Sophia Loren is the first performer to win the Best Actress Academy Award for a role in a foreign language film. She won in 1962 for her performance in Vittorio De Sica’s film Two Women in which she played a mother trying to protect her 12-year-old daughter in war-torn Italy. In 1991, she picked up a second Oscar when the Academy presented her with an Hono ... Show More
Dec 2021
The Hand of God and Dürer exhibition reviewed, Aaron Sorkin on Lucille Ball
Paolo Sorrentino’s film The Great Beauty won an Oscar. Now he has returned to his home city of Naples to make a film based on his own autobiography, The Hand of God, which shows how his passion for the footballer Maradona saved his life. At the National Gallery a new exhibition, ... Show More
42m 20s
Jan 2019
Mary Queen of Scots, Approaching Empty, Leila Slimani, Fausto Melotti, Ride Upon The Storm
A new film telling the story of Mary Queen of Scots and her relationship with Elizabeth I, stars Saiorse Ronan and Margot Robbie as the 2 queens Approaching Empty is a new play by Ishy Din just opened at The Kiln Theatre in London. Set in a run-down minicab office in the north of ... Show More
50m 9s
May 2018
Interview with Rebecca Zlotowski in Cannes — CHANEL and Cinema
Anna Mouglalis spoke with Rebecca Zlotowski, a French screenwriter and director who, in just three films, established herself as one of the most brilliant directors of her generation. Her debut movie, Belle Epine, was in Cannes in 2010 as part of Semaine de la Critique. Her films ... Show More
23m 8s
Nov 2019
The Gangster The Cop The Devil, Touching the Void, Romesh Gunesekera, Gold Digger, George IV : Art and Spectacle
The Gangster The Cop The Devil is an award-winning Korean action thriller about an unlikely alliance between a maverick police detective and a ruthless mobster who have to work together to catch a serial killer Touching the Void began life as a book by Joe Simpson, about a climbi ... Show More
50m 49s
Jun 2022
Paula Rego Remembered, Cressida Cowell, Elif Shafak, Stones In His Pockets
Artist Paula Rego remembered. Following the sad news today of the death of one of the most important figurative painters of our times, we look back on her life and work with art critic Louisa Buck.Outgoing Children’s Laureate Cressida Cowell on why she’s pushing the government to ... Show More
42m 18s
Feb 2019
Épisode 45 - Sonia Rolland
Au micro de Lauren Bastide, Sonia Rolland parle de la petite fille qu’elle a été et de son enfance au Rwanda (4:58), de son premier exil en France en plein hiver (8:13), puis du deuxième, dans un contexte bien plus sombre (13:15), de son métissage (15:00), du génocide des Tutsis ... Show More
1h 6m