Iran sends The Night Watchman to the Oscars
It was, with nine nominations and the best director prize, the flagship film of the Fajr Film Festival which celebrates the seventh Persian art...
Dead Leaves, Acid, Deserts… Films to watch or avoid this week
Drame d'Aki Kaurismäki, 1h21Holappa is a construction site worker. He doesn't just suck ice. Ansa works in a supermarket. Their jobs are precarious. She...
The old-fashioned olive harvest in Corsica listed as intangible cultural heritage
The so-called “old-fashioned” harvest of olives in Corsica, which consists of collecting with nets the ripe fruits that fall naturally, has just been included...
A torture center of the Argentine dictatorship listed as a UNESCO world heritage site
The Naval Mechanics School (ESMA), a clandestine center of detention and torture during the last dictatorship, which became a museum of the memory of...
Death of Lou Deprijck, the composer of the psychedelic hit It’s high for me
The Belgian singer and composer Lou Deprijck, who claimed authorship of the hit Ça plan pour moi by Plastic Bertrand, died at the age...
Wim Wenders will present Perfect Days at the Lumière Festival in Lyon
The Lumière de Lyon festival will honor the German Wim Wenders, director of Paris, Texas and Wings of Desire, for its 15th edition from...
Botero's remains in Colombia for a 'final farewell' to his native country
The remains of the Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, who died on Friday September 15, will be exhibited in Colombia for a last...
The hat Michael Jackson wore for Billie Jean sold at auction
Just before performing his first moonwalk - the dance step he immortalized - Michael Jackson threw his hat to the side of the stage:...
After the shocking testimony of Muriel Robin, the place given to LGBT actors in...
French cinema is led to question the place it reserves for LGBT performers, after Muriel Robin's account of her difficulties in establishing herself on...
Comedian Yassine Belattar sentenced to four months in prison for death threats
The Paris criminal court on Monday, September 18, sentenced comedian Yassine Belattar to a four-month suspended prison sentence who was being prosecuted for death...