Cinema

“I’m Driven by a Hybrid Culture, from Baldwin to Duras”

On November 19, 2013, as the tide was rising, Fabienne Kabou abandonned her 15-month-old daughter on a beach in Northern France. This Senegalese mother […]

By Nina Verneret
| January 9, 2023

Cinema

France: Bruno Dumont’s Infotainment Satire

The latest movie from Bruno Dumont, released in U.S. theaters this Friday, opens on a hilarious scene. Celebrity journalist France Demeurs (Léa Seydoux), driven […]

By Nina Verneret
| December 10, 2021

Cinema

“Trans-Identity Is Not Linked to a Specific Time in Life”

Sébastien Lifshitz’s Little Girl, which will be released in the U.S. on September 17, is a moving portrait of Sasha, a seven-year-old born in […]

By Nina Verneret
| September 16, 2021

Interview

Mame-Fatou Niang: “I Worry That Reality Is Being Manipulated by Irrational Reasoning”

We spoke with Mame-Fatou Niang, an expert in post-colonial issues at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, about the meaning of the term “Islamo-leftism,” the […]

By Nina Verneret
| March 26, 2021

Cinema

Two of Us: Eros in the Third Age

Filippo Meneghetti’s movie Two of Us, released online in the United States on February 5, will be representing France at the 2021 Oscars and […]

By Nina Verneret
| February 6, 2021

Cinema

Justine Triet: “Motherhood Is Barely Portrayed in Cinema”

French director Justine Triet’s third feature-length film, Sibyl, turned heads at Cannes in 2019 and will be inaugurating Lincoln Center’s virtual cinema festival on […]

By Nina Verneret
| September 10, 2020

Netflix

Rebecca Zlotowski: “I Am Offering an Eroticized Vision of Existence”

In her fourth movie, An Easy Girl, available on Netflix in the United States since August 13, Rebecca Zlotowski directs French-Algerian actress, designer, and […]

By Nina Verneret
| August 13, 2020

Author: Nina Verneret

“I’m Driven by a Hybrid Culture, from Baldwin to Duras”

France: Bruno Dumont’s Infotainment Satire

“Trans-Identity Is Not Linked to a Specific Time in Life”

Mame-Fatou Niang: “I Worry That Reality Is Being Manipulated by Irrational Reasoning”

Two of Us: Eros in the Third Age

Justine Triet: “Motherhood Is Barely Portrayed in Cinema”

Rebecca Zlotowski: “I Am Offering an Eroticized Vision of Existence”

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