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▶ Lupin is streaming now on Netflix. Netflix and Gaumont have scored a hit with a French series inspired by one of the 20th-century’s most enduringly popular criminals: Arsène Lupin, a charismatic gentleman burglar created by Maurice Leblanc in 1905. Maurice Leblanc, creator of Arsène Lupin Lupin made his bow in stories in the French magazine Je sais tout before Leblanc followed up with 17 novels, more than twice as many novellas, a spin-off novel and several plays. That’s before other writers got involved, whether spoofing or paying homage. In the 1970s the writing d...

Step back in time with critically acclaimed cinematic wonders screening this month Alliance Francaise Dubai will screen French classics every Sunday Image Credit: Supplied Sundays spell classic movie nights in the city as Alliance Francaise Dubai picks out some treasured French cinematic wonders to screen at its theatre in Oud Metha. All movies will be shown at 7pm in its original language with English subtitles, with screenings starting from January 10. January 10 Starring: Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin Casque D'Or Ima...

▶︎ Phantom Thread is widely available on digital platforms, 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD. The ‘phantom thread’ in the title of Paul Thomas Anderson’s eighth feature refers to a term that seamstresses working in the East End of Victorian London used to describe the sensation they felt after emerging from long, repetitive hours in the workshop. After returning home exhausted, the women would find their hands moving involuntarily, their fingers clasped as though sewing invisible, ‘phantom’ threads. It’s a title that offers hints of the gothic undercurrents that drive Anderson’s f...