“Armageddon Time”, the lost time of childhood
James Gray revisits his childhood with this nostalgic family chronicle, in the New York of the 80s.
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“Close”, friends who are too close
After his first film “Girl”, the young Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont received the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival for this sensitive and intense drama.
The eternal prayer of Leonard Cohen
A wonderful documentary portrays the poet and musician, through a single song, “Hallelujah”. Fascinating.
Macron: “We can’t leave the country blocked”
The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron answered questions from Caroline Roux in L’Événement on France 2. He called for “responsibility” on the blockade of oil depots and said that Russia and Ukraine will have to come to the negotiating table.
The Paris appeal for Julian Assange
On the initiative of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), a human chain will surround the British Parliament on October 8, 2022 to demand the release of the imprisoned journalist. In France, a rally will be held at 2 p.m. next to the replica of the Statue of Liberty, on the Ile aux Cygnes, under the Grenelle Bridge, in the 15th arrondissement.
The black novel of a “Blonde”
Ana de Armas is extraordinary as Marilyn Monroe, but Andrew Dominik’s film (coming soon to Netflix) is a tragic whirlwind that traces the drama, humiliation and violence suffered by the most photographed woman in the world.
“Le Souffle d’Ange” by Gilles Laporte
The Lorraine author will present his new novel “Le Souffle d’Ange” (ed. Presses de la Cité) at the 44ᵉ edition of the Livre sur la Place, September 9, 10 and 11, 2022 in Nancy. He tells us why and how he writes. Interview.
“Poupelle” closer to the stars
An animated film by Yusuke Hirota, “On the other side of the sky” is an ecological and anti-totalitarian fable, for young and old.
Censorship to the rescue of vaccines
For suggesting that the monkeypox epidemic was linked to mRNA vaccines Professor Shmuel Shapira, former director of the Israel Institute for Biological Research between 2013 and 2021, is censored by Twitter.
“Tempura”, Mitsuko seeks her way
With a thirty-something city girl as her heroine, director Akiko Ohku’s film evokes the ultra-modern solitude and propriety of Japanese society.
The final sprint of “L’équipier”
Kieron J.Walsh takes us into the peloton of the 1998 Tour de France, with a rider at the end of his career.
Extradition of Julian Assange : a serious breach of freedom of information
London approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States, where he faces up to 175 years in prison for “conspiring” against American interests. This decision is a serious breach of the freedom to inform and be informed.