Jim Jarmusch packs a poetic punch in Paterson
Adam Driver and Golshifteh Farahani star as an unusual movie couple in the latest film from US art house director Jim Jarmusch, who shows he can still pull a punch after 21 films and all these years....
View ArticleChad's Haroun, US's Penn among directors bringing African issues to Cannes
No African director’s films made it into the Golden Palm competition at the Cannes Film Festival this year. However, African film is still on the Cannes map.
View ArticleChadian film director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
RFI's Rosslyn Hyams meets film director from Chad, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun at the Cannes film festival where they talk about his documentary Hissene Habré: A Chadian Tragedy.
View ArticleJulieta saps some of Almodovar's bright spirit
Pedro Almodovar remains faithful to his cause of bringing strong female roles to his films. He also remains true to the theme of the absent or abandoned loved one, child, parent or partner. Sickness,...
View ArticleCharlElie Couture goes to the heart of Louisiana's cajun country
In this week's edition of World Music Matters, our guest is French singer-songwriter CharlElie Couture. He talks to RFI about his latest, 20th, studio album Lafayette: a voyage into cajun and zydeco...
View ArticleHopes for a corruption-free society in Mungiu’s Bacalaureat
Police, people in power and professionals pull strings for each other in Romanian Cristian Mungiu’s latest film which is a tribute to his writing as well as his directing skills.
View ArticlePsycho Raman goes beyond Ugly
Indian film maker Anurag Kashyap is back at the Director’s Fortnight in Cannes. Kashyap, following up on his film Ugly in 2014, with this dramatic thriller describes his movies as genre.
View ArticleEaten up by jealousy in the Neon Demon
Nicholas Winding Refn surprises or shocks with his Palm entry, The Neon Demon. Elle Fanning stars as an enviable rising model in a visual artist’s take on the obsession with beauty.
View ArticleMaya Angelou, RFI Club news, and a slice of Cuban history
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the yacht used by the Cuban revolutionaries. There’s a special voice with a special message, some news for the RFI Clubs,...
View ArticleThe Last Face - a love story in war-torn Liberia
The Last Face starring Spanish actor Javier Bardem and South African actress Charlize Theron was greeted with boos at the end of its press screening in Cannes where it was competing for the Golden Palm...
View ArticleWill Maren Ade win the Palme d'Or at Cannes 2016?
A hilarious German comedy is favourite to win the Palme d'Or at the the Cannes film festival Sunday, which would make its director only the second woman ever to lift its top prize.
View ArticleL’oeil d’or jury rewards narratives on cinema history
Two documentaries about the history of cinema were rewarded with the Oeil d’Or or Golden Eye. One is from Brazil and one from India.
View ArticleTraumatised children, traumatised adults, and sado-masochism
Traumatised children make traumatised adults in Elle which screened at Cannes on Saturday. French actress Isabelle Huppert is close to perfect in the lead role. It’s the last film in the running for...
View ArticleWith Loach’s second Golden Palm, Cannes seeks social messages
Several films with strong social messages won award at the 69th Cannes Film Festival. After receiving his Golden Palm trophy UK director Ken Loach said “the world we live in is a danger point of...
View ArticleMonumenta 2016: Huang Yong Ping’s Empires
What do you get when you cross 305 shipping containers, a 240 meter long aluminium snake skeleton, and a five meter high reproduction of Napoleon’s hat? Huang Yong Ping’s sculpture "Empires" – this...
View ArticleMiracles of modern engineering and the Red Tornado, Lanni Smith
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the broadcast transmission tower in Moscow. You’ll hear your fellow listener’s voices and a tribute to RFI’s beloved Lanni...
View ArticleStinky French cheese, hot air balloons and a witch’s ball
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about Walpurgis Nacht. There’s On This Day, the listener mailbag, some great music, and of course, the new quiz question. Just...
View ArticleWild about animals at Paris exhibition Safari/Safarix
In this week's Arts in France, RFI's Rosslyn Hyams has a roaring time with Safarix at the Paris Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature - Museum of Hunting and Nature.
View ArticleGermaine Acogny, mother of contemporary African dance
Senegalese dancer and choreographer Germaine Acogny continues to inspire European choreographers. She talks to RFI's Alison Hird about dancing into old age following her most recent piece A un endroit...
View ArticleCalypso Rose, the diva of calypso music
Our guest on this week's World Music Matters is Calypso Rose from the Carribean island of Trinidad and Tobago. The diva of calypso music has just released a new album Far From Home, featuring Manu...
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