Rencontres de Gérardmer : ask for the program!
18 films will be previewed from April 8 to 12 in the Vosges, where several directors are expected, including Artus, Bruno Podalydès… and Antoine Raimbault, who will be accompanied by José Bové!
Culture
The mysteries of the Paris 2024 Olympic poster
The poster for the Paris 2024 Olympics is the work of artist Ugo Gattoni. It’s packed with detail, but it’s hard to make sense of it all.
UFC-Que Choisir denounces online commercial surveillance
An Internet user who consults ten websites is tracked more than 4,000 times, explains UFC. The consumers’ association provides them with a free tool to find out what online platforms know about them, enabling them to regain control.
France gags freedom of information
By extending the statute of limitations for insulting and defaming elected representatives, the freedom to inform is threatened. Journalists’ unions denounce this unspeakable infringement of press law.
“The Zone of Interest”, neighbors of horror
Winner of the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival, Jonathan Glazer’s film demonstrates by example “the banality of evil”, the quiet, carefree daily life of a Nazi family right next to the Auschwitz camp.
“May December”, a duo of actresses taking turns
Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore star in this Todd Haynes film, in which one plays the other in a stylish but superficial tale.
“The sinking of science”
Published by infodujour.fr, this book co-authored by Marcel Gay and Jean-Marc Sabatier sets out to understand why science and medicine failed in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. Three years of investigation and an implacable conclusion: the dice were loaded.
“Captives” in asylum
Arnaud des Pallières’ film is a huis-clos in the women’s hell of La Salpêtrière, where the voluntary inmate played by Mélanie Thierry discovers horror and despair.
Julian Assange’s call for help
“I am dying. Slowly, but surely,” writes the Australian journalist and Wikileaks founder from his high-security prison in Belmarsh, UK.
The Etats généraux de l’information : what for?
For nine months, consumers and producers of journalistic information will be discussing the French press industry. Digital giants have long since unwittingly taken global control of news.
What you won’t read in Nicolas Sarkozy’s “Le Temps des combats”
The entire press corps chose to open their columns, stages and microphones to the former president on the occasion of the release of his book “Le temps des combats”. Infodujour.fr has highlighted some of the passages missing from the 627-page book.
For “La beauté du geste”
With a young deaf boxer as his heroine, Japanese filmmaker Sho Miyake has created a benevolent, discreet and melancholy film.