Although accused of betraying Homer, Christopher Nolan has nonetheless created an adaptation of *The Odyssey* that is as spectacular as it is profound. Far from being a mere reenactment, his film resonates with the concerns of our time.
«The Battle of Gaulle» and «The Abandonment,» two films that seem to echo one another and carry on a long-standing French tradition: that of glorifying magnificent losers.
Swiss cinema would not exist without public subsidies. It is therefore reasonable to question the criteria used to select projects and the actual impact of those that are chosen.
At a time when the U.S. military's «excursion» into Iran is making George W. Bush look like a lucid strategist, I can already see the next Hollywood political comedy.
Before being part of the «Axis of Evil», to use the rhetoric of the Bush years, or the target of Operation Epic Fury, Iran is first and foremost a country with a culture dating back thousands of years, expressed in its deeply moving cinema.
Nuremberg, directed by James Vanderbilt, combines many of the shortcomings of our time without subtlety, according to our reviewer. The film is nevertheless in the vein of films that deal with the Second World War without romanticizing it.
According to a 2019 study, 90% of people keep an eye on their phone while watching TV. This pushes screenwriters to focus on spoken text rather than image.
Every year in Vesoul, the Festival international des cinémas d'Asie (International Festival of Asian Cinema) plays to packed houses with works from the other side of the world. Meet Martine and Jean-Marc Thérouanne, the architects of a cultural miracle that is both demanding and popular.
Apple TV+«s latest Golden Globe success, the new series from the creator of »X-Files« and »Breaking Bad" examines the modern temptation of one-track thinking in a dystopia that goes against the grain of its time. Disconcerting and intellectually stimulating.