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Dismissing movie musicals as pure escapism, author Desirée J. Garcia argues, "tends to end the discussion. It dismisses the genre without being thoughtful about why musicals continue to be made over and over again.”

Inbetween Girl Inbetween Girl director Mei Makino watched through a long list of warm and colorful films while working on her debut feature, a coming-of-age film about a teenager's love affairs in the wake of her parents' divorce. Diary of a Teenage Girl, Clueless, and ... The Social Network? Steve Jobs? "I know it's not what you'd expect," she said. "But I just think those scripts are so tightly written! I was like, 'Yeah! Come on, Sorkin!'" And it shows: Inbetween Girl demonstrates reverence for a multitude of filmic lineages. Sixteen-year-old Angie Chen makes sense of her life by draw...

Netflix And French Cinema: Love-Hate Sequel Of A Hollywood Past After a rocky start, relations between the streaming giant and the French film ecosystem have improved thanks to Netflix investments in local production. But ensuring long-term independence of French films from the Hollywood system is still a battle. PARIS — We might as well say it right away: With Netflix, the French cinema world doesn't quite feel like celebrating a successful marriage, as it did with French TV channel Canal+ in the 1980s. Still, relations have warmed considerably with the U.S.-based streaming platform. "As...

Image Credit: Samuel Kirszenbaum With its three golden knights each holding a sword, Michel Legrand’s château is the best guarded in the region. Never mind the fact that these Hollywood statuettes, stranded in the Gâtinais, are only 34 centimetres high. At 86, there is nothing to suggest even the slightest lull in the composer’s busy schedule. For example, there is some unfinished business dating back to the 70s, pet projects such as the stage adaptation of Peau d’âne ( Donkey Skin) this autumn at Théâtre Marigny, followed by a stage production of his famous song ...