Martin Scorsese has re-voiced his support for Paris’s La Clef community cinema, following news that activists fighting to save the venue have secured the right to buy the site.
06.04.2023 - 21:29 / thegavoice.com
There are many definitions of Modernism, but for the moment we can think of Modernism as an artistic and social movement that reacted to the constraints of the old: backward looking, holding onto tight class and artistic structures and concrete gender roles, spawned and enforced in particular by English and American strict heteropatriarchal culture.
The new culture embraced freedoms that sought the liberation of the arts and people’s lives, especially sexual norms. Especially for women.
Today, Modernism’s heroes are lionized, outsized figures — well, men — such as Picasso, Ezra Pound, Henri Matisse, and James Joyce. Important figures all, and all with Parisian lives and connections during the years from the turn of the 20th Century to World War II.
But while things may have gone Modern, the same viewpoints and chains proved stubbornly resistant to expurgation. So it is hardly surprising that today there are unrecognized and generally unappreciated lesbian/gender nonconforming women’s contributions to Modernism. But these women were upending artistic and cultural norms. We need to recognize that the transformative hand here was not so male.
In Paris, women breathed fresh air, created, squabbled, took lovers, and upended expectations. They consciously sought to shed the iron encumbrances of fathers, husbands, brothers, children. And they founded and refined new lives.
The married, expat American writer Katherine Anne Porter also lived in Paris during this time, and was possibly envious of the freedoms of the “Amazons,” as they were known. On the occasion of Gertrude Stein’s death, Porter wrote a piece about her in Harper’s Magazine. Here’s a small excerpt:
[There was] the company of Amazons which 19th Century America
Martin Scorsese has re-voiced his support for Paris’s La Clef community cinema, following news that activists fighting to save the venue have secured the right to buy the site.
Stacey Solomon has admitted her 'crazy' trip to Paris has been made a '100 times harder' as she made a last-minute decision over fear of 'mum guilt'. The Sort Your Life Out host revealed last week that she had her first big work trip since giving birth to her second daughter, Belle, in February.
Stacey Solomon has shared an insight into her first major work trip since having her baby daughter Belle, as the star revealed she ending up bringing both her and one year old Rose on the jaunt abroad. The Tap to Tidy author and Loose Women star has been going from strength to strength in her TV career recently, with Sort Your Life Out becoming increasingly popular with every series. But the star is keen to continue to build on her brand deals, as she left for an important job in Paris on Tuesday (25 April).
President Joe Biden is running for reelection. He made it official in a video released Tuesday morning, exactly four years after he tossed his hat into the 2020 race.In the three-minute video, Mr. Biden repeated some familiar themes, saying, «When I ran for President four years ago, I said we are in a battle for the soul of America — and we still are.
Joe Biden has confirmed he will run for re-election next year. The video can be seen below.
Joe Biden made the official announcement on Tuesday that he is running for reelection.
NBC News poll about the potential rematch of President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump, saying that “there are only 6% of Americans that would like to see both Trump and Biden run.”“The point is this: There’s large majorities that don’t want either gentleman to run,” he said, flashing a graphic showing that 60% of Republicans don’t want Trump to run and 70% of Democrats don’t want to see Biden run again.“It’s not because of his policies, it’s simply because of questions about his physical ability to do it and his current age,” he told Willie Geist of “Sunday Today.” “But the thing that is most striking in our poll is how much Republicans are rallying around Donald Trump. When you look at this poll, on one hand, if you’re Ron DeSantis, you can say, ‘Well, hey, so I’m trailing by double digits — Barack Obama trailed Hillary Clinton by double digits the entire calendar year of 2007.’ Right? He didn’t overtake her nationally until he won Iowa.
The immense success of the Netflix series “Emily in Paris” has transformed a quiet, untouched square in the French capital into a tourist magnet.
Maisie Smith had fans flooding her with comments as she ditched her trousers and simply posed in a cardigan for a string of gorgeous snaps in Paris. The former EastEnders actress posed in front of the Eiffel Tower on her French getaway and uploaded some of the pics to her Instagram profile.
Lily Collins had her druthers, would be like the Energizer Bunny. The show would keep going and going and going beyond season 4.Speaking to ET's Denny Directo on Monday at the Academy of Museum of Motion Pictures for the ninth annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony, the 34-year-old actress opened up a bit about what fans can expect in season 4 and if she can see the show go beyond that. Season 3 ended in December, and while season 4 was long ago renewed there's still no word on when fans can expect it to stream it.Collins, who deftly portrayed the marketing genius Emily Cooper, says she doesn't know how Emily's story will unfold in season 4 but fans can expect a lot of what makes the show so riveting. «I just know, obviously, the many cliffhangers, and there's multiple ways in which it could go,» she says.
Former “Bachelorette” contestant Will Urena was attacked during a recent trip to Colombia.
US president Joe Biden has landed in Belfast as part of a historic four-day trip to the island of Ireland.
Jill Biden will be in attendance for King Charles III's coronation next month. On Tuesday, the White House announced that Jill will be traveling to London for the highly anticipated event on May 6.Per the White House, President Joe Biden spoke by phone Tuesday with King Charles and offered his congratulations to the monarch.«The President congratulated the King on his upcoming Coronation and informed him that First Lady Jill Biden looks forward to attending on behalf of the United States,» a White House readout of the call said.Word of the first lady's attendance comes just days after it was reported that the president will not be among the throng of dignitaries and world leaders descending upon London for the lavish affair.According to The UK Telegraph, Biden will be missing the coronation due to prior commitments.
First Lady Jill Biden will be in attendance at King Charles III‘s coronation ceremony.
U.S. president Joe Biden may not be attending King Charles III’s upcoming coronation on May 6, but his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, is.
Ben Croll Paris’ NewImages Festival and parent organization Forum des Images have recently launched NewImages Hub, a support network offering XR professionals a set of complementary creative and mentoring programs throughout the year. Divided into three poles, the new lab will help immersive projects across development, production, and distribution, offering residencies and networking assistance at each phase. Administered by Forum des Images – a non-profit cultural organization subsidized by the City of Paris – and supported by France’s CNC, NewImages Hub will oversee international writing residencies both in Paris and abroad, while developing additional workshops with partners in Taiwan, Chile and South Africa. The new lab will also administer existing programs in Rome, Ecuador and Taipei, while making industry analysis available to all.
EXCLUSIVE: CBC/Radio-Canada has boarded the upcoming Spellbound, a live-action tween drama from the team behind Find Me in Paris.
M3GAN sequel.The trailer sees AI-driven doll M3GAN heading to Paris to start fires near the Eiffel Tower and murder people using a baguette.
A bunch of world leaders and public figures will be heading to London next month for King Charles III’s coronation – but one person you won’t see in the crowd? President Joe Biden.
It looks like President Joe Biden will not be in attendance at King Charles‘ coronation.