Coups de coeur

Dal romanzo (1942) di Albert Camus: nel 1935 ad Algeri l'impiegato Mersault uccide un arabo, accanendosi a revolverate sul cadavere. Condannato a morte, non si difende durante il processo, estraneo al proprio caso. Il più opaco film di Visconti che rincorre una fedeltà illustrativa alla lettera di Camus, la poetica dell'assurdo in silenziosa rivolta contro l'inumanità dell'uomo.

Ek Din Achanak is based on a Bengali story titled Beej. The movie is directed by veteran Mrinal Sen and has won a lot of awards national and international awards...

Chronicles the lives and careers of Harold Michelson, a storyboard artist and production designer, and his wife Lillian, a film researcher, who eloped to Hollywood in 1947 and worked for six decades, their combined filmography totaling hundreds of movies for which their contributions went mostly uncredited.

A definitive look at one of the greatest visionaries of the Gilded Age, a literary genius, cosmopolitan and activist, whose vivid portrayal of society still resonates today: Edith Wharton. This documentary portrait takes a sweeping look at the life and legacy of the literary master, and includes the only known film footage of Wharton in existence

Born into one of the wealthiest and best-known families in American history, Gloria Vanderbilt has lived in the public eye for more than 90 years, unapologetically pursuing love, family and career, experiencing extreme tragedy and tremendous success side by side...

Tina Barney has recorded her world for 25 years - American east coast old money society. This film follows Barney as inspiration at home waned, and she set out to photograph the same upper class milieu in Europe, in and out of grand apartments, country chateaux, hunts and parties populated by the eccentric wealthy....

“A Tanger, un scénariste commet des meurtres afin de soulager son insomnie. Sa mère est sa première victime. Il s'associe à un infirmier et sévit dans les hôpitaux auprès de malades condamnés. En tuant un ancien tortionnaire du régime d'Hassan II, ses crimes prennent de l'ampleur. Plus la victime est importante, plus il dort. Il ignore quel crime lui permettrait de vaincre enfin son insomnie. »

David Lynch has always been in the spotlight as a filmmaker, directing some of the most iconic movies ever made, but as a visual artist, he is less widely known. Lynch delights in the physicality of painting and likes to stimulate all the senses in his work. This book brings together Lynch’s paintings, photography, drawings, sculpture and installation, and stills from his films....

« Partant du succès de la série Astérix, meilleure vente de bande dessinée, mais aussi de livres tous secteurs confondus en France, ce panorama du neuvième art aborde ses genres, ses formats ainsi que le lien qu'il entretient avec d'autres médias et ses caractéristiques formelles. Un retour sur son évolution au cours des cinquante dernières années éclaire le tournant qui se profile. » Electre

“Un soir d'orage, un homme lit un conte pour enfant à son fils, dans la pénombre. Le narrateur rêve cette scène et un fils qui n'a jamais existé. Il imagine qu'il lui parle de sa vie, de son enfance napolitaine et, au fur et à mesure, la parole intime donne consistance à ce fils imaginaire.” Electre

Afro-Germans don't usually get a look-in when the narratives of Nazi Germany are told, yet the black presence in Germany goes back to at least the 18th century, and later waves of African immigrants produced German-born offspring who, by the interwar years, numbered several thousand.....

Kit Owens harbored only modest ambitions for herself when the mysterious Diane Fleming appeared in her high school chemistry class. But Diane's academic brilliance lit a fire in Kit, and the two developed an unlikely friendship. Until Diane shared a secret that changed everything between them .....

Although the word Victorian connotes a kind of dry propriety, the artists working in the Victorian era were anything but. Starting with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and lasting through the dawn of the 20th century, the era's painters, writers, and designers challenged every prevailing belief about art and its purpose....

National Geographic photographer, acclaimed ocean conservationist, and TED Talks favorite, Paul Nicklen traces his extraordinary love affair with the polar regions in his most recent book, Born to Ice....

Photographer Cathleen Naundorf gained exclusive access to Chanel s physical archives to handpick gowns and photograph them against theatrical backdrops of her own design. The result: a unique book of ethereal, cinematic photographs that capture the exquisiteness of their haute couture ensembles creations that entail thousands of hours of handwork, crafting, embellishing, finishing...

« Berlin, 1943. Rosa Sauer, farouche opposante au nazisme, vit chez ses beaux-parents à proximité du quartier général d'Hitler depuis que son époux s'est engagé dans l'armée. Le dictateur instaure un important système de contrôle de sa nourriture, persuadé que l'on cherche à l'empoisonner. Rosa accepte de se rendre au bunker afin de tester deux fois par jour ses repas. Prix Campiello 2018.”

An introduction to the remarkable women of the Pre-Raphaelite art movement which began in the second half of the nineteenth century and continued through the early part of the twentieth. From models to artists, these women all contributed something personal and incredible towards the most beautiful and imaginative art movement in the world.....

When Karl Lagerfeld was named at the helm of the fashion house in 1983, he set out to radically shake up and update its image – not only through bold collections but also, from 1987 onwards, by choosing to shoot the house’s campaigns himself, a move that was unprecedented for a fashion designer.....

“Alfred Reckendrees erzählt erstmals auf einer wissenschaftlichen Grundlage die Geschichte von Beiersdorf. Er rückt handelnde Menschen in den Mittelpunkt, die Herausforderungen und die Konflikte, denen sie begegneten....

“Paul Collier is one of the world’s most influential development economists […]. In this personal, passionate and original book, he has taken on the discontent of contemporary high-income western countries. His target is the failures of contemporary capitalism.” FT