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FRANCE 24 covers the world of culture – literature, art, music and dance in France and beyond – including exclusive interviews and upcoming exhibits.

 
 
1. Irish artist Roisin Murphy 'Sings It Back' in ParisЧт, 28 мар[-/+]
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She emerged in the mid-90s as one half of Moloko, the duo she formed with then-boyfriend Mark Brydon, creating iconic dance hits like "Sing It Back" and "The Time Is Now". After 30 years of pop, Irish artist Roisin Murphy is touring with her sixth solo album "Hit Parade" – said to be her best yet. Eve Jackson caught up with her at the end of the European leg of the tour to reminisce about gigs in Paris, going clubbing and to talk about making her best music yet at age 50.

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2. Film show: Jude Law is a beleaguered Henry VIII in 'Firebrand'Ср, 27 мар[-/+]
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Karim Ainouz’s latest film "Firebrand" zooms in on Henry VIII's final wife, Catherine Parr, with Alicia Vikander taking on the regal role. Critic Lisa Nesselson tells us why she enjoyed Law's interpretation of the English king. Also, French actor Gregory Gadebois embodies a priest dealing with his own problematic past in "Paternel" and we learn about the sorority to be found in the forests of Estonia thanks to the documentary "Smoke Sauna Sisterhood". Finally, Po returns with his martial arts moves in "Kung Fu Panda 4".

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3. Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson gets to the point with arts24Вт, 26 мар[-/+]
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It's not every day you get given a fencing lesson by a rock legend whose career has spanned over four decades and who has sold hundreds of millions of albums. FRANCE 24's Marjorie Hache had the pleasure of crossing swords with heavy metal star Bruce Dickinson – the lead singer of Iron Maiden – to discuss his new solo album "The Mandrake Project".

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4. Music show: UK's Tom McRae and King Hannah on their new albumsПн, 25 мар[-/+]
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This week on arts24 we welcome Tom McRae, an English Francophile who gained musical recognition in the early 2000s thanks to delicate songs like "You Cut Her Hair" or "End of the World News". He's just released his new album "Etrange Hiver", in which he sings many tracks in French and invites a number of French artists to collaborate with him. We also welcome Liverpool-based rising duo King Hannah, who are set to release their second album "Big Swimmer" at the end of May. Plus, we discuss the country music comeback of Beyonce.

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5. Paris's Orsay museum marks 150 years of Impressionism with virtual realityВс, 24 мар[-/+]
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The Orsay Museum in Paris is marking 150 years of Impressionism from Tuesday with an unprecedented reassembling of the masterpieces that launched the movement, and a virtual reality experience that takes visitors back in time.

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6. France names its new Michelin-starred restaurantsПт, 22 мар[-/+]
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From this year's new Michelin-starred restaurants and a chat with cast of new glam TV series "Palm Royale", to Banksy's defaced mural and US photographer Annie Leibovitz wielding a sword in Paris in the name of art, join Eve Jackson for a roundup of this week's culture news.

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7. Hitting the high notes together with opera's star coupleЧт, 21 мар[-/+]
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They're among the hottest young couples in world opera. Australian soprano Nicole Car and Canadian baritone Etienne Dupuis have performed together on iconic stages in famous roles around the world. They speak to Eve Jackson about their latest show, Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra", at Paris Bastille. Nicole sings the title character's long-lost daughter Amelia Grimaldi and Etienne plays the baddie Paolo Albiani. They also explain why they can rarely play lovers on stage.

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8. Film show: Domestic drama, Italian style in 'There’s Still Tomorrow'Ср, 20 мар[-/+]
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We discuss the success of "There's Still Tomorrow" from writer-director Paola Cortellesi, as her darkly comic debut becomes a box office phenomenon in Italy. Meanwhile, "The Sweet East" sees cinematographer Sean Price Williams direct a strange journey through American subcultures. Critic Lisa Nesselson also tells us why Stephane Brize’s new romance, starring Guillaume Canet and Alba Rohrwacher, is too slow for her taste. Plus, modern-day film fans take a trip back to 1895 thanks to the ingenuity of the Lumiere brothers in Lyon.

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9. Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer on the book he was told not to writeВт, 19 мар[-/+]
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Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Andrew Sean Greer speaks to Eve Jackson about the sequel to his bestselling and celebrated novel "Less". "Less is Lost", about the hapless middle-aged gay writer Arthur Less, was a book that his agent told him not to write. Andrew talks about the American road trip that he undertook as a research project for the book, in which he unsuccessfully tried to go incognito. He says he wrote both the "Less" books as a reaction to Donald Trump winning the US presidential election in 2016 and gives us his reaction to the looming Trump-Biden rematch.

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10. Music show: Bagarre bring the party to the peopleПн, 18 мар[-/+]
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On this week's music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim welcomes back Thomas and Mustapha from the French five-piece Bagarre. They are not just a band, a crew or a collective. What unifies them is a love of music. The members go by the nicknames Emmai Dee, La Bete, Majnoun, Maitre Clap and Mus. They're back after a four-year hiatus with the album "Le Club C'est Vous", or "The Club is You". It's a celebration of club culture; of making a safe space for those wanting to express themselves on the dancefloor. They also break down constructs such as masculinity on the track "BOY".

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11. Racist attacks on pop star Aya Nakamura test France’s ability to shine at Paris OlympicsПт, 15 мар[-/+]
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Rumours that French pop star Aya Nakamura may sing at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics have triggered a flurry of attacks from the French far right, questioning the host country’s ability to appreciate the globally acclaimed talent emerging from its neglected suburbs with large immigrant populations.

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12. The best TV shows to watch in MarchПт, 15 мар[-/+]
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From "The Regime", a satirical comedy about a despotic leader played by Kate Winslet, to all the latest from Europe's biggest TV festival, Series Mania in northwestern France, plus reviews of "Palm Royale", a 1960s high society dramedy starring Kristen Wiig, as well as Guy Ritchie's series adaptation of his 2019 movie "The Gentlemen", critic Dheepthika Laurent speaks to Eve Jackson about what's hot on TV this month.

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13. Ready-to-wear, autumn-winter 2024/25: Time to fight for changeПт, 15 мар[-/+]
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Stella McCartney, Marine Serre and Lilia Litkovska are three designers united in their belief that fashion, a notoriously polluting industry that often encourages excessive consumption, can itself be part of the solution. Through their latest ready-to-wear collections for next autumn and winter they showcase more sustainable modes of production, and advocate for fashion that has both style and heart. FRANCE 24 went to check out their Paris shows.

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14. Film show: 'Scarlet Blue' shows schizophrenia in a different lightСр, 13 мар[-/+]
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Film critic Lisa Nesselson and presenter Eve Jackson welcome the award-winning Reunionese director Aurelia Mengin into the studio to talk about her second feature "Scarlet Blue". The movie is being shown at the International Women's Film Festival taking place just outside of Paris, in Creteil. It's one of more than a hundred feminist and committed films from all over the world presented at the festival. Aurelia's award-winning 2018 film "Fornacis" was the first to be directed by a woman from Reunion Island.

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15. Making of 'Oppenheimer': Behind the scenes in New MexicoВт, 12 мар[-/+]
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After “Oppenheimer”’s success at the Oscars, we take you to the film's shooting location in New Mexico that is thought to have inspired the man now known as “the father of the atomic bomb”.

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16. Blockbuster biopic 'Oppenheimer' wins best picture at OscarsПн, 11 мар[-/+]
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The biopic “Oppenheimer” has been crowned best picture at the Oscars with 7 awards. It's the first time in years that a big-budget, box-office sensation which collected nearly 1 billion dollars in ticket sales has won Hollywood’s top award.

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17. Inside the minds of Yohji Yamamoto, Jeanne Friot, Stephane Rolland and Julien FournieПт, 08 мар[-/+]
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What exactly goes on in designers’ heads? Wim Wenders claims that Yohji Yamamoto has the power to heal people without the need for a therapist’s chair. Meanwhile Jeanne Friot delves into her own lesbian love story. Stephane Rolland invites students from two Paris fashions schools on stage, as his collection questions the relationship between East and West. And Julien Fournie embraces the Hitchcock heroine aesthetic to bring down the patriarchy.

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18. Art and activism in exile: Afghan women speak outПт, 08 мар[-/+]
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As countries around the world mark International Women’s Day, we speak to two Afghan women who fled Kabul as soon as the Taliban came to power in August 2021.

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19. Cult manga series 'Dragon Ball' creator Akira Toriyama dies aged 68Пт, 08 мар[-/+]
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The creator of Japan's hugely popular and influential "Dragon Ball" comics and anime cartoons, Akira Toriyama, has died aged 68, his production team said Friday.

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20. Shkoon: The techno music duo breaking down barriersЧт, 07 мар[-/+]
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From an interview with the Syrian-German duo Shkoon who are breaking down geographical and language barriers through music to the fifteen artists from war-torn countries who are putting on an exhibition in Paris to show the impact of forced exile, imprisonment and conflict. Today, we’re talking about artists in exile.

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21. Film show: Jordanian drama 'Inshallah a Boy' makes for gripping viewingСр, 06 мар[-/+]
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Amjad Al Rasheed's directorial debut was also the first Jordanian film to be screened at the Cannes film festival last year. "Inshallah a Boy" focuses on a courageous mother and widow who's constrained by the patriarchal society she lives in. Amjad joins us in the studio to talk about making a film that addresses sensitive topics like inheritance and abortion, and how securing regional funding for his feature was a win for the nascent Jordanian film industry.

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22. Paris Fashion Week: From free the nipple to Africa's only brand on the billВт, 05 мар[-/+]
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From Kim Kardashian's Balenciaga dress with the label on, to Victoria Beckham on crutches and Saint Laurent's see-through tops, fashion journalist Louis Pisano speaks to Eve Jackson about the good mix of glamour and reality at Paris Fashion Week. They also discuss South African label MaXhosa’s collection and Vetements co-founder Guram Gvasalia's feud with his brother Demna, who's the creative director at Balenciaga. Last but not least, they remember style icon Iris Apfel.

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23. Music show: Delgres frontman Pascal Danae on blues rock trio's fifth albumПн, 04 мар[-/+]
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On this week's music show we welcome Pascal Danae, the singer of French blues rock trio Delgres. They have just released their third studio album, which is infused with the band's Creole heritage, but more grounded in mainland France. The album's title "Promis Le Ciel" (Promised The Sky) explores themes like frustration with broken promises and modern-day human servitude. Pascal sheds more light on the record for us.

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24. That's the ticket! From prices to protests, the challenges facing French museumsЧт, 29 фев[-/+]
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As Paris's Louvre raises its prices, and as prior reservations become increasingly common, we take a look at how to make the most of French museums. We also discuss whether they should be free or not, and we discover some quirky spots to visit too.

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25. From murder to atonement: Author Colum McCann writes of a mother's survivalЧт, 29 фев[-/+]
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In this edition of arts24 we discover an extraordinary book unlike any you've probably ever read. "American Mother" is a thriller, a memoir, a mystery: the story of how Diane Foley found answers and atonement after her son James was brutally murdered by the Islamic State (IS) group. He was a freelance journalist who was held captive by the IS group for two years before being beheaded in the Syrian desert in 2014. The video was shared online for all the world to see. In the book "American Mother", Diane Foley's voice has been captured by legendary Irish writer Colum McCann.

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26. Film show: France seizes its #MeToo moment at Cesar AwardsСр, 28 фев[-/+]
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Broken childhoods is the summary of this week's film show: those of young film stars, at the heart of French actress Judith Godreche's speech at France's Cesar awards ceremony; and that of the young heroine in the film "When it Melts", which is out in France this week. It's the directorial debut of Belgian actress Veerle Baetens, who joins Eve Jackson and Lisa Nesselson in the studio. (In France, the film is banned for under-12s and comes with a warning). Join them for a roundup of the week's French film news.

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27. ‘Dune: Part 2’: Timothee Chalamet seeks revenge and love in second installment of sci-fi blockbusterВт, 27 фев[-/+]
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Today on Arts 24, a return to the Dune Universe. Timothee Chalamet continues his journey as Paul Atreides, turning tragedy into revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. This time with a little help from the Fremen people of the planet Arakis. The second installment of the sci-fi franchise sees two new faces join the all-star cast: Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan and Austin Butler as evil Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen. FRANCE 24's Jennifer Ben Brahim went to meet the cast during their promotional tour in Paris.

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28. Violinist Alena Baeva: 'We need to escape to our imaginary worlds'Пн, 26 фев[-/+]
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Violinist Alena Baeva is Russian, Luxembourgish Polish and Ukrainian. With her Ukrainian husband, the pianist Vadym Kholodenko, she has just released a new album entitled "Fantasy", which revisits dream-tinted music by Franz Schubert, Igor Stravinsky, Robert Schumann and Olivier Messiaen. The duo are currently touring the record and the award-winning soloist stopped by arts24 to tell us more about it. We also take a look at other new collaborative albums including Ye (Kanye West) and Ty Dolla Sign's "Vultures 1", as well as Liam Gallagher and John Squire's eponymous first album.

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29. Mati Diop's documentary 'Dahomey' on looted African art wins top prize at Berlin film festivalВс, 25 фев[-/+]
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"Dahomey", a documentary by Franco-Senegalese director Mati Diop probing the thorny issues surrounding Europe's return of looted antiquities to Africa, won the Berlin film festival's top prize Saturday.

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30. Lina Soualem and Hiam Abbass: Documenting a Palestinian mother-daughter dynamicПт, 23 фев[-/+]
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Lina Soualem's latest film looks back at four generations of Palestinian women, with her mother, actress Hiam Abbass, serving as a guide to their family history. "Bye Bye Tiberias" charts their displacement from the shores of the Sea of Galilee to the village of Deir Hanna, using home videos and archive footage to place this very personal story within its larger historical context.

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