Euro File: why the French have caught biopic fever
The blog Film (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
France is rushing to document the stories of its greatest personalities on film. It must be the La Vie en Rose effect
Yves Montand
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Vive La France!
The Debatable Land (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
This one's for my French friends and readers. Here's Yves Montand singing Les Feuilles Mortes. Wonderful stuff.
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Day 6 - Paris, France
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Paris, France Sion: Our students enjoyed the weekend, maybe a little too much - it was a tad challenging to get them up and out Monday morning! Today's destinations: Cimetière Père Lachaise and Montmartre. Several students made a beeline for the map to see who they recognized and where they had found their final resting place; artists, singers, writers,...
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Review: At Paris cemetery, reminders of art's immortality
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
I watched Heddy Honigmann's documentary "Forever" a day before I heard about the death of director Sydney Pollack - and the loss of this great filmmaker brought home Honigmann's quiet message about the eternal nature of art.
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StudioCanal prepares projects
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
Film News: Montand film, Bouchareb thriller on slate -- France's StudioCanal is preparing a biopic on Gallic actor and singer Yves Montand and producing a thriller from "Days of Glory" director Rachid Bouchareb.
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Autumn Leaves
Power Line Forum (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
"Autumn Leaves” is a much-recorded popular song. Originally a 1945 French song “Les feuilles mortes” (literally “Dead Leaves") with music by Joseph Kosma and lyrics by poet Jacques Prévert, English lyrics were written in 1947 by the American songwriter Johnny Mercer. It has become a pop standard and a jazz standard in both languages, and as an instrumental. “Les feuilles mortes” was introduced by Yves...
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Yentl Illness
The New Yorker (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
A musical about a chain-smoker with the power of reincarnation: what are the chances of remaking that nowadays? Few movies feel more comically rooted in their era than Vincente Minnelli’s bizarre extravaganza of 1970, “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever,” screening May 9 at the Rubin Museum . . .
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Uruguay: Home of the biggest barbecue ever
CalorieLab Calorie Counter News (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
Uruguay recently took the title for having the largest barbecue ever, in the hope that the small country can promote its excellent meat around the world.
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News: Elena Roger Plays 30th-Anniversary Piaf at Donmar
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
Argentine actress Elena Roger (pictured) will play French icon Edith Piaf in the 30th-anniversary revival of Pam Gems' 1978 bio-play Piaf, which will run at the Donmar Warehouse from 8 August 2008. Edith Piaf was born in Paris in December ...
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The new Le Cercle Rouge, Ang Lee's autobiography and other movie news
Shanghaiist (Free subscription) | 04/17/2008
Fans of French film might be interested to know that Jean-Pierre Melville's 1970 classic Le Cercle Rouge (starring Alain Delon, Andre Bourvil, Gian Maria Volonte and Yves Montand) is being remade in Hollywood by none other than Hong Kong action auteur Johnnie To. What's even more weird is that Chow Yun-fat and Orlando Bloom are attached to the project. Malaysia's The Star reports that in Chen Shi-Zheng's...
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Director wants Bloom for 'Red Circle'
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
Director Johnnie To wants Orlando Bloom to star in new crime thriller Red Circle.
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Jazz Rāhoroi : Romance Languages
TUMEKE! (Free subscription) | 04/05/2008
SPECIAL EDITION Jazz Rāhoroi | The Saturday Jazz show Romance Languages It's not all strictly jazz, as usual. Amália Rodrigues Portuguese. A typically, superbly wrought performance by Rodrigues. A lot of her You Tube clips cannot be embedded, so more in the drop box . I find her very easy to listen to. Los Rockin Devil's Spanish. Mexico (I take it). OK so it's more for...
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Jazz Razz Rāhoroi : Franco-o-rama
TUMEKE! (Free subscription) | 03/15/2008
Jazz Rāhoroi The Saturday Jazz show SPECIAL EDITION: Francophonique/Kitschophonique If you love France, the French language, turtleneck sweaters, smoking everywhere and sexually-tinged chortling - and you also love the 60s and 70s - then this show is *shrug* errrr, *shrug* je ne sais pas: Salut France Gall Ginette Sage Serge Gainsbourg Bimbo Jet Jacques Brel Nana Mouskouri Eddy Mitchell Barbara Yves...
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I’d like to thank the Academy (huh, sort of…)
SuperFrenchie (Free subscription) | 02/26/2008
Americans’ view of France is completely stuck in the middle of last century. That's why they constantly reference the WW2 defeat or various questionable habits, such as hygiene, that were common in the rude aftermath of the war but have long ago disappeared. Imagine if the French were constantly refering to Americans by mentioning the Vietnam [...]
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A Tribute To Edith Piaf: Live At Montreux 2004
DVDVerdict (Free subscription) | 02/21/2008
Reviewed by William Lee Quote: "Lovingly remembered in her country, and influential to a broad spectrum of the music world, Piaf's music will always be the soul of Paris."
