On set, in the United States, in 2020. Image taken from the documentary Covidwood, the year Hollywood stopped. – La Jolla Prod.
There is not only the direct in life, there is also the replay. From YouTube to Netflix to TV channel replays and radio station podcasts, 20 minutes every Sunday concocts a list of things to see, or review, listen to or listen to again.
“Covidwood”, the disaster scenario
The coronavirus pandemic has all of the disaster scenario that American blockbusters like to stage. Alas, in 2020, reality has caught up with or even surpassed fiction. The Covid-19 has turned the planet upside down and the small world of cinema has not been spared. The theaters had to close for long weeks, several works were finally released on streaming platforms and many shootings were suspended and postponed. In Covidwood, the year Hollywood stopped, visible on myCanal, Didier Allouch looks back on these last complicated months and their impact on American cinema.
A tribute to Yves Rénier on Salto
Actor and director Yves Rénier died overnight from Friday to Saturday, at the age of 78. The platform
Salto pays tribute to him by highlighting four of his achievements: The persuit, a two-part fiction on the Fourniret affair recently broadcast on TF1, Jacqueline Sauvage, it was him or me, I just wanted to go home (on the Patrick Dils affair) and Simply cop.
A taste of Eurovision
The Eurovision 2021 final is fast approaching: it will be held on May 22, in Rotterdam, and will be broadcast live on France 2. To get an idea of the forces involved, head to the PrePartyEs show organized on Saturday by the eurovision-spain.com website and
online on youtube. Thirty-one of the thirty-nine artists competing this year, as well as former nominees, have recorded acoustic versions of their songs. French representative Barbara Pravi is at the rendezvous, accompanied by two cellos and a piano
on his song here. And it is very successful.
An American scandal
In France, we especially remember that the actresses Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives) and Lori Loughlin (Home party) had been convicted of having bought their children’s admission to prestigious universities with a lot of bribes. But the scandal is of a much greater magnitude. The documentary edifier Varsity blues, available on Netflix, tells the story of this case that hit the headlines in the United States and shows how unequal the admissions system in top-rated universities is.