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French rap and techno music – Cultural interactions leading to a new sub-genre ?
40 years ago, French rap was an emerging and very underground genre. Today, it has been dominating the French music scene since the last decade. Indeed, in 2024, the rapper Werenoi – who passed away last May – was the biggest seller of the year, with 276,900 albums sold. Appeared in the 1980s by mimicking Read more
The Evolution of Movie Posters: From Artworks to Algorithms
I’ve always loved movies, but something that struck me is how little we actually talk about their posters. They’re everywhere, in cinemas, on walls, now mostly online, but we don’t really pay attention to them. And yet, those posters say a lot. They don’t just sell a film, they show how Hollywood plays with our Read more
Billionaires, Publishing, and the Political Power of Books
A year after Fayard was acquired by Vivendi and Lise Boëll, former publisher of Éric Zemmour, was appointed as its director, the house is now releasing Ce que je cherche, the first book by Jordan Bardella, president of the Rassemblement National (far-right french political party). Vincent Bolloré, the French billionaire, already controls a vast media Read more
The story of the free party movement, caught between freedom and repression
“We gather our forces. Then we surround them, and afterwards we strike.”These words, spoken on September 2 by the resigning Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, targeted a free party that had been taking place for two days on land devastated just weeks earlier by wildfires, near the village of Coustouge in the Aude region. A striking Read more
Does the gangster film genre still have a place?
What is the « gangster film »? It’s 2016, I’m 15 years old, my cousin is 16, and we’re both sitting on the couch in the living room of our grandparents’ house in Normandy. My uncle is next to us in an armchair, just like my father, and my grandfather is sitting in the corner of the Read more
Does sport belong to the cultural domain?
« Currently pursuing an MSc in Cultural and Arts Management at Audencia and passionate about sports »—this is roughly how I introduce myself in my cover letters when applying for positions in sports management. Are culture and sport two separate subjects? Completely opposed? Interconnected? This is a question I’ve heard several times in job interviews. So today, Read more
How Big Brother shaped TV for the past 25 years
Big Brother was the first entrapment TV reality show to be brought to our screens. The format got exported in more than 100 countries bringing daily drama on the viewers televisions. Let’s set the scene: it’s 1999. The internet is still barely used, and most people only own a TV as their primary electronic device. Read more
McDonagh between dark humour and absurd
Black humor and the absurd are central elements of Martin McDonagh’s cinema. He uses them as tools to explore the moral complexity of his characters and, more generally, of the society in which they live. Through these three films: In Bruges, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and The Banshees of Inisherin, we will examine to Read more
Techno Music And Evolution Of the Movement
In the dimly lit warehouses of Detroit in the 1980s, a new sound emerged which would be fertile ground for contestation. Techno music was forged in the remnants of industrial decline and would be more than just an electronic rhythm. Detroit : The Cradle of Techno Music Detroit, a city once at the heart of Read more
Boualem Sansal Imprisoned: Freedom of Expression Under Scrutiny
« When a writer claims a country is a dictatorship and is imprisoned for it, it clearly proves he was right. » These were the words of French author Emmanuel Carrère on Thursday, December 5, 2024, during his appearance on the literary program La Grande Librairie on France 5. He was defending his friend Boualem Sansal, 75, Read more