FRANCE 24 covers the world of culture – literature, art, music and dance in France and beyond – including exclusive interviews and upcoming exhibits.https://www.france24.com/en/culture/Fri, 21 Jul 2023 22:24:11 GMTFrench connectionshttps://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/french-connections/20230720-la-chanson-fran%C3%A7aise-exploring-the-ins-and-outs-of-iconic-french-music The recent passing of Jane Birkin was a reminder of just how attached French people are to la chanson française, which literally translates to "French songs" but is much more than that. Chanson française is a very distinct genre of music and is intertwined with French culture and history. Several styles of chanson française have emerged over the years, but the defining feature that ties them all together is that it's all about the words. In this episode of French Connections we take you on a musical tour of la chanson française. 82f0a0d4-26fb-11ee-9470-005056a97652Thu, 20 Jul 2023 13:28:18 GMTFlorence VILLEMINOTEncore!https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/encore/20230717-jane-birkin-the-british-actress-who-became-a-french-icon She was an icon in France: a British actress, singer and muse to many. In this edition we remember Jane Birkin, who died on Sunday at the age of 76. A British woman who was a cultural idol for the French, the lover and collaborator of one of their most adored singers Serge Gainsbourg, she even had a luxury Hermès handbag named after her. Music critic Marjorie Hache speaks to Eve Jackson about her life and legacy. 7576a52e-24ae-11ee-8fc3-005056a97652Mon, 17 Jul 2023 15:50:15 GMTEve JACKSONFashionhttps://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/fashion/20230717-haute-couture-autumn-winter-2023-24-an-ode-to-lightness Haute Couture is part of French soft power: creating thousands of jobs and huge profits, a world away from a dramatic news cycle. This season's Paris Fashion Week was no exception. Dior's show saw Maria Grazia Chiuri reinventing the pleats of ancient Greece, while Iris van Herpen experimented with new shapes to allow movement. In their new collections, the two fashion houses are creating an ode to lightness – perhaps an antidote to our turbulent times? 72726ee8-2487-11ee-927e-005056bf762bMon, 17 Jul 2023 10:58:56 GMTMedia TVEncore!https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/encore/20230714-social-justice-and-british-voices-take-centre-stage-at-77th-avignon-theatre-festival We bring you a special edition from the 77th international theatre festival in the southern French city of Avignon, where change is in the air under its new Portuguese director Tiago Rodrigues. As the first non-French leader to take the reins of the festival, Rodrigues has brought in a majority of first-time performers and female directors, and introduced English as a guest language. One of the British artists joining the line-up for the first time this year is actor, director and playwright Tim Crouch. He sat down with FRANCE 24's Alison Sargent to talk about his experimental work exploring grief, technology and the nature of performance. 59092588-2233-11ee-ac6e-005056bf762bFri, 14 Jul 2023 12:57:34 GMTAlison SARGENTEncore!https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/encore/20230713-100-series-only-murders-in-the-building-season-3-with-selena-gomez-meryl-streep From the new season of three-time Emmy award-winning "Only Murders in the Building", passing by hit legal show "The Lincoln Lawyer" to our guide on what to watch this summer, Eve Jackson and Dheepthika Laurent talk about all that's new on the small screen in July. f1066bbc-216a-11ee-a985-005056a97652Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:37:36 GMTDheepthika LAURENTEncore!https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/encore/20230712-film-show-summer-blockbusters From Tom Cruise’s seventh "Mission Impossible", to Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken, as well as Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" starring Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, film critic Ben Croll speaks to Eve Jackson about the films of the summer. 3aeea52a-20b0-11ee-abe4-005056bf762bWed, 12 Jul 2023 14:17:32 GMTEve JACKSONCulturehttps://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230712-%F0%9F%94%B4-czech-born-french-writer-milan-kundera-author-of-the-unbearable-lightness-of-being-dies-at-94 Milan Kundera, whose dissident writings in communist Czechoslovakia transformed him into an exiled satirist of totalitarianism, has died in Paris at the age of 94, Czech media said Wednesday. 152ff576-2094-11ee-98c8-005056bf762bWed, 12 Jul 2023 09:12:04 GMT© Radek Mica, AFPNEWS WIRESEncore!https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/encore/20230711-paris-s-must-see-summer-exhibitions From a joint show with France's best-known political satire cartoonist Plantu and renowned Franco-Iranian photographer Reza at the Musée de l’Homme, to a celebration of street art at the Palais de Tokyo and along the banks of the Canal Saint-Denis, Eve Jackson brings you some of the best exhibitions of the summer in the city of lights. 103fd5a0-1ff3-11ee-9b87-005056bf762bTue, 11 Jul 2023 14:33:35 GMTEve JACKSONEncore!https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/encore/20230710-antonin-french-modern-day-dandy-releases-globetrotting-sunshiny-debut-album Hailing from south-western France, singer-songwriter Antonin is a modern-day dandy taking listeners on a soft and sunshiny voyage with his charming, poetic and dreamy folk tracks. After years spent collaborating with other bands, he’s just released his debut solo album "En Silence", a globetrotting record on which he sings in several languages: French, English, Italian and Hebrew. He tells FRANCE 24's Florence Villeminot how he's a modern day troubadour. dabe921c-1f2b-11ee-8532-005056a97652Mon, 10 Jul 2023 14:44:37 GMTFlorence VILLEMINOTEncore!https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/encore/20230707-american-novelist-joyce-carol-oates-the-united-states-is-tragically-divided Our guest is a prolific and acclaimed author. With more than a hundred books to her name, 84-year-old Joyce Carol Oates has dissected American society throughout her 60-year career, winning countless prizes. She sat down with FRANCE 24's Fatimata Wane in Italy, at Sicily's Taormina Book Festival, where she was honoured with the prestigious Taobuk Prize. 81e606f0-1cb2-11ee-9556-005056bf762bFri, 07 Jul 2023 15:04:28 GMTEve JACKSONEncore!https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/encore/20230706-paris-haute-couture-week-viktor-rolf-celebrate-their-birthday-with-swimsuitsd931586c-1c01-11ee-b1b2-005056a97652Thu, 06 Jul 2023 14:18:05 GMTEve JACKSONEncore!https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/encore/20230705-how-french-super-she-ro-cartoon-miraculous-became-an-international-sensation6c9aa56a-1b1f-11ee-b8e1-005056bf762bWed, 05 Jul 2023 14:46:03 GMTEve JACKSONEncore!https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/encore/20230704-nobel-literature-laureate-annie-ernaux-on-gender-and-social-class For decades, Annie Ernaux has written fearlessly about sex, abortion and illness – laying bare herself and society. Her deeply intimate and political work earned the French writer the Nobel Prize for literature last October. Ernaux spoke to FRANCE 24's Fatimata Wane at the Taormina book festival in Sicily, where she was among the recipients of the Taobuk award. 0bdc523c-1a57-11ee-aa34-005056a97652Tue, 04 Jul 2023 17:36:34 GMTAlison SARGENTCulturehttps://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230703-rome-s-pantheon-charges-for-tourist-entry Rome's 2,000-year-old Pantheon started charging for entrance Monday, with tourists paying five euros ($5) to see Italy's most visited cultural site. b9fd1fd8-19bf-11ee-9812-005056bf762bMon, 03 Jul 2023 16:36:13 GMT© Alberto PIZZOLI / AFPNEWS WIRESEncore!https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/encore/20230703-music-show-jb-dunckel-on-his-summer-bip-bip-from-the-heart Our guest is one half of French electronic duo AIR, who gained international recognition with their album "Moon Safari" in the late 1990s. In addition to his music with AIR, JB Dunckel has worked with various artists, produced film scores and released three studio albums. This summer he's bringing out a feel-good track entitled "Summer Bip Bip". He stopped by the FRANCE 24 studio to talk about what makes a good summer song, as well as mixing new technology when composing from the heart. e506189c-19ab-11ee-aa49-005056a97652Mon, 03 Jul 2023 15:20:04 GMTMarjorie HACHE