Ladies and Gentlemen, Yes, I have emphysema from my many years of smoking. I have to say that I enjoyed smoking very much, and I do love tobacco - the smell of it, lighting cigarettes on fire, smoking them - but there is a price to pay for this enjoyment, and the price for me is

Cinema founded itself in documentary, but how did the form develop an alternative visual language to that of the fiction film? Is it, as pioneer Joris Ivens claimed, “a creative no-man’s land”? From our September 2007 issue buff.ly/4f0TYch

Our new 4K edition of THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE includes: •New interview with Françoise Lebrun •New conversation with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin and writer Rachel Kushner •Program on the film’s restoration •An essay by critic Lucy Sante and an introduction to the film by

Phil Lesh, the founding bassist of the Grateful Dead, has died at age 84 stereogum.com/2285473/phil-l…

I would just like to stress that Vladimir Kramnik has been arguing with Daniel Naroditsky for close to two hours on Levitov Chess and hasn't turned his camera on content

I spoke to Fabrice Aragno about SCÉNARIOS and the final months of his collaboration with Jean-Luc Godard for swissinfo.ch. swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/th…

“This final montage he made, which he never even saw, was autobiography: about his cinema, his life, his own failures.” Fabrice Aragno on working with Godard on SCÉNARIOS. And on turning now to his own project, LE LAC. swissinfo.ch swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/th…

#UPDATE Actor Gerard Depardieu has asked for a delay to the start of his trial on sexual assault charges, saying his health prevented him from attending the proceedings, with numerous other complaints and a possible second court case already lying in wait. u.afp.com/5KnF

#BREAKING Sexual assault trial of French actor Gerard Depardieu suspended until March 2025: court

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Keeping tale of current times | Jean-Luc Godard – Visual Work Exhibition curated by Fabrice Aragno, Nicole Brenez, Jean-Paul Battaggia, and Paul Grivas Casa do Cinema Manoel de Oliveira in Porto, November 13 through May 18 — serralves.pt/en/ciclo-serra…

Chantal Akerman's newly restored 'J’ai faim, j’ai froid' is now streaming for free for a limited time: thefilmstage.com/new-to-streami…

The first details on Julia Ducournau's #Titane follow-up #Alpha have arrived: thefilmstage.com/tarsem-singh-j…

Joyeux anniversaire Henri Langlois ! 🎂 Ce soir sur HENRI, la Cinémathèque française célèbre l'anniversaire de son fondateur Henri Langlois, né le 13 novembre 1914. Pour l'occasion, découvrez un extrait de ses "anticours" (1976.) cinematheque.fr/henri/film/145…

In the first of two episodes, editor of 'Film Phenomenologies' Dr Kelli Fuery discusses her edited collection that explores the films of Céline Sciamma, Agnès Varda, Bill Viola and more, through a phenomenological lens. 🗣️ Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/efp…

The chess world is officially a joke. THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE IN HISTORY. I can't believe that the official body of chess is being controlled by a singular player FOR THE 2ND TIME THIS WEEK. THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE WORLD CHAMPION!

IMAGINE A US OPEN FINAL, ALCARAZ AND SINNER DECIDE TO JUST SHARE FIRST AND THE ORGANIZERS MAKE UP A NEW RULE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY FOR THEM BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL THREATS???

A Jacque Rivette feature and short film archive Link: mega.nz/folder/rUEWkDQ…