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The silent French film Au Bonheur Des Dames (1930 – aka Ladies’ Paradise) screens Saturday May 6th at 11am at The St. Louis Art Museum (Forest Park, 1 Fine Arts Dr, St. Louis, Mo). The film will be accompanied by Elsie Parker and The Poor People of Paris. Tickets for this event are $15 general admission and $10 for museum members. Tickets can be purchased in advance from Metrotix or by calling 314.534.1111.

Julien Duvivier’s final silent film is a modern retelling of Emile Zola’s panoramic chronicle of mid-19th-century Parisian society, centering on a small fabric shop struggling to survive in the shadow of a luxury department store. With expressionistic shades of Erich von Stroheim and G.W. Pabst, the film captures the rhythms of urban life and creates a stinging portrait of capitalist ruthlessness, class tensions, and sexual competition. Scott Foundas in the Village Voice calls the film “an orgy of pure cinema,...

United States Of Love, Rams and Mustang will feature at the eighth edition of the festival; regional premiere of Mirjana Karanovic’s A Good Wife.Scroll down for full line-up

The eighth Prishtina International Film Festival (April 22-29) will open with a screening of Jonas Carpignano’s Mediterranea, which will compete as part of the event’s European Film Competition.

Tomasz Wasilewski’s Silver Berlin Bear-winning United States Of Love will also compete in the strand, as will Grímur Hákonarson’s Cannes Un Certain Regard-winning Rams and Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Oscar-nominated Mustang.

Completing the line-up is Juris Kursietis’ Modris, Carlos Marques-Marcet’s 10,000 Km, and Swiss 10-part Sci-Fi anthology Heimtaland. The films will compete for the festival’s Golden Goddess prize for best European film.

The Honey and Blood competition, which showcases Balkan titles, will this year feature nine films including Danis Tanovic’s Silver Berlin Bear-winning Death In Sarajevo - which will close the festival with Tanovic...

United States Of Love, Rams and Mustang will feature at the eighth edition of the festival; regional premiere of Mirjana Karanovic’s A Good Wife.Scroll down for full line-up

The eighth Prishtina International Film Festival (April 22-29) will open with a screening of Jonas Carpignano’s Mediterranea, which will compete as part of the event’s European Film Competition.

Tomasz Wasilewski’s Silver Berlin Bear-winning United States Of Love will also compete in the strand, as will Grímur Hákonarson’s Cannes Un Certain Regard-winning Rams and Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Oscar-nominated Mustang.

Completing the line-up is Juris Kursietis’ Modris, Carlos Marques-Marcet’s 10,000 Km, and Swiss 10-part Sci-Fi anthology Heimtaland. The films will compete for the festival’s Golden Goddess prize for best European film.

The Honey and Blood competition, which showcases Balkan titles, will this year feature nine films including Danis Tanovic’s Silver Berlin Bear-winning Death In Sarajevo and the regional premiere of Mirjana Karanović...

Shakira and Patricia Kaas receive the Title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by Frederic Mitterrand at the Majestic Hotel in Cannes. Photo copyright Pixplanete / PR Photos. Shakira and Patricia Kaas receive the Title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by Frederic Mitterrand at the Majestic Hotel in Cannes. Photo copyright Pixplanete / PR Photos. Shakira and Patricia Kaas receive the Title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by Frederic Mitterrand at the Majestic Hotel in Cannes. Photo copyright Pixplanete / PR Photos. Shakira and Patricia Kaas receive the Title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by Frederic Mitterrand at the Majestic Hotel in Cannes. Photo copyright Pixplanete / PR Photos.

LONDON -- Veteran music producer Robin Millar said Monday that he has purchased Sony Music Studios in central London and will change its name back to the original Whitfield Street Studios. Millar, who has produced such artists as Sade, Men at Work, Big Country and France's Patricia Kaas, paid £3 million ($5.6 million) for the studio, sources said. Built in 1965 by CBS and the site of recordings by Iggy Pop, the Clash, Madonna and R.E.M., Whitfield was bought in 2000 by Sony, which has recently scaled down its operations. Located close to London's West End, Whitfield has three studios and eight mastering suites, with room for a full orchestra in its Studio One.

Oscar-winner Jeremy Irons is getting himself in more trouble with his wife after appearing in a provocative photo shoot with French star Patricia Kaas. The pair, who star together in the movie And Now Ladies And Gentlemen, feature in saucy poses together in which Kass is naked for the film's publicity shock. These pictures come hot on the heels of the actors being spotted kissing outside a London club in July. Of the kiss Kaas says, "It was after an end-of-film dinner and we kissed each other on the lips. It wasn't a problem for me because there is nobody in my life, but he is married. He told me his wife is used to this kind of thing." Irons has been married for 20 years to Irish actress Sinéad Cusack. He says, "It can be a very tumultuous marriage. It has its good days and its bad days. But all marriages are the same - desperately difficult."...