- FRANCE 24

15/05/2012 - CULTURE

'Men in Black III' - they're back!

The Men in Black are back. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are ready to save the world and the summer box office with Men in Black III. Director Barry Sonnenfeld tells Genie Godula why having a big head is a secret to Hollywood success - and how porn has helped his career!

14/05/2012 - CULTURE

Milagres' back-breaking debut album "Glowing Mouth"

The lead singer of American indie-band Milagres is in the studio. He tells Genie Godula about the band’s weird videos and how falling off a mountain helped him write their new album. Then, a new exhibit recreates King Tut's tomb exactly as it was when it was first discovered eighty years ago. And art critic Sean Rose takes us behind the scenes of La Triennale, Paris' massive ode to Modern Art.

11/05/2012 - CULTURE

Walk like an Egyptian thanks to 3D technology

In today's show with Genie Godula we head to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts for a new exhibit that lets visitors roam through the Giza Necropolis, choosing which sites to explore and discover thanks to 3D technology. Also on the show, and closer to home, a look at the buzz exhibition of the moment, Daniel Buren's "Monumenta" and we will have live music in the studio with Swedish pop sensation Simian Ghost.

10/05/2012 - CULTURE

"Intimate Exposures" of screen goddess Marilyn Monroe

In today’s show fifty years since the icon's death, we look at rarely seen photos showing her transformation from Norma Jeane to Marilyn Monroe. Also on the show singing anthems for the continent's debt crisis, the Swedish veterans Europe talk about their new album 'Bag of Bones.'

09/05/2012 - CULTURE

Esther Freud explores the actor's life

In today’s show, we look at Madonna's ode to Wallis Simpson, WE, which has been slated by the critics. Also on the programme: an Israeli spy film reimagines the killing of a Hamas operative with the help of a supermodel, and we discover writer Esther Freud's portrait of the funny and brutal world of acting in "Lucky Break".

08/05/2012 - CULTURE

Burton and Depp bite back!

In today’s show, Tim Burton and Johnny Depp vamp it up in the "Dark Shadows" remake. Also on the programme, we discover the best press photos in the world. Finally, Eve Jackson takes a walk on the Wilde side with one of the pioneers of the electronic jazz movement, the philosophical Laurent de Wilde.

07/05/2012 - CULTURE

'Sexual Chronicles of a French Family'

In today’s show, "The Big Blue" star Jean-Marc Barr talks about making an anti-porn film where the actors have real sex, the male-dominated sex industry and his relief that France has a new president. Also on the programme: Eve Jackson jumps in the deep end with writer Deborah Levy, whose book "Swimming Home" explores depression, loyalty and the impact a stranger can have.

03/05/2012 - CULTURE

Louboutin's London Retrospective

One small step for Christian Louboutin, one giant leap into the history books: the shoe designer launches a retrospective exhibition in London. Also on the show: American indie band The Rapture kick off their European tour in France. Plus, literary sensation Justin Torres talks about a family grappling with a dangerous and chaotic love for each other, what it means to become a man and the fact that we are all animals.

02/05/2012 - CULTURE

Turning musical molehills into mountains

After working with Adele, Brand New Heavies and Gabrielle, the British pianist and composer Neil Cowley talks about his fourth album, "The Face Of Mount Molehill". Also on the show: the Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk opens the world's first museum based on a work of fiction. Finally, poets from all over the world gather in Tripoli for Libya's first poetry festival since the revolution.

01/05/2012 - CULTURE

Wall Street calling!

The downbeat drama "Margin Call", set in a Wall Street trading house during the 2008 meltdown, is being billed as the best boom-and-bust thriller yet. Also on the programme - 25 years after her death, we look back at the tragic life of the singer Dalida, who once polled second behind De Gaulle as the person who had the greatest impact on France. Finally, we discover art that can be heard and not seen.