Keyword results: Paris

Bateaux Jouets, Toy Boats From Paris 1850 - 1950

12th Sep 08
Medium: Installation
Drink: Bottle of red

The last time I was at the Maritime Museum I was four years old and had a vegemite sandwich stolen out of my Power Ranger backpack.

Despite the sad memories, I recently decided to return (pledging to keep a vigilant eye on my lunch). It seems facing your demons pays off, in the form of two exhibitions currently on show.

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Paris

16th Apr 08
Format: Cinema
Mood: Nostalgic

There are only a handful of cities around the world that popular culture won't stop mythologising. Yes, this is yet another film about Paris - but after an opening that looks like a slick travel infotainment show, a TV host asks "Who is Paris?" and immediately flubs his lines.

In PARIS, a charming French bakery is a site of casual, everyday racism.

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Reality Check, The Teenagers

9th Apr 08
Release: Album
To Cure: A quiet weekend

The American media only invented "the teenager" as recently as the '50s. Yet those melodramatic, erratic, sexy sexy young thangs have come to TOTALLY take over the world, gripping the global marketplace tighter than Britney's fist on a Chihuahua-laden fluffy pink handbag. OMG!!

Taking our continual fascination and fetishization with teenagers to laughable, logical extremes are Parisian trio The Teenagers.

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Paris, Je T'aime

11th Apr 07
Format: Cinema
Mood: Whimsical

Anthologies work because they’re so soothing for those with short attention spans. If you don’t like one chunk? Wait a few minutes, and you’ll be watching something else. ‘Paris, je t'aime’ has no less than 18 short films by arthouse directors from around the world, including Gus Van Sant, Tom Twyker, the Coen Brothers, Olivier Assayas, and more.

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