“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.
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“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.
The unknown history of Germigny-L’Exempt, in the Cher region of France
Emmanuel Legeard’s historical investigation ”Germigny-L’Exempt ou les Trois Deniers de Gaspard” (L’Harmattan) reveals the unsuspected treasures of a small Cher village.
“Green algae” poisoning Brittany
Adapted from the comic strip, reports and life story of journalist Inès Léraud, Pierre Jolivet’s film recounts the authorities’ denial, pressure and intimidation, on a subject that is polluting the social climate in the region.
« Ma langue au chat », soupçons, secrets et devinettes
“I wanted to talk about people in their fifties and a woman facing this age,” says director Cécile Telerman, who came to present her film at the Rencontres du Cinéma de Gérardmer.
“The Light of the Shadow, photographs of the Nazi camps”
The Departmental Museum of the Resistance and Deportation of the Haute-Garonne in Toulouse and the Memorial of the Camp of Rivesaltes (66) present two exhibitions of British photographer Michael Kenna.
Covid : collection of Jean-Marc Sabatier’s censored articles in English and Spanish
The SAS Cicero which publishes the online media https://infodujour.fr/ has just put online on Amazon a collection of the main censored articles of Jean-Marc Sabatier. 353 pages. Now available in English and Spanish.