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Read Instead…in Print
Jean Cocteau’s collection of writings about cinema is bold, witty and discerning. He questions some of the most fundamental concepts about cinema. He disregards critics and places his faith in the audience and the collective experience of movie going. Read More
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March Newsletter: Un Monde
Left: Photographic print available on shop.classiq.me Photos: Classiq Journal “ During the early stages of the Syrian war more than one million Syrians fled to Lebanon, a country with a population of only around five million people. … Read More
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Beyond Ernest et Célestine: The Art of Gabrielle Vincent. In Conversation with Fondation Monique Martin
Gabrielle Vincent’s simple stories about the unlikely friendship between a big bear with a kind heart and a little mouse with a strong personality, two different worlds that beautifully come together, told gently and poetically, and so tenderly and expressively rendered through the minimalist hand-drawn watercolour brushstrokes, have had the power to capture the hearts of the young and old everywhere. Read More
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Read Instead…in Print
Tavernier talks about so many films and so many filmmakers with the sheer enthusiasm of a cinephile and also with the knowledge of a filmmaker, but in the most accessible way. “I always try not to fall into nostalgia or into the arrogant evocation of a past to which nothing would be comparable today.” Read More
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Read Instead…in Print
A photo of a good book about cinema. No discursive, pretentious analyses, no verbose scrutiny. Because the idea is to invite you to read the book, not read about it here. But instead of using social media, I use … Read More
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