Entretien entre Serge Daney et Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard interviewed by French Critic Serge Daney at the time when Godard was working on his project "Histoire(s) du cinéma".

Mircea Eliade and the Rediscovery of the Sacred

Mircea Eliade was a traditionalist Romanian novelist and philosopher. Following the disaster of the Second World War, he moved to Paris and Chicago, becoming a respected and influential historian of religions. He acquire

What if we forgot about our nuclear waste?

What if we forgot about our nuclear waste? Behind this question is the problem of memory, that of the transmission of data over time, but also of a societal choice that can be put into perspective with others, such as th

Piaf, une vie en rose et noir

23 Foreigners — Our Brothers

Just outside Paris, in a peaceful clearing surrounded by woods, a French flag flies above a bare concrete pad. Here, on February 21, 1944, Nazi occupiers executed 23 Resistance fighters by firing squad. After the executi

The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

Dany Longo is red-haired, beautiful, disturbed, passionate--and nearsighted. As she speeds through the south of France in a purloined Thunderbird on an errand for her employer and his wife, no one, including Dany herself

Mirodrome (Peepshow 1 et 2)

A diptych whose two panels merge in an exterior-to-interior movement: billboards and neon signs solicit passersby and transform them into spectators of the boulevard's numerous and infernal sex dens, themselves a pure pr

L'Impôt, et tout et tout

Miss O'Gynie and the Flower Men

Pierre and Yves, two homosexuals, live a cozy love in a small Breton village until the arrival of Anne, the ex-girlfriend of Pierre, who will try to separate them.

La société industrielle et son avenir : introduction.

Romy & Laure... and the Mystery of the Enchanted Plug

After the first chapter of their demented adventures with “the furniture-man”, besties Romy and Laure move in together with their friend Elisa and Titi, the curious cat. One day, a shiny new butt plug mysteriously appear

Franck Dubosc et Stéphane Rousseau - Permission accordée

Franck Dubosc and Stéphane Rousseau, after triumphing in Montreal and Nantes, throw the ropes at the Zenith in Paris for an exceptional show extended many unpublished sketches and their best TV drama. Accompanied many ar

L'arnaqueur de Paris : Mensonges et gastronomie

In 2014, businessman Cédric Naudon announced that he would launch the Jeune Rue project in Paris's 3rd arrondissement: a street that would become a hub for luxury, design, and gastronomy. The Parisian elite was thrilled

Le Cerf Et L'oiseau

On Either Side

A feature film about the last moments spent with Cécile Reims, 91 years old at the time. In 2009, Matthieu Chatellier filmed Cécile Reims and Fred Dreux in their home at La Châtre. In 2019, he came back to see Cécile. S

Petit pois et la ville de gris

Chaplin et Les temps modernes, La voie du silence

In 1936, the sound film had already been around for a decade. Nevertheless, Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) made another silent film, "Modern Times", which only used sound effects as a dramaturgical device. Speaking is reser

Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections

Gérard Courant's "Filmed Diary" of December 14, 2011, produced in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Between December 7 and 15, 2011, Gérard Courant was invited by the Dubai International Film Festival, in the United Arab Emi

Lance et compte: Le retour du chat

The Mystery of the Rascar Capac Mummy

Rascar Capac, the sinister creature featured on Hergé's album The Seven Crystal Balls (1948), has left its mark on many generations of readers. To draw it, the Belgian cartoonist was probably inspired by a mummy exhibite