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REM ‘call it a day as a band’ after 31 years and 15 albums: editors pick
The American rock group are as old as the most sprightliest of us here at cafebabel.com HQ in Paris. They formed in Athens (Georgia!) in 1980 and announced their split on 22 September. Here’s a video ode to some of our favourite songs for today’s soundtrack
video, culture calendar, culture, youth, nostalgia, music, united states
Aids, Alzheimers, abortion: Europe's most shocking adverts
From Spain and Italy's saucy adverts, via the UK and Germany's treatment of diseases, to Poland's nazi memories - a video tour of the banned adverts which most recently shocked modern European society
video, rocco siffredi, aids, advertising, germany, poland, sex
Cinema review: Danish documentary Armadillo
To make this documentary, Danish director Janus Metz Pedersen spent three and a half months at the allied camp on the front lines of southern Afghanistan. There's a tenuous division between fiction and reality in a film which finds the cruel violence of the fighters unbelievable
video, european journalism, cinema, afghanistan, denmark, culture calendar, helmand province
British star MIA's 'Born Free' video: hair-raising food for thought
Imagine a world where redheads or strawberry blonds are not only mocked but tracked down and exterminated. This is the premise of French director Romain Gavras’s latest short which provides the music video for the Sri Lankan British star
video, video art, vídeo clip, discrimination, electronic music, violence, culture calendar
Satirists Clark and Dawe take on eurozone crisis - in 2 minutes 35
We're always a bit baffled by the ins and outs of the eurozone here at cafebabel.com - so it was nice to catch this little Youtube video circulated by the FT's chief economics commentator. Hilarious, though frightening
video, economical crisis, greece, euro, european central bank, journalism, piigs
European indie film: 'Sundance' in Paris
It's all eyes on the French capital's Latin quarter between 12 and 14 March 2010; the fifth edition of 'ECU', run by an Australian and supported by G-Technology by Hitachi, showcases 72 works from 28 countries across various categories. Here's our top five trailers
video, cinema, culture calendar, indie, sundance, awards, culture
Music in February: The Rumour Said Fire, Corinne Bailey Rae and Jaga Jazzist
A new British neo-soul album, an old favourite from Denmark's Simon and Garfunkel and five top tracks spanning London via Brooklyn and Oslo - a selection of Europe's music tips of the month
video, bands, poland, denmark, culture calendar, death, music
'La frontière intérieure' documentary: French architects take on Iron Curtain
One stretch of border, one place, one person. The French documentary film 'La frontière intérieure' ('The Interior Border') is to have 40 public viewings throughout this summer along the former Iron Curtain. Seven portraits aim to highlight the obstacles, both physical and mental, preventing the people of Europe from understanding each other. Interview
video, documentaire, culture calendar, journalism, schengen, culture, video gallery
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