The Lobster brings postmodernism’s questioning of how identities and social norms are constructed together with the central concern of the sociology of emotions. It shows the viewer that the film’s ...

On his new EP “Origin”, İlkay Şencan brings the musical memory of his childhood together with electronic music. We met Şencan and talked about many things, from the start of his career to ...

One of the world’s northernmost capitals, Reykjavík is usually seen by travellers arriving on the island as little more than a place to sleep or a stopover on the way to nature tours. Yet with its ...

Lance Oppenheim’s new film “Primetime” rebuilds Chris Hansen’s television world with strong performances, but stays on the surface when it comes to the human cost of the hunger for ratings and the ...

We give away the belongings of the dead, but their voices, messages and images stay on our phones. Starting from Sandra Wollner’s film Everytime, some thoughts on the shapes grief takes, from shoes ...

Established rock bands have been playing largely the same setlists with the same stage set-ups for years. Isn’t a vast catalogue reason enough for a band to offer listeners a different slice of it at ...

An October route from the bistros of Nice to the art galleries of Saint-Paul-de-Vence, and from the stone villages of the Luberon to the market in Arles. As the summer crowds recede and the fields are ...

Ramize Erer’s exhibition “Séparation” has opened in room 44 of Hôtel Langlois, a hotel that carries the historic atmosphere of Paris into the present. We spoke to Ramize Erer and the curator Nazlı ...

First held in 2006, Sinopale has, over twenty years, become one of Türkiye’s longest-running independent art initiatives. On the occasion of its 10th edition, we sat down with the biennial’s founders, ...

In his book “Deniz Canavarları”, Roger Crowley describes how Portugal built a lasting empire in the Indian Ocean with a small navy, how maritime trade transformed global relations of power, and where ...

Eaten bones, organs and all, the ortolan is one of the most controversial dishes in French gastronomy. Its story, which stretches from Dumas’s culinary dictionary to “Succession”, raises the question ...

Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald” sometimes leans too heavily on the comfort of familiar footage, moving on to a new joke when it could linger longer over some difficult questions. Even so, it ...