Sorbonne to restage play branded racist
Protesters have blocked thespians at Paris' Sorbonne University from staging an interpretation of an ancient Greek play that depicts white actors with darkened faces. The Sorbonne has vowed to restage...
View ArticleHear Soweto Sing!
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question asking who won the prize for Best World Music Album at the 61st annual Grammy Awards. There are a few inspiring words from the...
View ArticleArtist JR remodels Louvre Pyramid in eye-popping collage
French artist JR has put the final touches on a huge collage in the courtyard of the Louvre Museum. Along with 400 volunteers, he spent four days pasting strips of printed paper on the cobbles of the...
View ArticleCouscous unites North African countries in UNESCO bid
Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia have presented a joint bid to Unesco to secure coveted UN heritage status for couscous.
View ArticleMick Jagger to undergo heart surgery, Rolling Stones tour postponed
The Rolling Stones have been forced to delay their "No Limits" North America tour, with lead singer Mick Jagger due to undergo heart surgery this week. The 75-year-old rocker is expected to make a...
View ArticleArt Deco classics on show at Luxembourg Museum in Paris
Les Nabis et le décor exhibition at the Musée du Luxembourg, in the Luxemburg Gardens in Paris till the end of June, is set in a very fitting place. The colourful and floral creativity of 19th century...
View ArticleVan Gogh's suicide gun to go under the hammer
The revolver with which Vincent Van Gogh is believed to have shot himself is to go under the hammer, a Paris auction house has said.
View ArticleJulia Sarr: breaking the codes in African song
Senegalese-born singer Julia Sarr has become one of the most sought after backing vocalists in France. Salif Keita, Youssou N’Dour, Lokua Kanza and Francis Cabrel figure among the big names who’ve...
View ArticleA night with the Louvre’s Mona Lisa? Only if you can entertain her
The Louvre and Airbnb have joined, to offer an entire night at the Louvre in the company of the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo to the winner of a competition. The completion has been launched to mark...
View ArticleGolden and Silver Bears at the Berlinale film festival
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question asking who won the Golden and Silver Bear awards at the 69th Berlinale Film Festival in February. We also step back in time to...
View ArticleLocal independent cinemas in France enjoy annual ‘Golden oldies’ week
Independent or art-house cinema hall owners in France are strutting their stuff in their fifth annual week-long festival showing 16 golden oldies and called, Play It Again Sam. The name comes from a...
View ArticleGlen Hansard's new album born and nurtured in Paris
Glen Hansard wrote his 4th solo album, This Wild Willing, on a residency in Paris. The city was an inspiration for the Irish-born Oscar-winning singer-songwriter. He tells RFI about feeling new...
View ArticleThe tiny dinosaurs who grew
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the size of the Tyrannosaurus Rex’s ancestors. There’s “On This Day”, music by request from Heimer Sia, and of course, the...
View ArticleCalifornia's Coachella festival shows the 'French Touch' is alive and well
This year’s Coachella music festival in southern California opened over the weekend and this year features a number of French acts that show that the ‘French touch’ music wave is alive and well.
View ArticleNadav Lapid's Synonymes and Alvaro Brechner's A Twelve Year Night
Cinefile this month talks to Nadav Lapid the director of the Franco-Israeli 2019 Berlinale Golden Bear-winner, Synonymes, and to Spanish star actor, Antonio de la Torre about his role as former rebel...
View ArticleOver €600m already pledged to rebuild Notre-Dame
Billionaires and private donors have pledged hundreds of millions of euros this Tuesday to help rebuild Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris which has been devastated by fire.
View ArticleAgnès Varda raises Cannes 2019 festival poster to fresh level
Preparations for the 2019 Cannes Film Festival are underway. Ahead of Thursday's eagerly-awaited announcment of the line-up of films in and out of competition in this 72nd festival, the poster has...
View ArticleJim Jarmusch’s zombie pic to open 72nd Cannes Film Festival and Palm race
While we have to wait till Thursday 18 April for the full official line-up at this year’s Cannes film festival, the word is out about the opening film, US director Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die....
View ArticleCalder and Picasso get it together in stunning Paris exhibition
Alexander Calder and Pablo Picasso, two of the great artists who marked their own time, largely the 20th century, have been united in Paris and will be sticking together here until mid-summer. About...
View ArticleCannes lines up Loach, Malick, Dardenne and younger women directors
The Cannes Film Festival has revealed 19 films in competition for the Palme D'Or, the Golden Palm award, in its 72nd year. The age and experience-range of filmmakers is wide this year, even older than...
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