Films

Understanding misery with «Les Misérables»

By Loris S. Musumeci · November 27, 2019

I was expecting a lesson in Manichaeism.

Films

A month rich in emotion

By Jonas Follonier · August 13, 2018

Le Regard Libre N° 41 – Jonas Follonier Juillet devrait être synonyme d’été et donc de vacances, mais rien n’y fait,...

Sport

What place does play have in modern soccer?

By Diego Taboada · July 31, 2018

Cette année encore, la coupe du monde de football a tenu probablement en haleine les spectateurs de tous pays et de tous horizons. L’occasion idéale de revenir sur les transformations du football moderne et ses conséquences pour ce qui constitue encore l’essence du sport roi: le jeu.

Sport

Has FIFA changed?

By Clément Guntern · July 25, 2018

Year after year, global sporting events such as the Football World Cup and the Olympic Games have become pharaonic. Has FIFA, criticized for its corruption, succeeded in its transformation towards more democratic governance?

Films

«Diamantino»: a welcome naive innocence

By Hélène Lavoyer · July 16, 2018

Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) – Hélène Lavoyer Le Portugal, vainqueur de la Coupe du Monde ? La question s’est posée...

World

Soccer World Cup: when politics feeds on sport

By Diego Taboada · 10 June 2018

A moins de 80 jours du coup d’envoi de la coupe du monde de football en Russie, les tensions diplomatiques avec le Royaume-Uni menacent de perturber l’événement. Un exemple parmi d’autres des relations étroites qu’entretiennent le sport et la politique.

Society

Matthias Sindelar, the Mozart of soccer

By Nicolas Jutzet · December 16, 2017

PORTRAIT, Nicolas Jutzet | Great heroes are sometimes found on a simple green rectangle. Sindelar, precise in front of goal and courageous elsewhere, is certainly one of them. His story is that of a man who knew how to fight against the obvious, while assuming the importance of his status.