Amphora Wines Find Their Place in French Cellars
This Is Beirut, 22/05 17:45 - Reading : less than a minute
The great return of the amphora, for a fruitier, more mineral wine.
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"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, ...
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 ...
French Town Breaks Smurf Number World Record
This is Beirut, 21/05 14:05 - Reading : less than a minute
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The small Breton town of Landerneau set a new world record on Saturday for the largest gathering of Smurfs, with 3,076 people dressed as the iconic blue characters, according to the organizers. The achievement comes after two failed attempts over the past five years.
Cannes 2025: ‘Mama’ Shines a Light on Migrant Maids
This is Beirut, 21/05 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Director Or Sinai didn't have to go far to find the subject of her acclaimed debut film about the secret lives of the millions of women who support their families back home by being domestic workers abroad. She was chatting to the "wonderful Ukrainian woman" who looks at her mother, who has Parkinson's Disease, when the housekeeper started ...
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 ...
Cannes Behind the Scenes: Red Carpet, Silent Hands
Bélinda Ibrahim, 20/05 17:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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In Cannes, everything seems to float. Spectacular gowns, knowing glances and intense spotlight beams. Yet, beneath this radiant veneer, hundreds of anonymous figures move quietly behind the scenes. They don’t climb the steps or feature in Instagram stories. But without them, the red carpet would simply be a piece of red fabric. Every ...
Denzel Washington Honored with Surprise Palme d’Or
This is Beirut, 20/05 16:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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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: ...