The American comedian died on June 27 in Santa Monica in the United States at the age of 94. A prolific supporting role, he notably played alongside Jack Nicholson and Harrison Ford under the direction of Stanley Kubrick and Ridley Scott. Paths of Glory, The Gunboat of the Yang-Tse, shining, blade runner… the great American […]
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With the dinosaurs of Jurassic World, Malta displays its ambition of an open-air studio
REPORTAGE – The island appears for the first time as such in a chase between reptiles and humans. The authorities hope that this planetary pub will transform the nation into a hub for filming. What do the heroic fantasy series have in common? Game Of Thronesthe zombie movie World War Z , the peplum Gladiatorthe […]
Tahar Rahim will play Barras in Ridley Scott’s Napoleon
The French actor, César for best actor in 2010, will camp the powerful member of the Executive Board, who supported the career of the young Bonaparte, played by Joaquin Phénix. Napoleonic legend says that General Bonaparte met Joséphine de Beauharnais in the salons of Paul Barras, then the strong man of the Directory. The American […]
Ridley Scott hopes to find in Vanessa Kirby his Joséphine de Beauharnais
Produced by Apple, Kitbag chronicle the rise of the emperor and already enraged historians because of the choice of Joaquin Phoenix and a partner younger than him to embody his first empress. Ridley Scott should not stay long without his Joséphine de Beauharnais. The filmmaker hoped to start filming at the end of the month. […]
Our House of Gucci review: the heroes of the fabric
CRITICAL – Ridley Scott masterfully takes hold of the news item that shook the world of Italian fashion in the 1990s. Luxury, calm and voluptuousness. You should not trust the decor. We are among the happy people of the world. Gucci: the name slams like a banner. In the 1970s, silver smelled like leather. He […]
Adam Driver: “Ridley Scott would have made a good king!”
MAINTENANCE – The director bet on the 38-year-old actor, a former member of the Marines, to The Last Duel and House of Gucci. Adam Driver is not just the son of an Arkansas pastor who after 9/11 enlisted in the navies in Iraq, only to go into the theater when he returned home. He is […]
Who are Jean de Carrouges and Jacques Le Gris, the knights of Ridley Scott’s Last Duel?
The American director was inspired by the history of France and one of the last legal duels authorized in 1386, between the chamberlain and the favorite of Count Pierre II d’Alençon. Ridley Scott likes to bring the characters of the story to life in his own way. In Gladiator, he brings down into the arena […]
Julie (in 12 chapters), The Last Duel, Freda… The films to see or avoid this week at the cinema
A heartbreaker, the fight for the honor of a woman or to keep hope in Haiti … Discover the cinema selection of Figaro. A must see Julie (in 12 chapters) , a dramatic comedy by Joachim Trier, 2:08 Julie twirls, flutters. Almost 30 years old. She studied medicine, became interested in psychology, became a photographer. […]
The Last Duel: Beynac, Fénelon, Berzé-le-Châtel… The art of spotting the ideal castle
Director Ridley Scott had to tour medieval French sites to find castles that matched the story of the film. Although Jean de Carrouges resided in Normandy, in the castle bearing his name, the filming of the production of Ridley Scott did not take place on site, the monument having been too altered after the Middle […]
The last duel: Matt Damon and Adam Driver take up arms for Ridley Scott
The director ofAlien re-enacts a page of epic history from our Middle Ages: the ultimate judicial duel that pitted two knights of the 14th century against the king before the king.e century against a background of rape charges. Released in October 2021. A decade later Robin Hood and Kingdom Of Heaven, plunging into the chaos […]