From Friday 18th – Sunday 20th June from 11am to 7pm in the Square Réné Viviani directly next to Shakespeare & Company, the globally famous English bookshop in Paris is hosting a literary festival. Readings,… Storytelling and Politics in Paris this weekend
The Cabaret des Filles de Joie de Juliette Dragon at the Bellevilloise with Merci Madame and special guests Rachel Gardner Smith, Marion Sandner and Jazmin Baret. Le Cabaret des Filles de Joie perform in France… Le Cabaret des Filles de Joie with Merci Madame Clip
Thanks to Kitty Hartl, Isabelle from Les films du Poisson and the great burlesque star studded cast of Tournée, I got backstage interviews at the Wild Bunch party in Cannes . It was the night… Backstage with the stars of Tournée- SBS video
The French-Australian co-production The Tree closed the Festival de Cannes and is currently featuring in the Sydney Film Festival. Here are the interviews in Cannes with producer Sue Taylor, director Julie Bertuccelli and actors Charlotte… The Tree Cannes Interviews – SBS
Four international journalists talk to Ruby about the role of the film critic and give some tips of the best films from Cannes 2010. Filmed/directed by Elise McLeod. Meet Ali Naderzad (Screen Comment), Rodrigo Fonseca… Inside Words from the Press- Cannes Film Festival SBS video
First timers and well experienced festival shakers share their experiences and emotions of Cannes with Ruby and Elise McLeod (camera/direction). The girls dash from the market to the terrace of the Grand Hotel to a… Virgins & Veterans at the Cannes Film Festival- SBS Video
Thus the silence! edit done, video up and the next two being edited in the croisette apartment right now. Here is the sbs video. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSvly_xHPrU[/youtube]
Have been whipped into the Cannes cyclone and unable to write but am having a desperately needed early night so an update is acheivable. Edited to the first video piece for SBS, holed up in… Cannes day 3, 4, 5 and apparently 6!
Welcome drinks at Screen Australia then quick change for Tournée party where we had invites thanks to Kitty Hartl and Isabelle. Saw Kitten on the Keys who performed at the Paris Burlesque Festival last year and met Dirty Martini and the other burlesque girls (and boy) which was wonderful and headed to Baron’s club with them after (in… Cannes Day 2
Have press pass, will interview… Happy to see the same staff in the press office who are great and once my pass is picked up, after my first race down the Croisette from the… Day 1 Cannes
A deserted island, a young couple and a vengeful ghost are the ingredients for Australian cult filmmaker Bill Bennett’s new feature, screening at the market at the Cannes film festival next week. Ruby and team… Bill Bennett’s ghosts, hopes and tips for Cannes 2010
Ruby will be attending the 2010 Festival de Cannes from May 12-23 to cover for SBS Australia and Ruby TV, with a little story or two perhaps for our friends at Paris Voice. The team… Festival de Cannes 2010
Some snaps of graffs in passing on a Spring break in the Pyrenees… Photos by Julien Thonnard and Ruby. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E7ufKAW8EI[/youtube]
It’s the 7th anniversary revue of the Cabaret des Filles de Joie at the Bellevilloise this weekend and it’s going to be a hoot. Artistic director of the cabaret, Juliette Dragon tells Ruby TV why.… 7 Years Celebration Spectacle for Ms Dragon and her Filles de Joie
It was just for fun that Julien Thonnard began photographing the walls in his neighbourhood, Paris’ popular Belleville in the 19th arrondisement, with his mobile phone on passing. Within a few months the collection had… Belleville Graffs Snapped by a local
For Sharon K (aka Indiana Belle) the art of striptease and burlesque extends far beyond the stage. Since arriving in London, from hometown Perth, eight years ago, she has worked her way from a performer… Entrepreneur of Tease
Prominent LA based Australian poet, novelist and screenwriter Luke Davies (Candy, Totem, Isabelle the Navigator) recently braved a month of minus temperatures in Paris to promote the French translation of his novel on 20th Century… The French God of Speed
The Passion of Tap Music, Dance, Tap & Hip Hop L’Espace Kiron, Paris (tickets 20 euros) It started like a jazz concert with tap star soloist Omar Edwards, grew to an epic, melodramatic and full… The Passion of Omar
It was a meeting of instrument, styles and cultures that worked. A highly talented Australian musician with a soft spot for jazz and a cute French brunette chanteuse who took a theatrical approach with poetic… David Lewis’ Belle Rencontre