Paris Update
Scene mk2
{youtubejw width=”300″ height=”220″}zvLI2_jnJIk{/youtubejw} Movie-goers can travel across the Canal de l’Ourcq in Paris in the little boat “Zéro de Conduite” (after director Jean Vigo’s 1933 film) between two MK2 cinemas, one on the Quai de Seine and the other on … Read More
Scene institut du monde arabe
{youtubejw width=”300″ height=”210″}meqhXo5r8Vc{/youtubejw} One of the best views of Paris is from the terrace of the Institut du Monde Arabe, seen here at dusk on a Sunday evening. Favorite
Scene passerelle
{youtube width=”300″ height=”220″}rlwsx7Ml6dg{/youtube} A Sunday afternoon on the Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor, a pedestrian bridge running from the Musée d’Orsay to the Tuileries Garden in Paris. Favorite
Kisses from Paris
CLICHED KISSES FROM PARIS You’ll want to shout “get a hotel” while watching the new video “Kisses from Paris,” directed by Yvan Attal (the actor/director who is married to Charlotte Gainsbourg). Produced by the Ile de France’s regional tourism board, … Read More
London Film Festival
French film triumphs in London Director Jacques Audiard’s film Un Prophète, reviewed recently in Paris Update, has won the award for best film at the London Film Festival by a jury made up of Angelica Huston (chair), John Akomfrah, Jarvis … Read More
Goncourt 2009
LITERARY AWARD SEASON Marie NDiaye Two major French literary prizes were awarded this week, bringing to an end the suspense that begins with the publication of hundreds of new French novels during the rentrée littéraire. The biggest of the big, … Read More
Walter Steiger and L’Eclaireur
On the Right Foot in New Right bank Shops A well-known name in the glamour shoe business for over 30 years, Swiss-born Walter Steiger has just opened a super-chic bespoke shoestore (33 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris) for men and women … Read More
My Winnipeg
Film director Guy Maddin has been called “le David Lynch Canadien” by the French media. Like Lynch, Maddin mines the bizarre/bland dichotomy of a small town in his films. In Maddin’s case, it’s most often his hometown, the Canadian prairie … Read More
Fiac, etc.
ART FAIR FEVER “Relicario” (2009) by Albarracin Pilar, on view at FIAC. Courtesy Galerie GP & N Vallois, Paris Paris will be invaded by contemporary art fairs beginning Oct 22. The main attraction is FIAC (Oct. 22-25), with two locations: … Read More
Uniqlo
Parisians ♥ Cashmere Parisians love cashmere – and a bargain. The proof: when the first branch of Uniqlo (17, rue Scribe, 75009), a Japanese clothing brand known for its low-priced basics, many of them in cashmere, opened its doors last … Read More