Paris celebrates the International Year of Forests

The United Nations has designated 2011 the International Year of Forests and Paris is celebrating with exhibitions about its trees - Stephen Clarke is going to show us some of the flora and fauna we can find in the streets of Paris. Plus, Stephen brings to light some cases of politicians living in city-owned housing that was meant for lower-income families.

CULTURE CRITICS

Jessica Michault

Fashion Critic
Amobe Mevegue

Music Critic
Sean Rose

Art Critic
Lisa Nesselson

Film Critic
Stephen Clarke

French Culture Critic

01/05/2013 - CULTURE CRITICS

3 films imply America is a strange place

Writer-director Jeff Nichols gives Matthew McConaughey the nuanced title role in "Mud," the story of two boys fascinated by an outlaw pining for his lady love on the Mississippi Delta. South Korea's Park Chan-wook makes his English-language debut with "Stoker," a visually dazzling but narratively dopey slice of overwrought American gothic silliness.

29/04/2013 - CULTURE

Let there be light!

Fiat lux! Let there be light! Our art critic Sean Rose takes us to see two exhibitions full of luminous dynamism. First, the Palais de Tokyo, where Paris’ contemporary art centre is staging a major retrospective of Argentine-born artist Julio Le Parc. It's a well-deserved solo exhibition for a great figure of contemporary art, who in the 1960s was part of an avant-garde group standing against the ego-inflated gesture in art.

26/04/2013 - CULTURE

From West to East: Photographs From Around The World

Olivia Salazar-Winspear brings us the latest from the world of photography, with an art fair in Los Angeles, the discovery of some 70-year-old lost negatives and a Chinese artist who's the chameleon of the contemporary art scene.

25/04/2013 - CULTURE

All You Need Is... Comedy

We all need a bit of comedy in our lives. Sometimes we just want to laugh;sometimes we want to engage with something serious in a humorous way. Today our book critic Sylvia Whitman will talk about three books that have made her giggle recently – from diabetic owls to existential cats!

24/04/2013 - CULTURE

Cinema: Wonderful Romance and Evil Energy Companies

French polymath Boris Vian's 1947 novel "L'Ecume des jours" has been brought to the screen with relentless creativity by director Michel Gondry. Upstaged by hand-made gizmos and analogue special effects, Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou and Omar Sy star in the film, whose English title is "Mood Indigo."