Musicals: How and why Hollywood lost faith in the musical genre, buried it alive and let it suffocate
Musicals are a part of the Hollywood landscape, many of which are considered classics and must-watch for any aspiring filmmaker. In spite of consistent industry growth, the genre seems to be at an all-time low. A brief look into the decision-making process made by the majors which lead to the sidelining of their star child. Read more
Sincerity, Disenchantment, and The Wild Robot (opinion)
The moments the credits rolled in DreamWorks’ latest film, The Wild Robot, I overheard someone complain about the “power of love”. They felt like the ending was too cheesy and how the resolution was forced “just because of love”. Those passing remarks were not the first time I’d thought about “love” as a resolution in Read more
Palais de Tokyo : black women narratives to tend to transgenerational wounds
Myriam Mihindou, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Barbara Chase Riboud, Iyo Bisseck and a collective of eleven artists under the protective figure of Tituba take the pride place of this new season of exhibition of the Palais de Tokyo (Paris). From October 17th to January 5th, black women narratives are highlighted to tend to our society transgenerational wounds Read more
Amour Jungle, a podcast about matters of the hearts
Presented by Ben Mazué, written by Fanny Sydney and Ben Mazué, inspired by Maud Ventura. Ben Mazué, whose real name is Benjamin Mazuet, is a French singer-songwriter and musician. Very private about his life, he explores themes of love and its challenges, his children, his divorce, and his emotional states in his songs. These bittersweet Read more
The Borghese Gallery in Paris
Recently, Italian art collections have been in the spotlight in Parisian museums! After two remarkable exhibitions at the Louvre Museum, it is the turn of the Jacquemart-André Museum. For its first exhibition after a closure of more than a year due to renovation work, the museum situated in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, reopen with Read more
Art And The Duty To Remember: Nantes, A Symbol Of The Transatlantic Slave Trade
The duty The duty to remember. This is my translation of the French notion that appeared during the 1990s “Le devoir de mémoire”. The context of this notion is related to the events of the Second World War and the idea behind it is that if we remember, we can avoid making the same mistakes. Read more
What if Gaël Faye gave Jacaranda an even stronger voice by winning the Goncourt Prize?
Gaël Faye: a voice for a (hi)story that demands to be told Gaël Faye is a Franco-Rwandan singer-songwriter, rapper and writer, born in 1982 in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, a small country in the south of Rwanda between DRC and Tanzania. His father is French, and his mother, originally from Rwanda, took refuge in Read more
Roberto Bolaño, a Life on the Edge
Roberto Bolaño is widely recognized as one of the most influential writers in contemporary literature. Born in Chile in 1953, his life and work have left a lasting mark on both Latin American and global literature. Despite his early death in 2003, Bolaño’s prolific output as both a novelist and poet has achieved remarkable international Read more
Breakbeat & Pixels: How Jungle Music Impacted Video Games
Today, both jungle music and video games are celebrated as cultural milestones in their own right. Jungle music, a genre born from the underground rave scene, spread internationally influencing several generations, while video games have evolved into a global entertainment giant. However, one connection often overlooked is the symbiotic bound between these two different forms Read more
DJ Mehdi, le grand écart entre le rap et l’électro
13 ans après sa mort, Arte revient sur l’histoire de DJ Mehdi, figure incontournable de la scène rap et électro française, avec une série documentaire intimiste et touchante. Cet article revient sur le parcours atypique de ce génie pourtant méconnu du grand public. Mehdi, l’enfant virtuose Il a marqué une époque charnière du rap français Read more