Culture
17 juillet 2008
Castellucci’s “Purgatorio” in Avignon : As If Dante Were a Child Hiding in the Wardrobe
Avignon’s 62nd Festival, from our special correspondent
"Purgatorio", the second part of the trilogy inspired to Romeo Castellucci by Dante’s "Divina Commedia", is as deeply (...)
31 mai 2008
Cannes 2008 Golden Palm : The Constant and Perilous Joust between a Teacher and his Class
Cannes Festival’s 61st edition : Remarkable, dazzling, exhilarating … Superlative praise greets "Entre les Murs" (In the Classroom) where Laurent Cantet gives ... a master-class (...)
27 mai 2008
Intimate Memories of Liverpool : “Of Time and the City”, by Filmmaker Terence Davies
"Séance spéciale" (special show) at Cannes : halfway between a diary and memoirs, Terence Davies’s latest film reveals its author quite openly, and immodestly.
It’s been (...)
24 mai 2008
“El Cant Dels Ocells”, by Albert Serra : Like the Magi in Galilee
Quinzaine des réalisateurs : The author of "Honor de Cavalleria" is back with a film even more beautiful and crazy than the first. Two years ago, Serra’s previous film "Honor (...)
24 mai 2008
Honor de Cavalleria, a Spanish Film by Albert Serra, Or Don Quixote in the Fields
Emile Breton’s movie chronicle
The sun is about to rise. An old man in a field is massaging his shoulder : is it the inevitable arthritis that matches the grey hairs on his (...)