In Benedetta of Paul Verhoeven – to discover this evening on Canal + – Virginie Efira embodies a sulphurous nun (this is how Paul Verhoenven depicts it anyway) of the 17th century. The Dutch director of Basic Instinct, Starship Troopers or Shefreely adapted the essay by an American historian, Judith C. Brown, entitled “Sister Benedetta, … Read more
Anime is a broad term that covers a range of Japanese animation, both hand-drawn and computer-generated, from fantasy epics and jaw-dropping sci-fi to intimate drama and gritty realism. It has been around for over 100 years, but its popularity really exploded in the second half of the 20th century to become one of Japan’s top … Read more
The historian Viviane Perret answered the question of Anaïs who wondered, in the emission of the P’tis boats “why is James Bond called 007?“. That is, where does its creator Ian Fleming found the idea for this number? From the books and films, it is known that he represents James Bond’s license to kill and … Read more
For more than fifty years, Morocco and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have succeeded in maintaining a historic partnership. The African financial institution is committed to supporting the dynamics of economic and social reforms in the Kingdom, while supporting it in the implementation of several projects in different sectors. Its financing within the country reached … Read more
Call for papers for a study day Forms and figures of modern psychomachy (XX-XXI century) UPV3-RIRRA 21 Program“Literature and New Media” May 15, 2023, St-Charles site of the University of Montpellier 3 We readily observe, through various contemporary media, this recurring pattern of a figurative representation of mental life, taking place in the spatialized mind … Read more
BY Clemence Bouquerod Sep 19, 2022 Tarology, rituals, lithotherapy, numerology… Witchcraft has always been closely linked to spirituality. But with the feminist double meaning that the word “witches” has taken on today, we wondered what became of these women of another gender. Reportage. Lithotherapy – © Sarah Brown The word witch is heavy with meaning. … Read more
In the early 1980s, I embarked on writing a science fiction novel about a future in which the United States had broken up. Part of the country was now a theocratic dictatorship based on the religious doctrine and jurisprudence of Puritan New England in the 17th century. I had set the scene in the vicinity … Read more
In the early 1980s, I embarked on writing a science fiction novel about a future in which the United States had broken up. Part of the country was now a theocratic dictatorship based on the religious doctrine and jurisprudence of Puritan New England in the 17and century. I had set the scene in the vicinity … Read more
Once hunted down and burned, the witch has been gradually rehabilitated since the 19th century. The witch today embodies a multitude of figures, starting with that of the benefactress magician associated with neo-pagan movements. One of the best known is wicca (inspired by the English witch, “witch”), codified in the 1950s in England. This religion … Read more
WEBSERIES 8/9 – Le Figaro Special Edition devotes an exceptional issue to the painter of Spring. In The Mystical NativitySandro reveals the anguish caused to him by the execution of Savonarola. “I, Alessandro, painted this picture at the end of the year 1500 during the troubles in Italy, when the eleventh chapter of Saint John … Read more