A “Nouvelle Vague” movie poster (affiche originale) could make a unique and special Paris souvenir. The charming Galerie Ciné-Images— located at 68, rue Babylone— across the street from La Pagode Cinéma (in Paris’ 7th arrondissement) specialises in vintage and contemporary movie posters along with original cinéma photo stills. Prices start at 25E for contemporary posters and for vintage Nouvelle Vague large size posters most prices range from 200-500E, with objet d’art collector’s posters such as Godard’s “Le Mépris,” starring Brigitte Bardot, costing 2,600E. If you can’t get to Paris. Posters can by viewed and purchased online at www.cine-images.com Continue reading “Movie Posters. Galerie Ciné-Images”
Ruby & Loulabelle’s Cannes Couch
The Festival de Cannes will soon be reported (May 16-27, 2023) by 4000 international journalists from around the planet. Among them is reporter Ruby Boukabou who is teaming up with Louise Prichard (of Loulabelle FrancoFiles podcast) to take you behind the scenes of the renowned film festival with stories, reels, interviews, news updates and more. Continue reading “Ruby & Loulabelle’s Cannes Couch”
J’Veux du Soleil
A new French documentary film “J’Veux du Soleil ” (I Want the Sun), directed by Gilles Perret and Francois Ruffin, looks at the rural discontent fueling the Gilet Jaune (Yellow Vests) movement. Continue reading “J’Veux du Soleil”
RiverBlue
The documentary film River Blue asks the question “Can fashion save the planet?” The film follows river conservationist Mark Angelo as he chronicles some of world’s most polluted rivers. Along the way we discover the dark secret of the fashion industry while seeing some of the toxic side effects of textile production and jean manufacturing. Traveling from tanneries along rivers in India, to some of the largest jean manufacturing factories in China Angelo guides us on a journey through the environmental effects of toxic fashions. Continue reading “RiverBlue”