French chef Veyrat seals comeback with third Michelin star
Marc Veyrat, the comeback king of French cuisine, was back on the top of the culinary tree Monday after the Michelin guide awarded him the maximum three stars.
View ArticleA Letter To The President reflects change in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is going through a transitional period says film maker Roya Sadat. Her feature in competition at the International Festival of Asian Film in Vesoul, France, shows the clash between strict...
View ArticleLee Kwang-kuk faces fears in his ‘A Tiger in Winter’ at French film festival
Tigers roaming around the city at any time of the year make people nervous and scared. The title of South Korean film director Lee Kwang-kuk’s third feature film is a metaphor for learning to overcome...
View ArticlePhilippine migrant worker vs. authorities wins top prize at FICA pan-Asian...
A film about a Filipina migrant worker has won the Golden Cycle Rickshaw award at France’s Fica Asian film festival. 32,500 spectators came from near and far to Vesoul in the east of France where they...
View ArticleMali's Amadou & Mariam combat 'confusion' with disco
Malian husband-and-wife duo Amadou & Mariam are one of west Africa's most successful acts. On their latest album La Confusion they use a blend of Afro-pop and disco to evoke upheavals in their...
View ArticleThe animal kingdom’s Muhammad Ali
This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the hardest kicking or hitting animals. There’s On This Day, listener news, some great music, and of course - the new quiz...
View ArticleZimbabwe court lifts ban on acclaimed documentary film
Zimbabwe's High Court has lifted a ban on an acclaimed documentary film that portrays former president Robert Mugabe in a far from flattering light.The film,The Democrats, by Danish filmmaker Camilla...
View ArticleFoucault's last book on sex published 34 years after philosopher's death
The fourth volume of French philosopher Michel Foucault's History of Sexuality was published on Friday, 34 years after his death. Confessions of the Flesh, an unfinished work, looks at the evolution of...
View ArticleFacebook furore forces Muslim singer to withdraw from French talent show
A young Muslim woman who became an overnight star with a version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah has been forced to pull out of the French talent show The Voice after a campaign against her on social...
View ArticleRocker Johnny Hallyday’s eldest children to dispute will
The actress Laura Smet and her half-brother David Hallyday, both children of French rocker Johnny Hallyday by previous unions, have said that that they would challenge the will of their father Johnny...
View ArticleParis' Grand Palais to get €500 million facelift
France unveiled a spectacular €500 million overhaul of one of its beloved buildings on Monday, driving a new pedestrian boulevard through the Grand Palais in Paris to link the Champs Elysees with the...
View ArticleFrance Media Monde CEO steps down
The president and CEO of France Media Monde (FMM), the media group that includes Radio France Internationale, France 24 and MCD Doualiya, has been obliged to leave the company.
View ArticleCory Seznec and the East Africa experience
Franco-American guitarist and songwriter Cory Seznec comes from the American tradition of fingerpicking guitar, blues and ragtime. But three years living in Ethiopia and Kenya further enriched his...
View ArticleThe footballer president
This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the new president of Liberia. There’s a belated World Radio Day celebration, listener news, some great music and, of course,...
View ArticleTributes pour in after French jazz violinist Didier Lockwood dies, aged 62
French jazz violinist Didier Lockwood, a pioneer of jazz-rock fusion and "spiritual son" of Stéphane Grappelli, has died of a heart attack at the age of 62.
View ArticleAmerican folk singer-songwriter Alela Diane offers an ode to motherhood
Oregon-based singer-songwriter Alela Diane has just released her fifth album Cusp on which she challenges the artistic taboo on writing songs about having babies.
View ArticleIranian director Mani Haghighi is Golden Bear contender with 'Pig'
'Pig' is a satirical and surreal film, whacky and sometimes absurd, where dreams and nightmares are real. Inside this wrapping, Mani Haghighi lunges noticeably at the dictatorship of public relations,...
View ArticleFrench Catholic group wants limited cinema access for Fifty Shades sequel
A Catholic group which succeeded in having Lars von Trier's ultra-violent film "Antichrist" banned from French cinemas, is now taking a case against the erotic romance "Fifty Shades Freed".
View ArticleSo what is the Big Wild Goose Pagoda anyway?
This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.There’s the announcement of the winning entry for the RFI Club Photography contest, great music,...
View ArticleRuizpalacios' Museo competes for Golden Bear with museum robbery drama
Director Alonso Ruizpalacio's second feature, Museo, whose English title is Museum, is based on a real-life museum heist of 140 or so objects in Mexico in 1985. Set in and around Mexico City, Palanque...
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