Etiket: dOdile
[Chronique d’Odile Tremblay] Plea for nuance
In our era of polarization of ideas, there is something to sigh about in the name of nuance being undermined. In culture too. Films and shows are judged on the…
[Chronique d’Odile Tremblay] The blues of Mireille Dansereau
On Wednesday, the winners of the Prix du Québec 2022 were announced, which will be awarded on November 30. The Albert-Tessier prize, awarded to cinema, goes to Mireille Dansereau, who…
[Chronique d’Odile Tremblay] René Lévesque, this cinephile
We thought we knew René Lévesque well… But suddenly, a secret drawer opens, filled with hidden treasures. From there arises the cinema columnist of the 1940s for the weekly The…
[Chronique d’Odile Tremblay] Immolating the Quebec Cinema Gala
We all agree that the last Québec Cinéma gala, last June, got stuck in its boot laces. One gag after another falling flat drove the nail in the coffin. The…
[Chronique d’Odile Tremblay] The urban cries of Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat is part of the famous club of pop-rock culture stars who died at the fateful age of 27. Such as Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix,…
[Chronique d’Odile Tremblay] The guys from the pubs
In front of my TV, I growl at these advertisements that put thick Quebec men on stage. In that of a home delivery service, the bad faith of the guy…
[Chronique d’Odile Tremblay] Shadows and Lights by André Brassard
He was conspicuously absent at the premiere of the opera adapted fromAlbertine in five stages by Michel Tremblay at the Rideau Vert last month. The beautiful music of Catherine Major…
[Chronique d’Odile Tremblay] Annie Ernaux, Virginie Despentes, same fight!
When Annie Ernaux won the Nobel Literature on Thursday, 17e woman of the lot, I had a moment of amazement, so much this French writer had carried out her career…
[Chronique d’Odile Tremblay] Poetry as an antidote
Here I am again talking about poetry, a powerful balm for our troubled minds. This week, in front of performances of the International Literature Festival (FIL) in one venue or…
[Chronique d’Odile Tremblay] The red flowers of Iran
Much of the meaning of the word “courage” comes to us from abroad. From Ukraine, of course. From Iran too, where citizens revolt against the stifling theocracy at the risk…
[Chronique d’Odile Tremblay] The domino effect of the Eddy Toussaint affair
Culture is tossed about by the turmoil of society in its own way. Sometimes glorious as a bulwark against the loss of meaning, sometimes a downcast face in the face…
[Chronique d’Odile Tremblay] The Royal Show
What does this rush on the ceremonies of the death of Elizabeth II teach to the planetary commoners of the XXI?e century ? A need for rituals, a desire to…
[Chronique d’Odile Tremblay] The clairvoyant eye of Diane Arbus
So many people are rising today to celebrate the charms of diversity. That of bodies, skin colors, cultures. Often keeping many intolerances in their heart of hearts, but that’s another…
[Chronique d’Odile Tremblay] The spleen of Alain Tanner
It would be better not to die in the wake of the Queen of the United Kingdom, to the mourning that drags on. Clinging to his legend, we were still…
[Chronique d’Odile Tremblay] Back to school like a torrent
Disturbing face-to-face when the cultural return invites itself in the middle of the electoral campaign. Especially in this post-COVID year (but it is prowling, the beast…), when the offer is…
[Chronique d’Odile Tremblay] Demons and wonders of Quebec
The other day I caught in a bookstore The oblique city, comic strip published by Alto. Having grown up and lived in Quebec, the works evoking my cradle attract me…
[Chronique d’Odile Tremblay] Stuck in the Digital Web
The other morning, I was listening to a political columnist on the radio say that online, during an election period, women journalists receive increased rains of insults, often of a…
[Chronique d’Odile Tremblay] The wind that lifts the words of Tremblay
I would like to tell you about a wonderful theatrical event that I attended. For its beauty, its inspiration, its rarity, for the triumphant welcome received. Because this show reconciled…
[Chronique d’Odile Tremblay] The injured tongue
We therefore enter the electoral campaign on Sunday. There will not be much question of culture, probably packed in the way, as usual. At least, outside the conservative field, party…
[Chronique d’Odile tremblay] Laferrière’s drawings and words
I ran to buy In the splendor of the night, the latest graphic novel by Dany Laferrière. It is more touching than the others, especially at the beginning, when the…