Buenos Aires — Delivering a masterclass in Buenos Aires just days after the election victory of far-right libertarian Javier Milei on Nov. 18, Cannes Film Festival head Thierry Frémaux voiced his support for Argentina’s Incaa public sector film-tv agency, which Milei has promised to destroy.
Frémaux’s one and brief direct reference to the Incaa – which oversees Argentina’s crucial federal film funding, without which much of Argentine filmmaking would wither – came towards the end of a 90-minute masterclass entitled Cinema (of) Tomorrow.
“Cinema is not about to die, it’s about to live again,” Frémaux argued. “Cinema is in extraordinary good health. This year’s Cannes is said to have been one of the greatest in history and that’s due to the quality of the work of the artists, professionals and of reviewers,” he enthused.
Equally, he argued, the “new era of cinema” will see the “equal importance of...
Frémaux’s one and brief direct reference to the Incaa – which oversees Argentina’s crucial federal film funding, without which much of Argentine filmmaking would wither – came towards the end of a 90-minute masterclass entitled Cinema (of) Tomorrow.
“Cinema is not about to die, it’s about to live again,” Frémaux argued. “Cinema is in extraordinary good health. This year’s Cannes is said to have been one of the greatest in history and that’s due to the quality of the work of the artists, professionals and of reviewers,” he enthused.
Equally, he argued, the “new era of cinema” will see the “equal importance of...
- 11/30/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Fabrice Luchini is a fading politician railing against leftwing malaise in Nicolas Pariser’s ambitious, frustrating drama
Nicolas Pariser’s second film is a much-needed attempt to address the woes of the modern left: a conceptual exhaustion in the face of ever-mutating 21st-century capitalism, and loss of connection with its base. But though Alice and the Mayor dances playfully around this predicament, it ultimately flounders. Fabrice Luchini plays Paul Théraneau, the socialist mayor of Lyon, once an ideological big-hitter who now feels like he “stopped thinking 20 years ago”. So he engages 30-year-old philosophy graduate Alice (Anaïs Demoustier) as a futurologist to write him idea-filled memos that will put intellectual lead back in his pencil.
A possible nod, or rebuke, to real-life former Lyonnais mayor (and French interior minister) Gérard Collomb, Alice and the Mayor doesn’t take the May-to-December romance route you might expect and remains commendably focused on diagnosing leftwing malaise.
Nicolas Pariser’s second film is a much-needed attempt to address the woes of the modern left: a conceptual exhaustion in the face of ever-mutating 21st-century capitalism, and loss of connection with its base. But though Alice and the Mayor dances playfully around this predicament, it ultimately flounders. Fabrice Luchini plays Paul Théraneau, the socialist mayor of Lyon, once an ideological big-hitter who now feels like he “stopped thinking 20 years ago”. So he engages 30-year-old philosophy graduate Alice (Anaïs Demoustier) as a futurologist to write him idea-filled memos that will put intellectual lead back in his pencil.
A possible nod, or rebuke, to real-life former Lyonnais mayor (and French interior minister) Gérard Collomb, Alice and the Mayor doesn’t take the May-to-December romance route you might expect and remains commendably focused on diagnosing leftwing malaise.
- 7/5/2021
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
France’s best known chef Paul Bocuse died in France Saturday morning at the age of 91.
“Monsieur Paul,” as many knew him, passed away outside Lyon, in Collonges where his restaurant the Auberge du Pont de Collonges has held three Michelin stars for over half a century.
Bocuse’s death was announced on Twitter by Gérard Collomb, France’s Minister of the Interior and former Mayor of Lyon.
“Monsieur Paul was France,” Collomb wrote in French. “Simplicity & generosity Excellence & Style of living. The pope of food lovers has left us. May our chefs in Lyon, as in all corners of the world,...
“Monsieur Paul,” as many knew him, passed away outside Lyon, in Collonges where his restaurant the Auberge du Pont de Collonges has held three Michelin stars for over half a century.
Bocuse’s death was announced on Twitter by Gérard Collomb, France’s Minister of the Interior and former Mayor of Lyon.
“Monsieur Paul was France,” Collomb wrote in French. “Simplicity & generosity Excellence & Style of living. The pope of food lovers has left us. May our chefs in Lyon, as in all corners of the world,...
- 1/20/2018
- by Peter Mikelbank
- PEOPLE.com
Two women were stabbed to death and their assailant shot dead in the French city of Marseille on Sunday in what authorities are treating as a terrorist attack, according to multiple reports.
According to CNN, a knife-wielding man attacked the victims at the Saint Charles train station.
Police officials said one woman was stabbed to death while another woman’s throat was slit, according to the Associated Press. The assailant was then shot dead by soldiers who were patrolling inside the station.
The Paris prosecutors’ office said that a counter-terrorism investigation has been opened and it is being treated as a terror attack,...
According to CNN, a knife-wielding man attacked the victims at the Saint Charles train station.
Police officials said one woman was stabbed to death while another woman’s throat was slit, according to the Associated Press. The assailant was then shot dead by soldiers who were patrolling inside the station.
The Paris prosecutors’ office said that a counter-terrorism investigation has been opened and it is being treated as a terror attack,...
- 10/1/2017
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
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