AUTHOR Beverly Andrews
A Cinematic Odyssey
The Odyssey Chinese Cinema Season 2023 offers a bold and diverse selection of films that challenge stereotypes and spotlight the emotional and cultural richness of contemporary Chinese filmmaking. From courtroom dramas to queer love stories and unconventional personal journeys, the festival reveals a cinematic landscape as complex and compelling as the country itself.
Tribeca Film Festival 2023
From war-torn Ukraine to the Scottish Highlands, this year’s Tribeca Film Festival spotlighted powerful global stories of resilience, identity, and unexpected connection. Through comedy, documentary, and drama, these films reaffirm cinema’s ability to bridge cultures and speak to our shared humanity.
Medicine’s Dubious History
In Giant, composer Sarah Angliss brings the tragic story of Charles Byrne—the 18th-century “Irish Giant”—to operatic life, weaving a haunting tale of bodily autonomy, scientific ambition, and lost humanity. Premiering at the Aldeburgh Festival, this bold new work confronts the dark legacy of medical progress built on exploitation, echoing disturbing parallels with modern celebrity culture and our ongoing fascination with physical difference.
Bricktop
Her journey in Paris was different, she came over as a performer but not as a super star like Josephine Baker. It was a quieter trip in a way. Bricktop sang and became a friend to big white stars.
Death of Icon | Tina Turner
Perhaps Tina Turner’s greatest achievement was being an inspiration to women around the world in abusive relationships. Through her example, they could see that it was possible to leave an abusive partner and rebuild their lives.
Corée du Sud : de la cicatrice à l’éclat mondial
De la K-pop aux séries télévisées en passant par le pansori et le design, la culture sud-coréenne rayonne bien au-delà de ses frontières. À Londres, le festival K-Music et l’exposition Hallyu! The Korean Wave du Victoria and Albert Museum rendent hommage à cette ascension fulgurante. Une plongée immersive dans l’histoire, les métamorphoses et la conquête mondiale de la culture coréenne.
Joséphine Baker racontée par Bricktop
Joséphine sentait qu’à Paris elle avait trouvé une fenêtre par laquelle elle pouvait échapper à tous les abaissements racistes subis aux États-Unis.
Queerness from London to Seoul
From Seoul to London, a wave of bold, life-affirming queer stories is reshaping the cultural landscape. Across film, theatre, and performance, artists are confronting gender, identity, and belonging with honesty, beauty, and imagination—offering not just representation, but revelation.