by Kathryn Hall My flatmate and I set a house rule to only watch French films while living in Paris, to better ‘immerse’ ourselves in our adoptive land’s language and culture and so on. Though we push it at times, (’Jean Reno’s French, so I guess we can justifiably watch Léon again…’) this has led us to stumble upon a couple of less widely remembered French films. The first was Les Amants du Pont Neuf, directed by Leos Carax – a very late-’80s/early-â...

by Kathryn Hall Trainee architect turned soldier turned filmmaker Amos Gitai, known for his often didactic documentary and fictionalised explorations into the relationship between war, religion, the citizen, and the state in modern day Israel, is currently harbouring sixteen ‘Traces’ of his films underground in Palais de Tokyo.   The ‘chantier,’ as this space is called, is pretty fitting as a location for Gitai’s installation. Never sentimentalisin...

The exhibition of Nantes-born video artist Pierrick Sorin, currently nestled in blacked out corners at Centquatre, is very much a one-man sketch show. Practicing the method of autofilmage, Sorin often assumes several roles simultaneously, with superimposition allowing for their interaction. His characters are both comical and endearing, in scenarios fictional yet relatable to real life. Though it may seem an introspective technique, Sorin’s work looks into aspects related to...