REVIEW – The strange beauty of Bhutan is revealed in this first film, which recounts the arrival of a teacher in an establishment at 5,000 meters above sea level. WhatsApp and Tantric Buddhism are now fighting a tough fight in Bhutan. The country deploys immense mountains that enclose an ancestral spirituality, but its youth does […]
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Will Smith’s new movie Emancipation postponed for a year after Oscars slap
Directed by Antoine Fuqua, this historical drama traces the journey of a slave who tries to escape his condition. A gesture that will have earned him ten years of exclusion from the Oscars ceremony, and much more. More than a month after the slap he inflicted on Chris Rock during the 94and Oscar ceremony, the […]
James Bond producer says finding Daniel Craig replacement ‘will take time’
“It’s a big decision. It’s not just a simple casting. It’s about knowing what new direction we want to take”, explained Barbara Broccoli to variety. It’s the end of an era. Fifteen years later Casino RoyaleDaniel Craig, 53, bowed out as British spy 007 in the film Dying can wait released in theaters last September. […]
Sam Raimi: ‘Doctor Strange was a makeover and reminded me how much I love movies and life’
INTERVIEW – Master of horror since the cult Evil Dead, the filmmaker explains why, twenty years after his Spider-Man trilogy, he agreed to return to the superheroic genre and tackle the egocentric magician at Marvel. Between rewrites, last-minute tweaks to stick to adjacent Marvel narratives (WandaVisionSpider-Man No Way Home) and return to film sets to […]
Bruno Dumont hires Lily-Rose Depp, Camille Cottin and Fabrice Luchini for a science fiction film
Presented as a Star Wars stranded on the Opal Coast, the feature film The Empire will be shot this summer for a release scheduled for 2023. A cast worthy of the stars. The ambitious science fiction film the empire, directed by Bruno Dumont, enlists a host of actors, including Lily-Rose Depp, Anamaria Vartolomei, Camille Cottin, […]
Brussels dedicates a garden to the legendary Audrey Hepburn
May 4, the anniversary of the birth of the unforgettable heroine of My Fair Lady, the Belgian capital, where she was born, has dedicated a square to her where her bronze statue now stands. Roman Holiday, Diamonds on the Couch, My Fair Lady… Audrey Hepburn already had her star on Hollywood Boulevard, and she will […]
Doctor Strange 2, “joyful” or “incredible bouillabaisse”: the press divided
NEWSPAPER – “So jubilant”, “completely crazy”, “nausea begins from the title”… Sam Raimi’s blockbuster is far from unanimous. Six years after the first Dr Strangethe world’s most powerful wizard played by Benedict Cumberbatch is back for a second film, which sees the Marvel hero exploring the parallel worlds of Multiverse of Madness. “If all is […]
Charlotte Gainsbourg, on the right voice
IN VIEW – In Passengers of the nightby the highly respected Mikhaël Hers, the actress finds a tailor-made role, that of a woman invested in her duty to emancipate herself and haunted by the desire to be a good mother. “When I was shy.” The expression comes up regularly in the mouth of Charlotte Gainsbourg […]
L’Évènement, by Audrey Diwan, is released in the United States in the midst of a controversy over the right to abortion
Adapted from the autobiographical novel by Annie Ernaux, winner of the 2021 Golden Lion, the film is in theaters this week in American theaters. France, 1963. Anne, a promising student, played by the Franco-Romanian actress Anamaria Vartolomei, decides to have a clandestine abortion to finish her studies and decide her future. Six months after its […]
Actress Adèle Haenel hopes for “the end of the capitalist system”
Guest on the show Permanent Revolution Thursday, the actress, who moved away from film sets, reaffirmed her support for the ideas of activist Anasse Kazib. She was the young girl on fire in Céline Sciamma’s feature film. Since then, Adèle Haenel’s appearances on the big screen have become rare. The actress recently told the Italian […]