News

Tron: Ares number 1 at $33.5 million USD, without explosion, cold glow of an October weekend.

Culture

Tron: Ares lands atop the box office but underwhelms

2025-10-13

At Matignon, Sébastien Lecornu is working on a constrained budget, aligning his new ministers while the assembly, wary, holds its breath.

Society

Lecornu II: the budget and political equation of a survival cabinet

2025-10-13

In the Japanese film Egoist, Kōsuke dries Ryūta's hair, like one tames a silence. The romance begins with a transaction, shifts towards attachment, and stumbles over money. Here, Daishi Matsunaga's camera lets the gestures speak. The melodrama seeps in, discreet and persistent.

Culture

Egoist, a Japanese LGBTQ+ melodrama of elegant longing

2025-10-13

Under the clear sky of the Rolex Shanghai Masters, Arthur Rinderknech waves after defeating Félix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-4. His first Masters 1000 semifinal, the match concluded with an ace, showcasing a cold mastery of key points. A decisive break in the first set, an early break in the second, and three break points saved at 2-1. French tennis is rediscovering a pure and effective style, emphasizing consistency over showmanship.

Sport

Rinderknech reaches Shanghai Masters 1000 semifinal after 6-3, 6-4 win over Auger-Aliassime

2025-10-10

Jury member at Cannes 2016, Vanessa Paradis gazes at a clear sky: a few years later, she releases 'The Return of Sunny Days'. Eighth album, October 10, 2025, written and co-produced with Étienne Daho and Jean-Louis Piérot. Between Motorbass and Abbey Road, the voice draws closer, the strings breathe. A restrained joy, a patient light, after seven years of studio silence.

Culture

French singer Vanessa Paradis’ new album ‘Le retour des beaux jours’

2025-10-10

Winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature, László Krasznahorkai creates a body of work with long, flowing sentences where the threat of disaster reveals the power of art. From 'Sátántangó' to his collaboration with Béla Tarr, he makes slowness a method of clarity. In Stockholm, this crowning achievement reminds us how literature can stand up to the clamor of the world.

Culture

László Krasznahorkai, 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature

2025-10-09

48 hours to find a Prime Minister and avoid dissolution: Matignon awaits its leader, the Republic holds its breath.

Society

France set to name a new Prime Minister within 48 hours

2025-10-09

Robert Badinter, the face of humanist justice. The lawyer who abolished the death penalty, serving a Republic of law.

Society

Badinter grave vandalized; Panthéon ceremony goes ahead in Paris

2025-10-09

Under the cold glow of the Champs-Élysées, Nawell Madani walks with a closed expression. This photo, above all, tells the story of a celebrity's solitude captured by the public eye. It is in this bright and mundane setting that an action, in just a few seconds, potentially falls under the Penal Code regarding violence against minors. The image here conveys the ambivalence between visibility and vulnerability.

Society

Nawell Madani case: inquiry for violence against a minor in Paris

2025-10-09

Maison de l’Amérique latine, 7 p.m. Voices gather for Edmund White. The narrative follows three phases: medicalizing gaze, regained freedom, the ordeal of AIDS. A monument is not erected: books are reopened, a presence is shared. Clarity and accuracy prevail, in a listening that brings people together.

Culture

Edmund White’s novels and legacy remembered in Paris

2025-10-08

Budget 2026: Lecornu, resigning PM, 48 hours of consultations before the 8 PM news on France 2

Society

Budget France 2026: Lecornu’s 48-hour talks, Macron’s options

2025-10-08

Sport

Charlie Dalin quietly won the Vendée Globe while treating cancer

2025-10-08