This is Beirut - Culture

Screen Addiction: The False Promise of 'Mindset Therapy'

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

Psychoanalysis Addictions Mind Therapy Culture

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)

Cannes Film Festival Cinema France Culture Cannes

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)

Cannes 2025 Julien Assange Eugene Jarecki Documentary France US Culture

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)

Kristen Stewart Cannes Film Festival Cinema Cannes2025 Culture France

"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)

Boualem Sansal Algeria Censorship Culture Prize France

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)

Fashion Cannes Film Festival France Cannes2025 Culture Glamour

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)

Cannes 2025 The brothers Dassler Series Puma-Adidas Germany France Culture

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 ...

Denzel Washington Honored with Surprise Palme d’Or

This is Beirut, 20/05 16:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Denzel Washington Cannes Film Festival France Cannes2025 Culture Cinema

A hard-hitting Egyptian political thriller shook up the Cannes Film Festival on Monday, just before a surprise Honorary Palme d’Or was awarded to Hollywood icon Denzel Washington. The evening also marked the return of French director Julia Ducournau, four years after her explosive win with Titane. The event had been kept tightly under wraps: ...

Pierpaolo Piccioli Takes Over Balenciaga in Bold Shift

This is Beirut, 20/05 15:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Pierpaolo Piccioli Fashion Balenciaga Art Design Culture

Italian designer Pierpaolo Piccioli has been named creative director at fashion house Balenciaga, taking over from Georgian designer Demna, parent company Kering said Monday. Piccioli, who previously worked at Valentino, will present his first collection in October, after Demna left for Gucci, said the French conglomerate, which owns both ...

Scarlett Johansson Steps Behind Camera in Cannes Debut

This is Beirut, 20/05 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Scarlett Johansson Cannes Film Festival Cinema Culture Cannes France

Scarlett Johansson won praise from veteran filmmaker Wes Anderson as she nervously prepared to unveil her debut feature as a director at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday. Actors behind the camera are something of a trend in Cannes this year, with Twilight star Kristen Stewart and British actor Harris Dickinson both unveiling their first ...

At Cannes and Beyond, Raphaël Quenard Is the Artist to Watch

Marie-Christine Tayah, 20/05 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Raphaël Quenard Cannes Cannes Film Festival France Culture Art

Raphaël Quenard wears many hats: actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and soon, singer. He broke through in 2023 with standout performances in Chien de la casse by Jean-Baptiste Durand and Yannick by Quentin Dupieux. His work in both earned him César nominations in 2024, and he took home the award for Most Promising Actor for Chien de la ...

Russian Ballet Patriarch Yuri Grigorovich Dies at 98

This is Beirut, 19/05 17:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Russia Ballet Yuri Grigorovich Death Bolshoi Theatre Culture

Legendary Russian ballet figure Yuri Grigorovich, who was for three decades the lead choreographer at Moscow's famed Bolshoi Theatre, has died aged 98. Born in the Soviet city of Leningrad to a ballet family, Grigorovich's career - as a dancer then choreographer - spanned 80 years. For much of it, he was the artistic powerhouse behind ...

Culture