BIZARRE: 4 | Mind Blowing Facts

Carolyn Carlson: The American who revolutionised dance in France and the rest of Europe

She says she's not a dancer or a choreographer. Instead, our guest describes herself as a visual poet. Born in California, Carolyn Carlson became the reference for modern dance in France in the 1970s. Fifty years on, she’s still dancing. She’s created more than 100 pieces – many of them…

France 24 · Dec 5, 2023

Ireland's Paul Lynch on winning 2023 Booker Prize with novel 'Prophet Song'

Irish writer Paul Lynch's Booker Prize-winning fifth novel is a timely and urgent book described as powerful, claustrophobic and horribly real, capturing the social and political anxieties of our time. The book is set in a dystopian Dublin in the grips of totalitarianism. Some of the themes of "Prophet Song"…

France 24 · Nov 27, 2023

New film 'Wish' premieres in Paris to celebrate 100 years of Disney

As the team behind the latest magical Disney adventure "Wish" present their film in Paris, we're talking about 100 years of the biggest media company on the planet. We learn about Walt's French ancestry and how the name Disney came from two French words – D apostrophe Isigny – which…

France 24 · Nov 24, 2023

Artist Antony Gormley: 'This exhibition is an audit on what it means to be alive today'

In this edition of Arts24, Eve Jackson speaks to one of the most popular and accoladed artists in the UK and beyond. Antony Gormley's sculptures are simple and accessible and scattered around the world, from cities to seashores. His 20-metre-high "Angel of the North" has for two decades gazed down…

France 24 · Nov 10, 2023

Film show: France sends a delicious foodie movie to the Oscars

Film critic Lisa Nesselson and presenter Eve Jackson talk about the week's film news, including Juliette Binoche starring in historical foodie movie "The Taste of Things", also known as "The Pot-au-Feu". They also discuss the biopic of adventurous skilled navigator Florence Arthaud, as well as "Goodbye Julia", the first ever…

France 24 · Nov 8, 2023

France's top book prize goes to epic love story set in Italy

France's top literary prize, the Goncourt, has been awarded to "Veiller sur elle" by Jean-Baptiste Andrea, published by Iconoclaste. The American Library in Paris's Programs Manager Emilie Biggs joins Eve Jackson to talk about the book, whose title translates as "Watch Over Her" and the significance of the prize. We…

France 24 · Nov 7, 2023

British director Ken Loach's final film is a call for greater compassion for refugees

From "Game of Thrones" star Emilia Clarke as a mum-to-be of a baby grown in an artificial womb in "The Pod Generation", to compassionate refugee drama "The Old Oak" from veteran socialist filmmaker Ken Loach, film critic Lisa Nesselson talks to Eve Jackson about the week's film news.

France 24 · Oct 25, 2023

Director Terry Gilliam on his career: 'I got away with murder!'

For more than 50 years he has been conjuring up strange and fantastical worlds. From the very beginning of his work with Monty Python, he has rarely played by the rules and has shunned the Hollywood system, yet serious actors like Sean Connery, Robin Williams and Johnny Depp queue up…

France 24 · Oct 24, 2023

Joyce Maynard: 'I wouldn't recommend being published when you're a teenager'

Our guest is an acclaimed writer with a career spanning more than fifty years. In that time she's published hundreds of essays as well as twenty books, including the memoir "At Home in the World" – where she spoke of her relationship with "The Catcher in the Rye" author JD…

France 24 · Oct 17, 2023

Writer-director Rebecca Miller on her surreal romcom 'She Came to Me'

She's written and directed six feature films, including "Maggie's Plan" and "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee", as well as a documentary about her Nobel Prize-winning playwright father, "Arthur Miller: Writer" in 2017. Artist, author, writer and director Rebecca Miller talks to arts24's Eve Jackson about her new film, the…

France 24 · Sep 28, 2023