Stephen Kovacevich has just come off stage. Born in Los Angeles and based in Britain since moving there at eighteen…
Archives – Michel Ciment: “Criticism is the only real counterbalance to advertising and the power of the media”
How did you choose the texts included in Une vie de cinéma? There was a vast amount to choose from. On…
Marcel Croës on Chantal Akerman: the intimate as far as the eye can see
Marcel Croës was a senior correspondent; he was a close friend of Jonas Mekas – the leading figure of the…
Meanwhile, at Heidelberg Medical School, my teams are hard at work
Le mardi matin j’enseigne la biologie clinique et l’hématologie à l’Université de Heidelberg. Nous nous penchions la semaine passée avec…
Nicola Mazzanti: “In Lacombe Lucien, the collaborators aren’t monsters: they’re our neighbours”
The film historian Nicola Mazzanti has served, amongst other roles, as director of the Royal Film Archive in Brussels. Here…
Nicola Mazzanti: “Obsession is a huge tribute to Vertigo”
The film historian Nicola Mazzanti served, amongst other roles, as director of the Royal Film Archive in Brussels. Here I…
Rediscovered Portraits (VI): Sandrine Piau and David Kadouch, the scent of a railway station
Whilst rereading the conversation between Sandrine Piau and David Kadouch about their upcoming album, I came across a scent. Not…
Alexei Lubimov, John Cage and the silence that remains
Alexei Lubimov speaks to me about John Cage in a way one rarely speaks of a composer: not primarily in…
Rediscovered Portraits (V): Marie Darrieussecq, or the Funny Nightmare (****)
As I revisited this interview that the author Marie Darrieussecq gave me on 24 October 2024 for La Libre Belgique,…