Henri AstierAmerican Fiction: exquise comédie de moeursMy review (in French) of a hilarious satire of some of the social and artistic pieties of our time.2 min read·Mar 1, 2024----
Henri AstierFrance’s prime ministerial charadeThe naming of Gabriel Attal as President Macron’s new PM may be aimed at rejuvenating government, but it rests on an old constitutional…4 min read·Jan 12, 2024----
Henri AstierWhy Delors never became French presidentJacques Delors, who died this week, has been hailed as “the best president France never had”. There are good reasons for that.3 min read·Dec 29, 2023----
Henri AstierEsquisse d’une typologie des musiques de filmProlégomènes à toute musicologie cinématographique future.3 min read·Dec 3, 2023----
Henri AstierNapoleon (Film Review)The film “Napoleon” is loosely based on the life of the general-turned-emperor of that name.3 min read·Nov 30, 2023----
Henri AstierMay December: film reviewWhy Todd Haynes’ unsettling family drama should be watched alongside a 1970s classic.3 min read·Nov 27, 2023--1--1
Henri AstierNext stop Auschwitz: The Łódź ghettoThe moral dilemmas faced by Jews in a Nazi ghetto are set out with both sensitivity and dramatic force in the play The White Factory.5 min read·Oct 23, 2023----
Henri AstierOppenheimer: a boilerplate morality playAfter watching the Hollywood blockbuster, you’ll know one thing about the Manhattan Project: the US government is EVIL.2 min read·Jul 26, 2023----
Henri AstierWhy French cinema is fascinated with dyingMia Hansen-Løve’s “One Fine Morning” is latest of a series of French movies about terminal illness, and one of the very best.4 min read·Apr 14, 2023----
