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Valéria Bruni Tedeschi's "Un chateau en Italie" ("A Castle in Italy") was all but forgotten when Michael Douglas and Matt Damon stepped in the spotlight as lovers in Steven Soderbergh's entertaining competition entry "Behind the Candelabra".
 
Oldies but goodies: Great Paris vintage (The Flipside of Paris)
Paris, like any city, has its share of low-end vintage stores that require you to dig through clothing that smells of mothballs in order to find that diamond in the rough. Here are three boutiques with a more inspiring selection of vintage fashion.
 
Operation: Cannes (The newsroom... and beyond)
Cannes is the big red glowing dot on the Culture team’s calendar each year, our annual date with the biggest, hottest, most sought-after film stars on the planet. Join us!
 
As I have argued before on the World Buzz, we must confront our globally endemic rape culture in order to curb sexual violence against women. In order to do this, we need to engage in sustained social discourses that challenge patriarchy.
 
A Norwegian MP has come under fire in France for suggesting that groups of French people be barred from entering the country because of their notoriety as “troublemaking criminals.”
 
Lebanese director Ziad Doueiri’s film “The Attack” has been banned since parts of the award-winning film were shot in Israel. But the film is a nuanced portrait of Israeli Arab identities, a nuance lost on Lebanese officials.
 
Just one year after his election, French President François Hollande is at a record low in the polls. What has he done to deserve this? And how can he hang on for another four years?
 
With presidential elections still four years away, French political addicts are turning their attention to mayoral elections in just over 12 months. In Paris, candidates are taking positions in what will likely be a women-only battle.
 
In the front row for all things fashion...
 
Brits abroad - and all at sea? (Population Paris)
A Brit living in Paris, France 24's Katerina Vittozzi looks at David Cameron's speech on Britain in the EU. Oddly, she thinks she's seen it somewhere before.
 
A dire outcome for Syria and the region are a certainty if the U.S. and Europe continue to wait the crisis out.
 
I have not one but two anglophone shows coming up for you this month, that’s right, one for each eyeball. And these shows, to combat the autumnal greyness, are firmly in the realms of the mind-trippingly insane.
 
Dog Days at the Movies (You can lead a horticulture…)
August is a month like few others, with cities and countries coming to a near standstill as temperatures rise. It has also been surprising fertile territory for filmmakers.
 
THE EGYPTIAN BALL OF THREAD (Egypt's 7000 year-long march to democracy)
Polling stations are looking very empty in Cairo...for what reasons and with what consequences? In the picture posted, the sum of what may stand between Egypt and a transition to democracy: tanks and tennis courts.
 
“Welcome to the Mexican spring, where the youth have flourish and spread their ideas like pollen, where the hearts are lit and opens minds makes tangible the illusion...
 
At the time this article was written, officials from a certain national security agency passed through the lobby of a hotel that shall not be named, causing the authors to glance somewhat nervously over their shoulders and to speak in hushed tones...
 
A veritable army of flags – flags from other political parties, pro-peace flags, gay rights flags, even the national flags of other countries (!) – streamed into the Place de la Bastille on Sunday. An invasion? Paté went to investigate.
 
The French left is still celebrating - but when the hangovers kick in, so will the legacy of a divisive campaign, and the tough subjects that were often forgotten. I take a look both forwards and back.
 
Here’ s a stat that might interest you: according to a recent poll by Le Monde, Marine Le Pen is the most favoured candidate among voters between 18-24, with 26% of the vote.
 
After 25 years in the French music industry, you’d expect Igor Stanislas and Manu MacManus to be fighting for stricter laws against illegal downloading. Not quite... They’d rather see the government tackling animal rights abuses and pollution.
 
The Algerian War is one of those historical episodes that everyone seems to talk about in France – but only in a way that skims the surface. France and Algeria are at pains to come to grips with a painful shared history.
 
Russian press review - between rage and dispair (Russian Elections Chronicles)
Three days before the election and the Russian media is torn between doom, gloom, resignation and barely veiled threats…. Read our media review to find out why.
 
Head in the Sandbox (The Tech Files)
Dive into a world of extraordinary ideas. Sandbox is a community of innovators and entrepreneurs, where everyone’s aged under thirty. When it comes to vision, the sky’s the limit. What’s more, they all rather like each other.
 
The candidate for the Front de Gauche won't be the next president. But while he's happy to weigh on the Socialist party's agenda, his real concern is convincing working-class voters not to be wooed by the far Right.
 
There's a veritable abundance of blogs about Paris - its nightlife, museums, restaurants, music scene. And Brits seem to have cracked the magical formula for blogging success.
 
Rioting in the UK and France: driving factors (Vue d'ailleurs: French Politics, Culture and Society)
The riots that shook England in 2011 are beginning to fade from memory, but the causes won’t disappear as quickly. The UK should look to France, where the anger and frustration that erupted in 2005 still simmers below the surface
 
Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jews think they are the exclusive owners of Judaism. It's up to the Israeli authorities and the majority of their compatriots to tell them they're wrong.
 
In whatever state Europe eventually emerges from its credit crisis, its constituents will need to realign themselves with the parts of the world that are growing. Increasingly, that’s Africa.
 
Holiday Spirit in Paris (Scout Paris)
Paris sparkles during the holiday season with pretty decorations displayed in stores and throughout the festive streets of the city.
 
True life is elsewhere, as the Czech novelist Milan Kundera says. While everyone is looking for his final destination, for the wealthy Chinese, there is one common direction - Out of China.
 
SomeFINK different (An Eveling in Paris)
SomeFINK different - the DJ turned singer-songwriter 'Fink' aka Fin Greenall is in the studio to talk about his new album 'Perfect Darkness.
 
We live in hope (Iran, the Paradox)
Today - Monday, 10 October 2011 is the 9th World Day to raise awareness on the inhumanity of the death penalty throughout the entire process, from sentence to execution.
 
Markets are pushing innovation in the emerging world, they could be pushing innovation in the developed world.
 
Photos from the gorgeous window displays that celebrate the beauty of spring at Galeries Lafayette and Printemps department stores in Paris!
 
[AUDIO] China's Religious Revival (China Talking Points)
Is China facing a "morality crisis?" In the face of growing economic inequity, more and more people are turning to religion on the mainland. We explore this important trend on the China Talking Points podcast.
 
A chat with HBO on their brand new sports special