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Lilacs and bachelor’s buttons in the Bagatelle Garden in the Bois de Boulogne. Photo: Bill Burgwinkle Favorite
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Bienvenue à Calais
The rightwing tabloid press in Britain rarely takes an interest in French cinema, but nothing raises their hackles quite like a sympathetic portrayal of an immigrant trying to enter Britain illegally from France. The ironically titled Welcome, a new film … Read More
Expression
“Moi, je me dis qu’on aurait été marron!” said French President Nicolas Sarkozy the other day after the presidential plane was delayed for an hour by a technical problem before takeoff on a state visit to Kinshasha. Sarkozy, who went … Read More
Die Feen
A performance of an early work by a composer or playwright often promises much but delivers little. Several years ago, I was filled with excitement at the prospect of seeing Wagner’s second … Favorite
Flash News ART
SERAPHINE ON SHOW The success of the biopic Séraphine, winner of this year’s César award for best film and six other prizes, has aroused curiosity about the work of the painter it is based on, a housemaid named Séraphine Louis. … Read More
Flash News Topics RESTONS CHEZ NOUS
RESTONS CHEZ NOUS According to study conducted at the end of March by Ipsos/France Bleu, 51 percent of the French will not go away on vacation this summer because of economic worries. Of those who will leave home, 25 percent … Read More
Flash News ART
SERAPHINE ON SHOW The success of the biopic Séraphine, winner of this year’s César award for best film and six other prizes, has aroused curiosity about the work of the painter it is based on, a housemaid named Séraphine Louis. … Read More
La Journée de la Jupe
Director Jean-Paul Lilienfeld must have been annoyed that a hit film set in an inner-city school, Entre les Murs (The Class), should come out just five months before his movie, La Journée de la Jupe (literally, The Day of the … Read More
SERAPHINE ON SHOW
SERAPHINE ON SHOW The success of the biopic Séraphine, winner of this year’s César award for best film and six other prizes, has aroused curiosity about the work of the painter it is based on, a housemaid named Séraphine Louis. … Read More
Flash News Restons Chez Nous
RESTONS CHEZ NOUS According to study conducted at the end of March by Ipsos/France Bleu, 51 percent of the French will not go away on vacation this summer because of economic worries. Of those who will leave home, 25 percent … Read More