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00:12:27

Árný Margrét on wanting something bigger for her...

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2025/03/10

This week we welcome Icelandic folk artist Árný Margrét who has just released her new album "I Miss You, I Do". Her award winning debut ("They Only Talk About The Weather") garnered rave reviews and fans across the world and led her to tour the US extensively. The states contrasted wildly with her native country and inspired her song-writing and she recorded much of her second album in the US. We also chat to neo-soul artist Greentea Peng about her soon to be released introspective album "Tell Dem

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00:11:49

Talking textiles: Thandiwe Muriu’s use of the iconic...

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2025/03/07

Wax print fabrics or Ankara fabrics are known for their graphic patterns, bold colours and catchy slogans. The iconic cloth is now being celebrated in an exhibition at the Musée de l’Homme in Paris, where curators have been exploring its anthropological, social and political role on the African continent and beyond. Kenyan artist Thandiwe Muriu joins us to talk about the fabric’s function in her striking portraits, and how she uses textiles to explore identity, aesthetics and her own place in

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00:12:39

Egyptian documentary shows young women hovering on...

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2025/03/06

Majda, Monika and Heidi are part of the Panorama theatre troupe in the village of El Barsha, a small Coptic Christian community in the south of Egypt. As they devise and perform plays in the street, filmmakers Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir follow the young women, who are negotiating the moment between adolescence and adulthood, contemplating their destinies and their dreams. “The Brink of Dreams” won the L'Œil d'or prize at the Cannes Film Festival. We speak to director Nada Riyadh about the power

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00:12:13

A plethora of Pattinsons: Bong Joon-ho's cosmic...

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2025/03/05

After the commercial and critical success of "Parasite", South Korean director Bong Joon-ho has adopted a very different tone for his sci-fi comedy "Mickey 17". Film critic Ben Croll tells us why Robert Pattinson is very good at acting alongside multiple selves, and how the movie's overblown atmosphere sits within Bong's body of work. We also discuss the atmospheric film "Black Dog", from Chinese director Guan Hu, which takes place in a ghost town in the Gobi Desert and we learn about the phenomenal

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00:12:17

Atsuko Okatsuka on her Paris show, viral Drop...

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2025/03/04

Taiwanese-American comedy sensation Atsuko Okatsuka speaks to Eve Jackson about building a global fan base with her offbeat humour, her viral dance routines with her grandmother and her groundbreaking HBO special "The Intruder", which solidified her as a comedy star. They also dive into the Parisian audience's unexpected liveliness during her latest show "Full Grown" and how she accidentally created the viral Drop Challenge that had everyone from Serena Williams to Kerry Washington squatting to

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00:12:54

Oscars 2025: From the success of Sean Baker's 'Anora'...

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2025/03/03

From the success of Sean Baker's film "Anora" to a best actor win for Adrien Brody in "The Brutalist" and disappointment for France's "Emilia Perez", film critic Emma Jones speaks to Eve Jackson from Los Angeles after the Oscars ceremony.

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00:11:33

Lara Love Hardin: From addict to identity thief to...

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2025/02/28

Our guest went from being a soccer mum of four to battling an opioid and heroin addiction, landing in jail and losing custody of her children. But the journey didn't stop there. She's in Paris on a book tour as a best-selling author, literary agent and ghostwriter who is working with remarkable figures like Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama. Lara Love Hardin is Eve Jackson's guest to talk about her memoir "The Many Lives of Mama Love" – the story of how she turned her life around.

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00:05:11

Tributes pour in for actor Gene Hackman after his...

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2025/02/27

Two-time Oscar winner Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 63, have been found dead in their home in the US state of New Mexico. The couple died along with their dog. There is no immediate indication of foul play. Culture editor Eve Jackson looks back at the career of a cinema icon.

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00:11:24

French disco pioneer Cerrone revisits his greatest...

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2025/02/27

Selling more than 30 million albums worldwide during his 50-year career, composer, producer and musician Cerrone has performed with the likes of Nile Rodgers and been sampled by the Beastie Boys and Run-DMC. DJing at clubs and festivals for over five decades, he continues to inspire generations of musicians. His hits "Give me Love" and "Supernature" thrilled the world at Paris's Olympics ceremonies. He sat down with FRANCE 24's Axelle Simon to talk about his latest album, "Disco Symphony", which

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00:11:44

Film show: The cut-throat world of French football

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2025/02/26

From "Mercato", a thriller showing us behind the scenes of French football with Jamel Debbouze, to a rural drama about motocross enthusiasts called "Block Pass", in this edition of arts24 with Eve Jackson and critic Perrine Quennesson we're looking at the best French-language films of the moment.

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00:11:30

Acclaimed Irish author Mike McCormack discusses 'This...

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2025/02/25

Join us on arts24 for an in-depth interview with acclaimed Irish author Mike McCormack, as he delves into his latest novel, "This Plague of Souls", now available in French. Known for his unconventional storytelling, McCormack explores themes of confinement and global unrest through the journey of Nealon, a painter returning home from prison to face a mysterious presence.

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00:12:07

INNOCNT: A heartbreak set to music

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2025/02/24

In this edition of arts24, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with Franco-Belgian singer-songwriter Antoine Innocent, aka INNOCNT. The rising star is a true cultural and musical melting pot. Born in Paris to a Franco-Romanian mother and a Haitian father, he spent time in North America before settling in Brussels. He got his musical start by following his father on tour and his first time on stage was at just three years old. INNOCNT's sound is a blend of R'n'B, pop and rock and he names Lenny Kravitz, The

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00:12:35

Mapping alternative artistic visions of the future

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2025/02/21

A new exhibition at the Pompidou Centre in Metz is hoping to challenge the Euro-centric principles that have long dominated art history. "After the end. Cartographies for another time" brings together the work of 40 international artists, as they explore alternative visions of our shared future as humans. FRANCE 24's Florence Gaillard spoke to artists and curators there to find out more. We also meet the filmmaker behind a new documentary that puts the ultimate 1990s pop princess under the

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00:12:46

Wellness, toxic masculinity and filthy rich...

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2025/02/20

TV critic Dheepthika Laurent has been dipping her toes into the luxury waters of "The White Lotus" resort, as the series returns for a third season. The major ingredients of Mike White's award-winning show are all there: a mysterious murder victim, millionaire tourists and an exotic location, with the action decamping to Thailand after Sicily and Hawaii in previous seasons. We then discuss the sequel to "1923", the American far west drama that paints a fresco of European settlers in the cattle

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00:12:33

The Berlinale's 75th selection of hard-hitting films

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2025/02/19

The Berlin Film Festival is known for its political nature and this year's edition is no exception, with elections in Germany casting a shadow over proceedings and calls for a boycott over the event's attitude towards Palestinians in Gaza. Film critic Emma Jones takes us through some of the highly topical productions that are screening, from a Ukrainian documentary about how children are experiencing life in wartime to an Israeli film about actor David Cunio, who was taken hostage on October 7,

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00:05:52

Julianne Moore's 'Freckleface Strawberry' book pulled...

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2025/02/18

Actress and author Julianne Moore says it was a "great shock" to hear that her children's book "Freckleface Strawberry" was among those removed from some American public schools, after an executive order from President Donald Trump saw a long list of titles confiscated for review. Olivia Salazar-Winspear explains what the current US administration sees as cause for concern in children's literature. We also take a look at a new exhibition recreating the "Degenerate Art" scene of the 1930s, when the

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00:12:26

French actress Ariane Labed gets behind the camera...

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2025/02/18

She captivated audiences with performances in films like "Attenberg", which won her best actress at the Venice Film Festival, "Alps" and "The Lobster" from Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, and "Assassin’s Creed". Now, French actress Ariane Labed is making her directorial debut with "September Says" – a gothic, suspense-filled exploration of sisterhood. She speaks to culture editor Eve Jackson about adapting Daisy Johnson's novel "Sisters", the importance of showing female messiness on screen, and

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00:11:36

Music show: France's Victor Le Masne to tour with...

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2025/02/17

Victor Le Masne's career has seen him go from touring indie pop clubs and festivals with his band Housse de Racket to conducting world-famous orchestras. 2024 brought him to dizzying new heights as he co-directed the opening and closing ceremonies of the Paris Olympics and Paralympics. Fresh from winning a Grammy and a Victoire de la musique award, he popped by FRANCE 24 to tell Marjorie Hache about his new album "Music from The Opening Ceremony of The Olympic Games Paris 2024", which will be played

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00:12:55

From Bob Marley to the Sex Pistols: The work of...

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2025/02/14

As a teenager in the 1960s, he was told there was no such thing as a Black photographer. Today, the work of Dennis Morris includes some of the most iconic music portraits of our time. Official photographer for the likes of Bob Marley and the Sex Pistols, his images defined music history. Now, his full collection is on display in the "Music + Life" exhibition at the MEP photography space in Paris. Dennis speaks to Culture Editor Eve Jackson about how it all began – as a teenager bunking off school to

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00:11:02

'Knife' by Salman Rushdie: Author refuses to be...

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2025/02/13

Salman Rushdie has been getting death threats for more than 35 years. The Indian-born British-American novelist sparked outrage with his book "The Satanic Verses" in 1988. It was declared blasphemous by many Muslims, so much so that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against him, calling for his death. In August 2022, the Booker Prize-winning author was stabbed multiple times on stage in New York state, leaving him blind in one eye. His attacker is now on trial for attempted

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