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Lise Pedersen Institutions working on film restoration around the world are deploying remarkable creativity to get the films they’ve restored into theaters – the Lumière Institute’s eponymous film festival currently running in Lyon being a prime example.“Here at the festival, we show a lot of restored films, but we also generate many: some films are restored specially to be shown here.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentThe Lumière festival, a week-long celebration of heritage movies created by late filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier, is having a packed 13th edition in Lyon, the birthplace of the Lumiere brothers. With a vast lineup including screenings of classic films, restored prints, discoveries and masterclasses, the festival had already sold nearly 90,000 tickets for film screenings and other related events at mid-point.

Michael Appler The Circle in the Square Theatre — a Broadway house that last opened a revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” — transformed on Sunday in the ebullient and nourishing setting of a Black church as “Chicken & Biscuits,” a new comedy by Douglas Lyons, took its opening-night bow.Attended by guests including Lynn Nottage, Molly Wingwald, Jessie Mueller, Krysta Rodriguez, and Shereen Pimentel, Sunday’s opening night met the occasion of “Chicken & Biscuits” quiet revolution

Some Manchester United supporters have taken to social media to react to a statement made by former Liverpool and England midfielder Steven Gerrard about former United pair Rafael and Fabio Da Silva.

Lise Pedersen French actor, director, producer and writer Edouard Baer, in Lyon for the premiere of “Adieu Paris!” at the Lumière Festival, drew endless laughs from his audience at his masterclass in the city’s Comédie Odéon theater.Displaying a gifted talent for improvisation, Baer amused the audience with self-deprecating tirades and anecdotes.

Lise Pedersen Multi-award winning Italian director Paolo Sorrentino has been speaking openly about his most intimate film to date, “The Hand of God,” at the Lumière Festival in Lyon, where his upcoming Netflix film received its French premiere.Speaking at a masterclass at the century-old Comédie Odéon theater, Sorrentino confided: “I am first and foremost an observer. It’s what I like doing.

The dish that gives this play its title was, we’re told more than once, a specialty of the late patriarch whose death has occasioned a very rocky family reunion, a get-together where the only consensus seems to be that grandpa’s traditional culinary contribution was beloved more for sentimentality than flavor.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAfter beating the odds last year by hosting a physical edition in the midst of the pandemic, Cannes’ chief Thierry Fremaux’s Lumière festival kicked off in Lyon with great fanfare and prestigious guests including Paolo Sorrentino, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Netflix’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos, Valeria Golino, Joachim Trier, Rossy de Palma, Melanie Laurent and Edouard Baer.

Ed Meza @edmezavarSwedish cult film streaming service Cultpix, which launched in April, continues to beef up its catalogue while expanding deals with distribution partners.Company co-founders Rickard Gramfors and Patrick von Sychowski will be attending the Lumière Festival’s International Classic Film Market (MFIC) in Lyon, France, where they will be on the lookout for new acquisitions.“This is the first time that either of us are attending and we are already in discussions via email with other

Ed Meza @edmezavarThe Lumière Festival’s International Classic Film Market (MIFC) in Lyon, France, bows Tuesday, again bringing together distributors, exhibitors, streamers, TV programmers, film restorers and festival reps for one of the world’s leading heritage cinema events.This year’s market looks set for a much more upbeat atmosphere compared to the 2020 edition, which took place right before the pandemic’s second wave that led to months-long cinema closures.“It’s more about getting back on

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentIrene Jacob (“Three Colours: Red”), a critically acclaimed film and theater actor, is set to preside over the Lumière Institute in Lyon, succeeding to Bertrand Tavernier, the revered French filmmaker who died in March.

Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Jonas have joined the producing team of Douglas Lyons’ Broadway comedy Chicken & Biscuits, currently in previews at Circle in the Square Theatre.

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UPDATE, with full casting Chicken & Biscuits, the new comedy written by Douglas Lyons heading to Broadway this fall, has announced its full cast.

Chicken & Biscuits, a new comedy written by Black playwright Douglas Lyons, with a largely Black cast and directed by Zhailon Levingston, who at 27 becomes the youngest Black director in Broadway history, will have its Broadway premiere this Fall.

Moussa Dembele. The Frenchman starred for the Parkhead club for two seasons before moving to Lyon in a £20million deal.Also included was a sell-on clause of 10-15 per cent, and that looked set to arrive when Dembele joined Atletico Madrid in January.The striker was signed on loan with an option to buy but his spell in Spain has been frustrating.The 24-year-old tested positive for Covid-19 shortly after arriving, and fainted in training on his return.

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Thierry Frémaux I met Bertrand Tavernier in Lyon in 1982 at the Chateau Lumiere when he came to announce that he was going to become the first president of the Institut Lumière.He had just come off “Coup de Torchon” and his prestige was at its peak. As I was working for Positif magazine, I took the opportunity to question Bertrand about his love for films and his long relationship with the magazine.

French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier, known for such award winning works as A Sunday In The Country, Round Midnight, Capitaine Conan, It All Starts Today and Life And Nothing But, has died at the age of 79. The news was confirmed by France’s Lumière Institute in Lyon of which Tavernier was president.

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After suddenly losing his best friend and colleague Joe Lyons in August last year, Capital Radio presenter Roman Kemp has opened up about his own mental health battle. It comes ahead of the release of his new documentary, Roman Kemp: Our Silent Emergency.

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola reckons Manchester City have been the better team in their last two calamitous Champions League knockouts to Lyon and Spurs.

Dishonored co-creator and creative director Harvey Smith has revealed that he is working on a new game with Arkane Studios.During an interview with Spanish outlet Vandal, Smith said that he has started working on a new project with “the guys who made Dishonored and Prey”, referencing Arkane Studios’ Austin, Texas offices.

Authorities confirmed that three people died Saturday after the small plane they were flying in crashed into a residential home in Michigan, setting the house ablaze as its five occupants rushed to safety. The plane careened into a home in Lyon Township, Mich.

Moussa Dembele will not be leaving Lyon in the January window as was once claimed.

Former Liverpool and France manager Gerard Houllier has died, according to French media. The 73-year-old, who also managed Aston Villa, Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon) and Paris St Germain (PSG), passed away after having a heart operation in Paris, L'Equipe said.

straight to your inboxRio Ferdinand does not think Manchester City can be considered as a contender to win the Champions League this season.City were knocked out in the quarter-finals of the European competition during the 2019/20 campaign by French club Lyon and will be looking to kick on this time around. Pep Guardiola has won the Champions League twice as a manager - both with Barcelona in 2008/09 and then 2010/11.

straight to your inbox every day for freeRafael da Silva told Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to keep fighting as Manchester United manager. United recorded a 4-1 win over Istanbul Basaksehir in the Champions League on Tuesday evening - a result that keeps them top of Group H.