‘Left Bank’ Explores Ideas, Art and Passion in the City of Light
The artists and writers of Paris' Left Bank brought scandal and controversy in their time. In so doing they shaped the artistic and intellectual milieu of the modern world.
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Sleater-Kinney: Live in Paris
Sleater-Kinney celebrates their 2015 reunion with a live album that captures the excitement and mood of their concerts without any hint of their decade-long hiatus.
Another Kind of Horror: ‘When Paris Went Dark’
When Paris Went Dark is a penetrating history of the anxiety, confusion, claustrophobia, and uncertainty experienced by a city in the grip of an unpredictable menace.
Roger Michell’s Homage to Godard Leaves Its Characters Literally Breathless
Roger Michell and Hanif Kureishi reunite in Le Week-End, a surprisingly uncompromising portrait of a long, restless marriage.
Modernity, Rising: ‘Lifted: A Cultural History of the Elevator’
Lifted is an absorbing exploration into how the introduction of elevators into buildings transformed cities and the experience of living and working in them.
A Little Ominous Noir Music Makes Jules Dassin’s ‘Rifif’ Nearly Perfect
This benchmark of the heist genre shows that for the criminal, elegance and brutality go hand-in-hand, never more vividly depicted than in this tightly structured ode to Paris.
Paris Tonight: Anna Domino’s “Paris” (1990)
A moody, passionate ode to the city of lights, "Paris" remains one of Anna Domino's many overlooked gems.