Author: Ewang Johnson

Universal StudiosFrom Drop to A Minecraft Movie, these are the films to stream at home and watch at the cinema this month.Cinetic Media(Credit: Cinetic Media)The ShroudsDavid Cronenberg’s latest sci-fi-tinged drama stars Vincent Cassel as Karsh, an inventor who looks a lot like Cronenberg himself. Grief-stricken by the death of his wife (Diane Kruger), Karsh develops camera systems that can be buried with corpses, so that their relatives can watch them on monitors as they decompose. The invention catches on, but one night some graves containing these high-tech “shrouds” are desecrated, so Karsh and his brother-in-law (Guy Pearce) have to work…

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This week, Valérie Fayolle meets with a major figure in African reggae – none other than Alpha Blondy. For over 40 years, he’s been spreading messages of peace and electrifying stages all over the world. He’s here to talk about his new album “RISE” and take us on a tour of the European House of Photography, where we get a look at the work of Dennis Morris, the photographer who captured the legendary Bob Marley. Source link

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Evan BarlowKen Burns’s upcoming series, The American Revolution, follows works exploring themes including the US and the Holocaust (Credit: Evan Barlow)Ahead of his upcoming PBS documentary, The American Revolution, acclaimed film-maker Ken Burns tells BBC special correspondent Katty Kay about his unique approach to chronicling US history, from war and conflict to baseball and jazz.Titles like Brooklyn Bridge, Prohibition and The Dust Bowl may conjure visions of classroom lessons and by-the-book recitations of facts, but portraying historical events in an approachable – and enthralling – way has become US documentarian Ken Burns’s trademark. Since the 1980s, he has brought history…

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Spoiler Alert: This article contains heavy spoilers for Speak No Evil (both the Danish original and the American remake).No animal in the wild suddenly overcome with fear would spend any of its mental energy thinking, “It’s probably nothing.”—Gavin de BeckerShhh…A nice American couple and their daughter, new Londoners weathering loneliness and marital strain, go to Tuscany on holiday. The Daltons—Louise (Mackenzie Davis), Ben (Scoot McNairy), and young Agnes (Alix West Lefler)—are eager to distract themselves from their unhappiness. Amidst the throng of other tourists, one charismatic British couple stands out: Paddy (James McAvoy), Ciara (Aisling Franciosi), and their quiet son…

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In this edition of arts24, we bring you a candid conversation with one of our greatest living authors about race, class and womanhood. From her extraordinary debut novel “Purple Hibiscus” to the Women’s Prize-winning “Half of a Yellow Sun,” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has established herself as one of literature’s most vital voices. Her TED talk “We Should All Be Feminists” was sampled by Beyoncé, her words have been printed on Dior T-shirts, and Time magazine has named her one of the 100 Most Influential People. Source link

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Art Institute of Chicago/ Arthur M Wood/ Collection of Alice and Rick JohnsonBlanche Hoschedé-Monet has barely been acknowledged in art history. But not only did she help her stepfather Claude, she created her own fine works – often of the same scenes as him.Haystack at Giverny, Poplars at the Water’s Edge, Morning on the Seine. These painting titles bring only one name to mind – the great Claude Monet, whose flickering evocations of light and atmosphere are the cornerstone of Impressionism. But while Monet painted these very subjects, the paintings belong to the oeuvre of his stepdaughter, and subsequently daughter-in-law, Blanche Hoschedé-Monet (1865–1947). She…

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Dr. Toni Aubynn, CEO of Ghana’s Petroleum Hub Development Corporation (PHDC), has joined the Invest in African Energies: Accra Investor Briefing – taking place on April 14, 2025 at the Kempinsky Hotel – to discuss the country’s progress towards becoming an integrated petroleum hub in West Africa. During the event, Dr. Aubynn will outline development strategies, investment avenues and petroleum market trends, underscoring the value of investing in Ghana’s growing oil and gas value chain. Expecting to launch 17 oil and gas projects by 2027, Ghana is prioritizing investments across the entire hydrocarbon value chain to meet rising domestic demand,…

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An author described by the Los Angeles Times as a writer of unique genius has spoken to FRANCE 24 about his new novel “Wild Houses”. Colin Barrett, who grew up in the northwest of Ireland, bases his books around a series of characters from the region. “Wild Houses” tells the story of a small-town revenge kidnapping that goes very wrong. He says that as a writer you don’t choose the subjects and locations yourself, but they choose you. He spoke to us in Perspective. Source link

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Getty ImagesBeing Maria, a new film starring Matt Dillon and Anamaria Vartolomei, explores the life of Maria Schneider and the making of one of the most notorious films in cinema history.It may be the most infamous scene in the entire history of cinema. The sexually explicit drama Last Tango in Paris, made by Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci and released in 1972, is the story of an affair between a middle-aged man, Paul, and a young woman, Jeanne, in a Paris apartment. The notorious “butter scene” was not in the original script and elements of it were made without 19-year-old actress…

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