Where there is romance, there is money to make. This year, every designer is trying to put online the best advertising. Jean Paul Gaultier has created an interactive short-feature where you and your beloved one can enter your names in order to kiss each other. Virtually and convenient.
On today’s Culture show, full bodied blues courtesy of Kill It Kid – the British band taking their inspiration from legends such as Led Zeppelin join Catherine Nicholson in the studio. There are also the voluptuous bodies of Lucian Freud – a guided tour of the new retrospective on the late British artist’s paintings in London. And we have lithe and muscular bodies courtesy of the Paris Opera Ballet – who are taking on Pina Bausch’s contemporary version of Orpheus and Eurydices.
How much can literature teach us about our past? From the ‘lost generation’ of Booker Prize winning author A.S. Byatt’s “The Children’s Book” to the philandering father of Sci-Fi as dissected by David Lodge in “A Man of Parts” we’re transporting you to the Edwardian era.
The Berlin Film Festival kicks off Thursday with the world premiere of "Farewell My Queen", a French-language film about the revolution. Other films include Angelina Jolie's Bosnian war drama “In the Land of Blood and Honey”.
Marlon Roudette’s hitting number 1 around Europe with his catchy hit "New Age." On today’s show, he tells us about what has influenced his laid-back sound, and why Lana Del Rey is high on his collaboration hit list. We’re also checking out Cold War spy thriller "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy", and peeking into Queen Elizabeth II’s family photo album thanks to a new exhibition.
We're discussing the eternal appeal of pole dancing as strip club flick "Go Go Tales" is finally released in France. Then for a more family friendly film: "Zarafa" is a terrific animation about the first giraffe to reach France. Finally, cinema for the eco-friendly with the 29th edition of the International Environmental Film Festival.
In today’s show we’re hearing from the voice of Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution: singer Emel Mathlouthi tells Catherine Nicholson about how she expresses her hopes and fears for her country through music. Then a preview of the all-singing, all-dancing, all-nun musical sensation that is Sister Act. We’re also saying happy 200th birthday to Charles Dickens.
Paul McCartney is jazzing things up with "Kisses on the Bottom," a new album that revisits the jazz soundtrack of his youth. Fellow musical heavyweight Leonard Cohen is also back with a new record. Plus, discover the latest British folk sensation, Liz Green, and more details about Goldfrapp's best of album.
French artist Philippe Ramette's gravity defying perspective on the world is celebrated at Galerie Xippas' new exhibition in Paris. His series of offbeat photographs, drawings and sculptures present us with surprising points of view. Then for something rather decadent; vanity, celebrity and politics are exposed at the Yvon Lambert gallery's new exhibition, "La décandence."
This year’s selection at the Berlin International Film Festival spans genres and geography, but features a large number of movies that look backward to various periods of history. UK director Mike Leigh (pictured) will serve as jury chair.
