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Sebastião Salgado, Photographer of Humanity and Nature, Dies at 81

This is Beirut, 23/05 22:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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French-Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, acclaimed for his monumental body of work depicting wildlife, landscapes, and people across the globe, died on Friday at the age of 81, the French Academy of Fine Arts announced. Salgado was a member of the Academy since 2016. The Academy expressed its deep sorrow, describing him as “a great ...

Cannes 2025: Films as Living Paintings

Bélinda Ibrahim, 23/05 17:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Some films speak, others depict, but rare are those that feel like paintings. At Cannes 2025, two films in competition stand out for their deep connection to visual art: Renoir by Chie Hayakawa and The Phoenician Scheme by Wes Anderson. The first explores the intimate world of a young girl immersed in Impressionism. The second, more stylized, ...

Saeed Roustaee at Cannes: Filming for Iran, Despite the Cost

This is Beirut, 23/05 13:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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“It’s very important to me that my films are seen by people in my country,” said Iranian filmmaker Saeed Roustaee in an interview with AFP. Three years after Leila’s Brothers, Roustaee is back in competition at Cannes with a film that received official shooting permits. After his previous visit to the Croisette in 2022, the 35-year-old ...

Cannes Hotel Legend Retires After Decades of Star Encounters

This is Beirut, 23/05 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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French maître d'hôtel Jean-Francois Pomares says he never has time to see a film at the Cannes Festival, but he has met many of its stars over the years, including a young Sharon Stone. "It was at table 24, I still remember," said the 61-year-old who oversees the dining room at the Carlton Hotel in the French Riviera city. At the time, "nobody ...

"Humans": The Poetry of Knowledge at Le Monnot Theater

Marie-Christine Tayah, 22/05 14:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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From May 28 to June 1, Le Monnot theater welcomes Humans, a unique performance by Swiss artist Narcisse. Directed by Jean-Philippe Daguerre, this poetic-musical creation explores human knowledge through an innovative staging that blends poetry, music, and theater. Praised by French critics, Humans stands out for its intellectual richness, ...

Screen Addiction: The False Promise of 'Mindset Therapy'

David Sahyoun, 21/05 18:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Excessive screen use often results in compulsive patterns, where individuals struggle to cut back despite being fully aware of the negative consequences. Today, the screen has become a space of projection—a mirror reflecting our solitude, a portal to fantasy and an endless source of stimulation. It is no longer just a tool, it’s embedded in ...

Cannes After 8 PM: Where Cinema Is Born

Bélinda Ibrahim, 21/05 17:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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It’s easy to assume that Cannes winds down after the last screening, that the gowns are packed away and everything fades into the next day’s headlines. But that’s a misconception of the true rhythm of the Croisette. After 8 PM, a different atmosphere takes over. A cinema without screens, yet one where everything can begin. This parallel ...

Cannes 2025: ‘The Six Billion Dollar Man’ Revisits the Julian Assange Story

This is Beirut, 21/05 16:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has recovered well after his release from jail last year, his wife told AFP ahead of the premiere of a documentary Wednesday that includes never-seen-before footage of the whistleblower. Assange is at the Cannes Festival to promote the documentary by American filmmaker Eugene Jarecki, who said he was trying to ...

Kristen Stewart Breaks Silence with Bold, Unflinching Debut

This is Beirut, 21/05 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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"I can't wait to make 10 more movies," Kristen Stewart told AFP the morning after making what Rolling Stone called "one hell of a directorial debut" at the Cannes Film Festival. Nor can film critics, judging from the rave reviews of The Chronology of Water, her startling take on the American swimmer Lidia Yuknavitch's visceral memoir of surviving ...

Boualem Sansal: A Silenced Voice Honored in Paris

This is Beirut, 21/05 10:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Boualem Sansal, who has been jailed in Algeria for six months, was awarded the international Cino del Duca Prize on Wednesday. The French literary prize honors "the strength of a writer who (...) continues to make their free voice heard." Recognized for his entire body of work, Boualem Sansal joins the ranks of past laureates like Andrei ...

Cannes Film Festival 2025's Fashion Police: Do’s and Don’ts

Marie-Christine Tayah, 20/05 19:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The 2025 edition reasserts the Festival’s fashion authority with a stricter code for gala events. Published just one day before the opening ceremony, it caught publicists, fashion houses, and celebrities by surprise. According to the official site: “For gala screenings at the Grand Théâtre Lumière around 7 PM and 10 PM, formal attire ...

Adidas, Puma family Feud to Be Turned Into TV Series

This is Beirut, 20/05 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The bitter brotherly feud that sparked the creation of sports-shoe brands Adidas and Puma in the same small German town in the 1940s is to be turned into a television series with the help of family archives, its producers announced Sunday. Hollywood-based film producer No Fat Ego is backing the project, which has the blessing of the family behind ...

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