The story begins 400 years ago, on the border between France and Spain, in the coastal region of the French Basque country, Labourd, populated by whale hunters and sailors' wives. In 1609, a local dispute caused accusations of witchcraft. Henri IV appointed two men to judge the case ... The...
Culture is also a front line in the resistance to Putin's war. Under the constant threat of Russian bombing, people are dancing and singing in defiance of the alarms, putting on plays in nuclear shelters, books are published despite paper shortages, street art is painted near the front line, music is recorded, exhibitions are opened in a closed museum, where endangered treasures are safeguarded, camouflage is endlessly sewn in the cellar, and behind the scenes, money is constantly being raised to provide drones and survival kits for soldiers... Faced with the enemy for whom the Ukrainians supposedly have neither identity nor culture, everyone is fighting. Children and grandmothers too. Our loved ones, our neighbors. We are Ukraine. We are Europe.
Culture is also a front line in the resistance to Putin's war. Under the constant threat of Russian bombing, people are dancing and singing in defiance of the alarms, putting on plays in nuclear shelters, books are published despite paper shortages, street art is painted near the front line, music...
At Milan's Niguarda Hospital, Dr. Bini receives parents who dream of children and adolescents in search of an identity.
What do women and men who dream of having a child have in common with those who seek to align their assigned gender with their gender identity? At the hospital in Milan, in the department that deals with both assisted reproductive technology and gender dysphoria,...
At once grandiose and intimate, baroque and meticulous, burlesque and tragic, Gilliam's work is vast and complex. The same can be said of the man himself. Armed with a strong ego and a mischievous streak, he is also the embodiment of the artist who doubts himself and is prone to self-deprecation. Corrosive, subversive, and mocking, Terry Gilliam...
Gilliam's cinema is full of iconic titles that not only testify to a visual extravagance and an ever-renewed singularity, but his cinema also echoes a disquieting and constantly topical humanity. Terry Gilliam's work and life merge in a baroque, zany and tragic adventure worthy of the great theatrical epics. A...