Culture

Demi Moore’s Stunning Critics Choice Win Dominates Award Season Buzz

This is Beirut 08/02 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Demi Moore took home the Best Actress award at the Critics Choice Awards on Friday, cementing her position as the favorite for the Oscars. Her win came during a tumultuous week that saw scandal engulf her Emilia Perez rival, Karla Sofia Gascon. Moore’s critically acclaimed horror film, The Substance, also earned Best Original Screenplay at the ...

Adrien Brody Stands Out in a Bold Revision of the American Dream

This is Beirut 08/02 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Cinema Art Culture Film Venice

After The Pianist, Adrien Brody delivers one of the most defining performances of his career in The Brutalist. This monumental 3h35 film revisits the American Dream, its promises, and its failures through the journey of a Holocaust survivor turned architect. Since its debut in competition at the Venice Film Festival, the movie, set to hit ...

StoryFrom Darkness to Light: The Hidden Story Behind ‘The Sound of Silence’

Bélinda Ibrahim 07/02 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Music Story Culture Song Simon & Garfunkel

In the early 1960s, Paul Simon, then an unknown young musician, composed his songs in an offbeat place—his parents’ bathroom. Captivated by the acoustics of the small space, he refined the chords and lyrics of what would become one of the most iconic songs of the 20th century. At that time, Simon and his childhood friend Art Garfunkel formed ...

The Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival: A Tribute to Wissam Charaf

Fabienne Touma 07/02 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Festival Cinema Culture Art Lebanon France

The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, which began on Friday, January 31, and runs until Saturday, February 8, is an unmissable event for cinema enthusiasts. For its 47th edition, the festival highlights Lebanon through an exceptional selection of short films. Some filmmakers are given special recognition, with sessions dedicated ...

Redefining Romance: Emily Blaine's 'Dear You' Series Adaptation

This is Beirut 07/02 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Culture Series Author Art Book Film

Emily Blaine had envisioned in her novel Dear You an alpha male, a dark and brooding businessman. In the series adaptation, over a decade later, this hero has changed—shyer, less seductive. “Thrilled and proud to be the first French romance author adapted into a series,” declares the author during the press presentation of the series Dear ...

Kumbh Mela: A Sacred Journey of Hindu Faith and Rituals

This is Beirut 06/02 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Culture Festival India Art

On February 5, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dressed in saffron and holding prayer beads, participated in a sacred ritual during the Kumbh Mela, the world's largest religious gathering. A week after a tragic stampede claimed at least 30 lives, millions of pilgrims have already bathed in the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and the mythical ...

'Le Rendez-vous des enfants:' A Cultural Day for Kids in Beirut

This is Beirut 06/02 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Beirut Culture Kids Lebanon Art France

On Saturday, February 8, 2025, the French Institute in Lebanon, located on Rue de Damas in Beirut, will host the second edition of the “Rendez-vous des enfants.” After the success of the first edition, which brought together over 2,000 children and their families in February 2024, this year’s event returns with an even more engaging program ...

From Paris to New York: Museums Embrace Change

This is Beirut 06/02 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

New York Paris Museum Art Culture

Inspired by the Louvre's upcoming renovation project, aimed at easing the crowding in front of the Mona Lisa, several leading museums are redesigning their spaces and collections to address the challenges of overtourism and climate change. “In light of the surging tourism, security concerns, the climate emergency, and the digital revolution, ...

Is Hope Bound to Lead to Disillusionment?

David Sahyoun 05/02 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Lebanon Psychoanalysis Culture Hope

Is hope bound to lead to disillusionment? This fundamental question shapes our individual and collective lives, from the intimacy of the psychoanalytic couch to the political upheavals that shake public squares, to the conjugal bedrooms where the dramas of love unfold. Psychoanalysis, through its various theoretical currents, offers valuable ...

‘Currency of Decay:’ Christine Kettaneh’s Exploration of Value in Crisis

This is Beirut 05/02 17:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Beirut Exhibition Culture Art

Through her interdisciplinary solo exhibition at Galerie Janine Rubeiz, starting February 5, Christine Kettaneh examines how systemic decay impacts the symbolic and practical value of life staples, inviting us to rethink our relationship with stability and worth in turbulent times. “What happens when the essentials of life – our bread, our ...

Lebanon Honored at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival

Fabienne Touma 05/02 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Cinema Festival France Lebanon Beirut

The 47th edition of the festival, inaugurated on Friday, January 31, at the Maison de la Culture in Clermont-Ferrand, puts the spotlight on Lebanon. During the opening ceremony, two Lebanese short films, Warsha by Dania Bdeir and Waves ’98 by Ely Dagher, were screened among other selections. The festival’s “Focus Lebanon” segment offers a ...

Prague Museum to Showcase Alfons Mucha’s Art and “Slav Epic” Masterpiece

This is Beirut 05/02 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Museum Art Culture Prague Paris

A new museum in Prague dedicated to the renowned Czech Art Nouveau painter Alfons Mucha will open its doors later this month, offering a chance for the public to explore his legacy. The museum, located in the Baroque Savarin Palace in the heart of the city's UNESCO-listed historic center, will display over 100 pieces of Mucha's works, ranging from ...