France’s Lumiere Festival to Honor Michael Mann
Mann, a director “straight out of Hollywood mythology,” will receive this year’s Lumiere award. Source: France’s Lumiere Festival to Honor Michael Mann
BFI and CNC Sign Deal to Boost U.K.-France Film Cooperation
The British Film Institute (BFI) and France’s Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC) have inked a comprehensive Moving Image Cooperation Agreement, marking a significant step toward deeper collaboration between the U.K. and French screen industries. Source: BFI … Continued
Inside the New Movie Theater Concept From the Founder of Alamo Drafthouse: Private Rooms, Gourmet Meals and Guest Attendants
Opening soon in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood, Metro Private Cinema will put an intimate, upscale and very culinary spin on a night out at the movies. Source: Inside Metro Private Cinema, Tim League’s New Movie Theater Concept
Heroic images: 20 years of France’s ‘punk’ photo agency – in pictures
From tearful scenes in war-torn Ukraine to the photo diaries of immigrants making treacherous journeys, French agency MYOP have spent two decades taking the pulse of our era. Source: Heroic images: 20 years of France’s ‘punk’ photo agency – in … Continued
‘History’s most devastating document of war’: the simple yet graphic details of the Bayeux tapestry
Hand-stitched depiction of Battle of Hastings pulls viewers into story of friendship and betrayal, vengeance and despair. Source: ‘History’s most devastating document of war’: the simple yet graphic details of the Bayeux tapestry | Textile art | The Guardian
DR Congo’s M23 conflict: Rebels give BBC rare access to a mine powering mobile phones
M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo recently allowed the BBC to visit a huge mining site under their control which is vital to the production of the world’s mobile phones – and over its vast expanse not one … Continued