Heidi Ellison
Paris Update Events 07.06.17
June 9-10 Bubbles galore La Champenoise festival offers tastings of champagne from 65 producers. Les Halles du Boulingrin, Reims June 15-22 Franco-American film festival The Champs-Elysées Film Festival presents American independent films, French and American short subjects, and premieres attended … Read More
PHOTO OF THE WEEK 07.06.17
The lake at the Château de Fontainebleau. © Paris Update
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Le Petit Champerret
Meaty Meal for Mighty Appetites
Le Petit Champerret, with its zinc bar and banquettes, has the homey feel of a bistro that has been around for a while and satisfied many a big appetite. Its chef, Marc Fontaine, may be new, but Corsican owner Gérard … Read More
Paris Update Events 31.05.17
June 3-5 Art history festival The Festival de l’Histoire de l’Art spotlights the United States this year, with special guests Jeff Koons and Frederick Wiseman. Château de Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau June 3-5 Theater in English “Some Stupid Bitch Killed Ana Peaceful,” by … Read More
From Zurbarán to Rothko
Consolations of Collecting Art
After seeing “From Zurbarán to Rothko: The Alicia Koplowitz Collection” at the Musée Jacquemart-André, I sat down to read about the collection of Spanish billionairess Alicia Koplowitz and quickly became fascinated with her life, fittingly described by a French magazine as … Read More
Gare au Gorille
Feeding Time at the Zoo
I had dropped into Gare au Gorille, a neighborhood restaurant with a hot reputation, for a quick lunch several months ago and loved it, but felt I had to go back for a more leisurely meal to properly assess it. … Read More
L’Amant Double
Psychosexual Gothic Romance
I hate reading reviews of films before I see them because I like to be surprised and want to avoid being influenced by someone else’s opinion. I do, however, try to get a sense of whether a film is a … Read More
Les Fantômes d’Ismaël
Hitchcock, Bergman, Truffaut? Non!
The popular French film director Arnaud Desplechin is back with a new movie, Les Fantômes d’Ismaël (Ismael’s Ghosts), which opened this year’s Cannes Film Festival. This is another one of the director’s sprawling, apparently autobiographical, angst-ridden psychodramas, so sprawling that … Read More
Paris Update Events 24.05.17
Left Bank gallery crawl > Open house at 50 galleries for Art Saint Germain des Prés. Various venues, Paris, May 18-June 3. Gold in galleries “Passage” ((2017), by Aude Herlédan. At 1831 Art Gallery during Carré Rive Gauche. > The … Read More
Paris Top Sexual City
Sexy City
Few will be surprised to hear it, but according to a study conducted by an adult app store, Lazeeva, Paris is the world’s most sex-positive city, followed by Rio de Janeiro and Los Angeles. “Sex-positive” was defined as “having … Read More