Text: Chris Holt
Max Linder Panorama is one of several classic art deco cinemas concentrated in 9th and 18th arrondissements . Unlike its landmark neighbor, the 3000 seater Rex, Max Linder has an unassuming exterior.
Built in 1912, the theatre was re-named after the French silent film pioneer Max Linder who purchased it in 1914. The theatre was renovated in 1987, preserving a beautiful art deco interior. While the decor is retro, the theatre itself has a state of the art sound system and a huge curved screen (thus the name Panorama). The result is an immersmovie-going experience and is an ideal venue seeing one of the many 3D movies to recently hit the box office.
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Text: Brendan Seibel
Image: Ziveli OrkestarThe always festive Cabaret Sauvage will be hosting this year's incarnation of BalkafoniK, an evening celebrating the cultural melange of Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro. High spirits and an effervescent sense of humor will carry through the night.
Initiating the proceedings is a screening of Slobodan Sijan's 1980 black comedy
Who Sings Over There? Part road-movie, part socio-political allegory, Sijan's film follows the antics and rivalries of bus passengers winding their way to Belgrade on the eve of Germany's invasion. Scripted by Dusan Kovacevic, the genius who wrote Emir Kusturica's breakthrough
Underground, Sijan's wry salvo was voted best Serbian film made between 1947 and 1995 by the Yugoslavian Board of the Academy of Film Art and Science.
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Text: Brendan Seibel
Understanding Portuguese would enhance your appreciation of Deolinda, but the Lisbon quartet's musical fluency transcends tongues. The same cleverness which wrote and recorded Canção Ao Lado, their 2008 platinum debut, imbues each song with mirth and wry wit. From the playful interplay of acoustic guitars through the striking timbre of singer Ana Bacalhau's soaring vocals, Deolinda weave complex operettas instantly grasped and enjoyed.
Following folk tradition Deolinda are storytellers. Their first album tells the tale of a reclusive girl, from whom the band took their name, living through the imagined lives of people passing her window. The quiet charm and tragedy of this heroine is as perfectly portrayed, equally dramatic and whimsical, as in a film. Inspired by both musicals and the Portuguese sound of fado, Deolinda is best experienced by walking into their colorful faerie-tale.
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Text: Brendan Seibel
Afrobeat junkies and audio tourists alike can immerse themselves in Ethiopia's musical world. Swiss connoisseurs Imperial Tiger Orchestra bring their stylish homage to Paris, accompanied by Ethiopiques mastermind Francis Falceto and a screening of the short documentary Abyssinie Swing.
The Imperial Tiger Orchestra's approach to Ethiopian music is that of Pépé le Moko's towards Algeria, rather than the neo-realistic The Battle of Algiers. Driven by a sincere reverence for the haunting melodies which echoed through the streets of 1960's Addis Abeba, they accentuate mystique and mood.
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Paris' favourite bookstore, Shakespeare and Co. has announced the names of a few of the incredible authors who will be coming to this year's literary festival which will take place from 18th to 20th June, 2010. This year's theme will be Storytelling, Politics and the Imagination. The list of authors participating in this year's edition of the festival include Nam Le, Ian McEwan, David Hare, John Berger, Petina Gappah and many others. The full list of participants will be announced next on Shakespeare and Co website and newsletter.
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Text: Brendan Seibel
This year's edition of Berlin-Paris kicked off throughout the city Friday night. Building on the successes of last winter's inauguration fourteen German galleries are being represented by their French counterparts, mirroring the previous week's activities in Berlin. Gallery concentrations in particular neighborhoods encourage visits as complimentary to strolls. Five venues stretch across the high-rent district between Musée d'Orsay and Place Saint-Michel; three cluster on the narrow side streets surrounding Centre Pompidou; three run the length from Filles du Calvaire to Chemin Vert; three sit atop Belleville's peak; one solo exhibition lies within reach of Bibliothéque François Mitterrand.
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Text: Joanna Bronowicka
A sunny afternoon by the Seine: a worker is taking a nap on the banks, a couple is kissing under the bridge, and an old man is fishing as his wife is knitting next to him. For a few moments they take refuge from the difficult reality of Paris ravaged by war and poverty after World War II without realizing that Izis catches them in the act of daydreaming. Asked why he chose Paris after having fled the persecution of Jews in Lithuania in 1930, Izis replied, “Because it excited my imagination. It was the City of Lights. For me everything was happening in Paris. Liberty, Equality of man and Culture, that’s what made us dream.” The retrospective of his photography at Hotel de Ville "
Izis, Paris des Rêves" invites us to discover this dreamlike poetry in the everyday life of Paris.
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