “From Kaboul to Bamako” releases an album conceived as a cultural encounter, a musical interbreeding and as a human adventure around the question of refugees and exile. Before…
the Golden Bear at “Alcarras” by the Spaniard Carla Simon and a very feminine prize list
The Berlin International Film Festival delivered its verdict on Wednesday February 16 by awarding the Golden Bear for Best Film to Alcarras by Spanish director Carla Simon. The very feminine…
‘Bros’: Romeo Castellucci explores themes of obedience and individual responsibility
Known for his very visual pieces, the Italian director Romeo Castellucci takes over the Maison de la Culture in Bobigny, the MC93. With “Bros”, a diminutive of “brothers” which means…
Rithy Panh’s ‘sensational’ dystopia
It is the most surprising, the most daring, perhaps unfortunately also the most visionary film of the Berlinale. Everything will be okayby Franco-Cambodian director Rithy Pan, is also in the…
David Sala, with flowers and blood
After “The Chess Player” David Sala returns today with a moving comic strip. A largely autobiographical story that looks back on his childhood and the story of his grandfathers during…
Arnaud Meunier, the world in the lights of Candide
Arnaud Meunier adapts on the stage of the Espace Cardin of the Théâtre de la Ville, a burlesque and luminous vision of “Candide” by Voltaire. A creation that recounts with…
Literature: Karine Tuil, ethnology of counterterrorism justice
Alma Revel is an anti-terrorist investigating judge, she must decide on the fate of Abdeljalil Kacem, a young Muslim who has joined Syria with his wife. Back in France, he…
“Un ano, una noche”, the tragedy of the Bataclan on the big screen
One year, one nightin competition at the 72nd edition of the Berlin International Film Festival, is the first feature film about the Bataclan attack on November 13, 2015. Heis signed…
Berlinale 2022: films from Africa
The 72nd Berlinale, the international film festival held in the German capital, ends this Wednesday evening. We will soon know which of the 18 films in the running wins the…