Tag: Movie theater
Philippe Lioret, love at 16
Director Philippe Lioret returns with “16 years” his 9th feature film. A contemporary and socio-cultural reinterpretation of the story of “Romeo and Juliet” with young actors Teïlo Azaïs and Sabrina…
a tribute to the Cinémathèque française for the centenary of its birth
Sembène Ousmane would have been a hundred years old on January 1, 2023. This mythical figure of African cinema, also a novelist and short story writer, was born in Ziguinchor…
Sarah Maldoror, pioneer of African cinema
/ Podcasts / The march of the world “Cinema is an art, it is part of the history of the present time,” says Sarah Maldoror, the first anti-racist and decolonial…
Sembene, the dean
Self-taught, Sembene Ousmane had been a builder, skirmisher, docker, before embarking on a literary and cinematographic adventure, starting with “Borom Sarret” (1963), the first film ever shot by an African…
“Battle on Buka Street”, the film that hits the Nigerian box office
In Nigeria, a Nollywood film outperforms American films after only two weeks of release. Battle on Buka Streeta Nigerian comedy-drama released in theaters on December 16, is even ahead of…
After two years of pandemic, world cinema is struggling in 2022
The end of December is a good time to look in the rear view mirror. In the cultural sector, the highlight of 2022 remains the drop in cinema attendance, as…
‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, Golden Globes favorite Irish drama
This Wednesday, December 28 comes out The Banshees of Inisherin, the new 100% Irish film from Martin McDonagh. Barely showing in American cinemas, it won an award at the Venice…
Cinema: “Joyland” majestically shakes up the codes of Pakistani society
/ Podcasts / Cultural meeting Repressed homosexuality, suffocating patriarchy, established transgender people: the film joyland sweeps away the clichés about Pakistani society. Entered the history of the 7ᵉ art to…
Romy Schneider special – All the cinemas in the world
With Clémentine Deroudille, curator of the Romy Schneider exhibition at the Cinémathèque Française. Forty years after her death, Romy Schneider (September 23, 1938 – May 29, 1982) is still as…
Cinema: “The Tourbillon of Life” by Olivier Treiner, a multiple destiny
/ Podcasts / Cultural guest What is the weight of chance in the vagaries of life? What would you have become if you had chosen other paths? It is from…