Paris museum finds Olympic groove mixing hip hop, photo and art
As part of the "Cultural Olympiad", which explores the connections between art and athletics, the Carnavalet Museum in Paris is getting artist Safouane Ben Slama together with high school students for...
View ArticlePostcard from Cannes #1: Fiction is reality and reality is fiction
The Cannes Film Festival officially opened on Tuesday evening with a cheeky speech by hostess Camille Cottin, an emotional homage to Hollywood icon Meryl Streep, and a disconcerting deadpan film about...
View ArticlePostcard from Cannes #2: the rising potential of immersive cinema
The Cannes Film Festival has rolled out the red carpet for immersive cinema and, for the first time, its own competition. With evolving techniques in virtual, augmented and mixed reality, storytelling...
View ArticleForgotten Sudan
This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the Sudan conference in Paris. There’s “The Listener’s Corner” with Paul Myers – who also cooked up “Music from Paul” for us...
View ArticlePostcard from Cannes #3: Breaking the silence
The Cannes Film Festival is not just an outlet for artistic expression – it is a powerful platform to draw attention to social issues. In an unprecedented way, women from around the globe are breaking...
View ArticlePostcard from Cannes #4: the curveball of cinema
The Cannes Film Festival is a place where audacity is rewarded and experimentation is encouraged. But ordinary people and their struggles also find their place on the screen, in-between the magic and...
View ArticleA century of Charles Aznavour, storytelling crooner who rewrote the French...
Singer-songwriter Charles Aznavour would have turned 100 on Wednesday. A giant of chanson française, the French-Armenian artist behind “La Bohème” and “She” left a lasting mark on music in France.
View ArticleErotic dancer comedy-drama wins top prize at Cannes
"Anora", an explicit and often hilarious story about a New York erotic dancer, won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, which also saw a first-ever win for a trans actress.
View ArticleA best friend as a hero
Feast your ears on listener Rodrigo Hunriche’s “My Ordinary Hero” essay. All it takes is a little click on the “Play” button above!
View ArticlePostcard from Cannes #5: Indian cinematographer bags coveted prize
With over 50 feature films to his name both as cameraman and director, Santosh Sivan is a star in his native India. He was invited to the Cannes Film Festival this week to receive the Pierre Angénieux...
View ArticleThe winners at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival
The 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival ended Saturday in the south of France with the awarding of its top prize, the Palme d'Or. Here is a list of the winners:
View ArticleOverseas France takes centre stage at all-night festival of art and culture
Every year, Paris and its suburbs pull an all-nighter of culture on Nuit Blanche – literally “white night” – when the city hosts a cocktail of art, performance and discovery. This year’s edition,...
View ArticlePlundered art and artefacts
This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about plundered art in French museums. There’s a quick trip to Switzerland, “The Listener’s Corner” with Paul Myers, Ollia’s...
View ArticleExile or prison?
This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the last-minute film added to the Cannes Film Festival line-up. There’s “The Listener’s Corner” with Paul Myers, the latest...
View ArticleA trip down memory lane with French photographer Raymond Depardon
Raymond Depardon, one of France's most well-known photographers and filmmakers, is being celebrated with a book and a special exhibition in Paris. His latest film Les Années Déclic – about the...
View ArticleArtworks stolen in Nazi-occupied Paris donated to the Louvre
Eighty years after they were looted from a Jewish family during the Nazi Occupation of France, two 17th-century still-life paintings have been returned to the heirs of their rightful owners – who have...
View ArticleCheck the source!
This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the disinformation campaign around the European Union’s “Green Deal” campaign. There’s “On This Day”, “The Listener’s...
View ArticlePicasso Museum in Paris opens artist's rare archives to the internet
The Picasso Museum in Paris this week launched an online portal that provides access to tens of thousands of little-seen photos, artworks and other memorabilia from the iconic artist's archives.
View ArticleIconic 'New Wave' French actress Anouk Aimée dies aged 92
French star Anouk Aimee, who died on Tuesday aged 92, cast a spell over a generation of film-goers with her roles in European masterpieces such as Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita and A Man and A...
View ArticleFrance's Fête de la Musique street party dances to Olympic beat
France's annual musical street party, the Fête de la Musique, will have an Olympic ring to it this year as it highlights the team spirit that unites musicians as well as athletes.
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