Jérôme Bimbenet, biographer: ‘Leni Riefenstahl aestheticized the violence of the Third Reich’
Historian Jérôme Bimbenet discusses the paradoxes of the German director, who is the subject of a new documentary 'Riefenstahl' by Andres Veiel.
‘Hiding Saddam Hussein,’ by Halkawt Mustafa: Testimony from the farmer who hid the Iraqi dictator
This documentary recounts the extraordinary story of Alaa Namiq, a kindly farmer who met and sheltered the former president of the Iraqi Republic for eight months in 2003.
From Paris to Los Angeles, the dream life of pianist prodigy Sofiane Pamart
The French artist from Lille who's now based in Los Angeles, played at the opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics and the Césars movie awards.
More than 3,000 fake Gibson guitars seized at Los Angeles port
Had the guitars been authentic, they would have been worth $18 million, US Customs and Border Protection said in a statement. The agency said Gibson confirmed the guitars that were…
The thrills and chills of French cinema
Like Emma Benestan's 'Animale,' French productions are no longer afraid to tackle horror, the paranormal or the fantastic.
Ezra Collective bring dancing back to jazz
In this edition of arts24, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with the first jazz act to ever win a Mercury Prize. Ezra Collective are one of the UK's most exciting improvisation…
Michel Hazanavicius, director of ‘The Most Precious of Cargoes’: ‘Animation lets us tell stories without showing them’
In an interview with 'Le Monde,' the filmmaker explains why he chose this cinematic mode to portray the Holocaust.
Hugh Grant is transformed in ‘Heretic,’ a perverse and disturbing version of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’
The actor plays a murderously eloquent psychopath in Scott Beck and Bryan Woods's horror film.
‘Rabia’: An IS group bride’s journey into darkness
They hit the headlines shortly after Islamist fundamentalists proclaimed a caliphate in Syria and Iraq: the young women who packed their bags and embarked upon a new life, unaware of…
Australia passes world’s first social media ban for under-16s
Australia's Senate on Thursday passed a social media ban for children under 16 that will soon become the first law of its kind in the world. Platforms including TikTok, Facebook,…
