Exposition Martin Scorsese à la Cinémathèque française : « un sens inné de l’espace »/Martin Scorsese exhibition at Cinémathèque française : « an innate sense of space »

From 16 October 2015 to 14 February 2016, the Cinémathèque française presents the exhibition « Scorsese, l’exposition ». This exhibition which opened on October 14 in the presence of American film maker Martin Scorsese and the President of the French République F. Hollande, offers an opportunity to return to the life and work of this Sicilian immigrant’s…

Bomb run on Kiel planning / Préparation du bombardement de Kiel

The war lover / L’homme qui aimait la guerre – Leacock

The war lover is an 1962 American film directed by Philip Leacock. The storie takes place during the Second World War, on an English air base. It focuses on captain Buzz Rickson’s personality (Steve McQueen), pilot of a B-17 called The Body, and his relationship with people and life. With his co-pilot, Lieutenant Ed Bolland (Robert Wagner),…

Geography of fantastical countries

For those who didn’t come to Saint-Dié-des-Vosges Festival this year (so am I), I warmly recommend to listen to this radio podcast (french only), which echoes the main topic of this year’s festival : http://www.franceculture.fr/emission-planete-terre-de-peter-pan-a-tintin-geographie-des-pays-imaginaires-2015-09-30 This program touches on many subjects and comic books already mentionned in this blog. Pour ceux qui, comme moi, n’ont…