By Chloe Darnaud In the middle of the dusty streets of the medina, a red carpet leads the way to the Roxy Theatre, one of the oldest cinemas still operating in the white city, Northern Morocco. This year’s edition of the National Moroccan Film Festival, far from the glitz and glamour of Cannes, offers a…
FILMMAKER JEAN ROUCH’S LEGACY
By Chloe Darnaud Ground-breaking French filmmaker Jean Rouch would have been 100 years old this May. Considered to be one of the founders of cinéma-vérité in France, Jean Rouch was a French filmmaker and anthropologist. The expression, meaning “cinema truth”, was first used to publicise the film Chronicle Of A Summer (Chronique D’un Eté, 1959),…
#HRW FILM FESTIVAL WHAT YOU MISSED
By Chloe Darnaud “The only reason we make films is for the impact they have,” said the director of Lost in Lebanon Sophia Scott. The 21st edition of the London Human Rights Watch Film Festival showcases 16 political documentaries from devoted brave filmmakers traveling from Lebanon to Guatemala to shine the light on forgotten causes….
LET’S ROCK-N-ROLL
By Karina Andrianova Sometimes we see politicians as soulless monsters. Nevertheless, they appear to be humans, who can actually enjoy different kinds of art. POPTICAL found out which politicians do and don’t have a good taste in music. Click on any image to view the gallery
YOU GO GAL!
By Sixtine Marion Gal Gadot plays Wonder Woman in a new movie about the superheroine coming out in June 2017. In the trailer, her independence and strength as a woman overpowers her sexualized features usually depicted. Gal Gadot is herself a Wonder Woman, as she was elected Miss Israel in 2004 and served in the Israel…
TEASER: FITGIRLS, FRIENDS OR FOES?
By Lisa Van Leer From Jen Selter to Kayla Itsines, fitgirls are the new celebs. But is it really that healthy to ban entire food groups and gym six times a week? Lisa van Leer introduces you to the new eating disorder orthorexia. Music credits: Gesaffelstein – Viol One consumes crispy white toast covered in…
DINOS ON A BUDGET
By Julia Milet The US government spent $450,000 trying to work out if dinosaurs could sing. Unsurprisingly, they couldn’t say for certain reasons. But it didn’t stop them wasting millions of taxpayers’ cash on seemingly daft ‘scientific’ investigations. They gave $74million to the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) for federal farm loans to be repaid…
HIGH ST. MEETS DESIGNER
By Lisa van Leer A wise man named Oscar Wilde once said: “There is no such thing as being overdressed or overeducated.” Well this is a quote I solemnly swear by. When it comes to my wardrobe, enough is never enough. Although my father repeatedly tells me I have a serious shopping problem, I prefer…
TOP 6 TWITTER F*CK UPS
By Lisa Van Leer Just over a decade years ago, a young entrepreneur named Jack Dorsey changed the world of politics forever with the words: ‘Just setting up my twttr.’ Little did Jack know that his new social media platform would become the ultimate playground for politicians to trash each other, and in some unfortunate…
IT’S TIME TO GET WOW-ED
By Lisa Van Leer Instead of posting your best double-filtered, slightly-retouched selfie with the caption #GirlPower, why not try to do something different this year for International’s Women’s Day? On March 8 every year we celebrate International Women’s Day by focusing on women’s social, economical and polit-ical achievements. Yet according to Jude Kelly, who initiated…
DON’T STOP ME NOW
By Lisa van Leer With half of London’s nightclubs closing in the last five years, will there actually be anywhere left to go ‘out out’ on a Sunday night? A new music venue in London called Printworks has opened last month. The new club, with a capacity of 5000 people, can only organize day parties…
BRITISH MUSICIANS AND POLITICS
By Oleksandra Levina It is listened to by almost everyone, while people do not always watch the news or read newspapers. It is difficult to be political and to entertain at the same time. But Jay-Z, Kanye West and Green Day are apparently able to cope with this mission. American Idiot by Green Day is…
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