The Rider

The Rider (2017), is directed by Chloe Zhao and based on a true story. The first film sequence represents a brown horse in chiaroscuro followed by a man, the rider Brady Blackburn, who wakes up from a dream, probably a nightmare. Indeed, the dream aesthetic is present throughout the movie with the omnipresence of nocturne landscapes.…

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Yuri Herrera, Signs Preceding the End of the World

Signs Preceding the End of the World (2015) is the second novel written by Yuri Herrera part of his « Border Trilogy », that also includes The Transmigration of Bodies (2013) and Kingdom Cons (2017). It is also his first novel translated in English. Makina, the main protagonist, is a young woman who is asked by her…

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Columbus Day Celebrations: A Controversy

  Columbus Day Celebrations: A Controversy (excerpt) On my way back from an amazing photoshoot with friends I looked up at an eye-catching poster from the German airline company Lufthansa on the sidewalk: Wieviel Columbus steckt in dir? (How much Columbus is in you? i.e. how adventurous are you?) This campaign slogan was aimed at attracting the viewers…

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Interview de Palefroi

Que signifie Palefroi ? Si cela a un sens ? Marion : Ce mot existe bien. Il s’agit d’un cheval au Moyen Âge que montaient les nobles. C’était un cheval de parade, la Ferrari de l’époque médiévale. C’est d’ailleurs de là que vient le terme palefrenier. J’aime le Moyen Âge, c’est une de mes sources…

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