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fromFilmmaker Magazine
2 weeks ago

Cannes Film Festival Head Thierry Fremaux on the Past and Future of Movies

Thierry Frémaux plays a crucial role in film programming and history, connecting past cinema with contemporary selections.
Independent films
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

Godard and war: How 20th-century armed conflicts triggered a revolution in cinema

War profoundly influenced Jean-Luc Godard's cinematic work, shaping his artistic vision and thematic exploration throughout his career.
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fromThe Local France
2 weeks ago

French films with English subtitles to watch in April 2026

Lost in Frenchlation offers a diverse lineup of French films with English subtitles for April 2026, catering to cinema enthusiasts and language learners.
fromIndieWire
3 weeks ago

Thierry Fremaux on Why 'Today, We Never Trust Images We See' - but We Can Trust the Lumiere Brothers and 'Apocalypse Now'

The invention of the Cinématographe was ready right away. The process of the invention was longer, and there were a lot of inventors before Lumière.
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fromLos Angeles Times
18 years ago

A DeMille classic, restored

Cecil B. DeMille's historic Laughlin Park estate, featuring connected Beaux Arts mansions including the former Chaplin House, is listed for $26.25 million after comprehensive 2001 renovation.
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fromColossal
1 month ago

Lost for More Than a Century, the First 'Sci-Fi' Film Ever Made Resurfaces

A lost 1897 Georges Méliès silent film resurfaces after over a century through a family collection, now digitally restored and publicly available in 4K.
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fromInverse
1 month ago

129 Years Later, The First-Ever Sci-Fi Film Has Finally Been Found

The Library of Congress restored Georges Méliès's lost 1897 film Gugusse and the Automaton, featuring what may be cinema's first robot and earliest on-screen warning about technology dangers.
Photography
fromFrenchly
2 months ago

In 2026, France Celebrates 200 Years of Photography - Frenchly

Niépce's 1826 heliograph from Le Gras inaugurated photography; France will mark its bicentenary with a nationwide yearlong program (September 2026–September 2027).
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fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Found: The 19th century silent film that first captured a robot attack

The Library of Congress restored a lost 1897 Georges Melies film depicting an early robot, representing probably the first robot captured in moving image.
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fromOpen Culture
1 month ago

The First Robot Movie: Watch a Newly Discovered Georges Melies Film from 1897

Georges Méliès' rediscovered film 'Gugusse and the Automaton' features cinema's earliest known robot, predating modern science-fiction cinema by over a century.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Frederick Wiseman, prolific documentary film-maker, dies aged 96

Frederick Wiseman, a pioneering documentary filmmaker, created nearly 50 observational films exploring public institutions with naturalistic technique and intensive editing.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

How Nouvelle Vague captures the formidably cool Breathless and its impact on cinema

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
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