In this Episode of Lost in Frenchlatin we talk with Global Cinema expert Dina Iordanova about her 2016 book Cinemas of Paris.
We talk about how Paris is a “never ending film festival,” and why movie going in the city of light is unlike anywhere else.
We talk about the wealth of movie theaters and why they are all different. How some have gone to extreme lengths to keep these cinemas open and some have been saved by the city itself.
Dina Iordanova is Emeritus Professor in Global Cinema at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. A native of Bulgaria, she has worked around the world for more than three decades. She is a film historian of transnational cinema and has particular interest in the study of film festivals and global film circulation.
In this Episode We Discuss:
Cinemas:
Le Brady, Cinema La Clef, La Pagode, Espace Saint-Michel and many others.
You can read more of Dina’s Work here:
The Complicated History of Women at Cannes Film Festival (2021)
Cannes Is Not A Film Festival: It Is a Club for Insiders (2018)