This month’s selection will explore the spectrum of French culture - from romance and gallantry, to strikes and revolution - and delve into the darker depths of contemporary African politics.
via French Book News - Newsletter: July
Jacques Brel - Rosa (via rubiocos @YouTube)
Jacques Brel takes on his Latin teacher (pointer from Raminagrobis)
Eugène Boudin
Four Ladies in Crinolines Walking at Trouville, 1865
from the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Dancing at the cafe - Jean-Luc Godard, Bande à part, 1964
merci, florizelle
(via MisterSix at YouTube)
First World War poster in the collection of the Australian War Memorial, encouraging the public to ‘eat less meat and save our livestock’; one of a series drawn by schoolchildren
La Règle du Jeu (1939) (via calc3772)
see also For Christ’s sake, who’ll help me out of this skin?!, at 3quarksdaily
The man in the bear costume is the director, Jean Renoir
Classic French dictionary Littré, now online
During World War II, French photographer André Zucca had rare access to color film because he worked for the Nazi propaganda organ Signal (via artforum.com / critics’ picks)
En suivant la mode, Jardin du Luxembourg, Mai 1942
from an exhibition at theBibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris
“ah, don’t we all love les cuisses de grenouille”, but nowadays they come from elsewhere, “around Armenia.”
