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With a career spanning more than 50 years and just as many international hits that have rocked over five generations, Iggy Pop is one of the greatest icons of global rock, the most punk figure in today’s music, a true legend! A beast on stage, filmed at the Spandau Citadel in Berlin on June 19, 2025.

Though Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) died at 35, Versailles-born Hyacinthe Jadin (1776–1800) passed away at just 24 from tuberculosis. A piano virtuoso, he left behind sonatas and three concertos: fleeting yet brilliant glimpses of his budding genius and the dawn of pre-Romanticism. Acclaimed French harpshichordist Justin Taylor unites these composers, revealing the enduring radiance of their youthful inspiration. This freshness is still as dazzling as ever.

Program
First Part: 40 minutes
Hyacinthe Jadin (1776–1800)
First Quartet in B-flat Major
I. Largo
Second Concerto for Fortepiano, with accompaniment of two violins, viola, bass, flute, oboe, bassoons, and horns
I. Allegro maestoso
II. Siciliano Larghetto
III. Rondo
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Fantasy in D minor, K. 397
Hyacinthe Jadin
Third Concerto for Fortepiano, with accompaniment of two violins, viola, bass, two flutes, two bassoons, and two horns
III. Rondo Allegro
Intermission
Second Part: 30 minutes
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Concerto in G Major, K. 453
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegretto

ARTE EN SCENE meets Sulian Ross, who is presenting, in the heart of the Haute-Savoie mountains, L’Odeur de la neige; Bintou Dembélé, who takes over the Grande Halle de La Villette in Paris for a performance titled Sweet Home; La Compagnie Massala, performing at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris in a choreography that is as tribal as it is electrifying; and Paradox-Sal, performing Queen Blood by dancer and choreographer Ousmane Sy.

Kanye West isn’t just a megalomaniacal artist on a downward spiral: his story is that of the United States itself, blending show business, ego, politics, and masculinity. An autopsy of a pop-culture icon who has become persona non grata.

Over the past twenty years, Kanye West has embodied the major transformations of American society, to the point of becoming its most unsettling mirror. Initially the embodiment of the Black American Dream—a successful artist in music, fashion, and design—he achieved exceptional power with 24 Grammy Awards, 160 million albums sold, and the global success of Yeezy, only to become a figure associated with radicalization, masculinist populism, racism, and anti-Semitism, raising questions about the cult of the ego and the role of social media in amplifying his excesses.
 
The film draws on rare materials, including political archives that place his journey within the American context, as well as previously unseen footage, including a 30-minute interview of the rapper.

Over the past four decades, he has portrayed nearly every outsider and villain in cinema, leaving a lasting impression on entire generations of viewers with his dark and spectacular characters.

Yet nothing suggested that this child of the theater—who had worked in television and trained on the Broadway stage—would become one of the giants of New Hollywood. First noticed in a musical, the young man who had imagined making a living as a dancer was called upon to perform in theater before the film industry took notice of him. With The Deer Hunter, Michael Cimino gave him the opportunity to step into the spotlight by casting him as a tormented veteran—a role that would earn him an Oscar.
 
His early career was marked by intensity and violence, during which Christopher Walken took on increasingly tough and unsettling roles. From Johnny Smith in The Dead Zone to Max Zorin in A View to a Kill, Frank White in King of New York, Max Schreck in Batman Returns, Vincenzo Coccotti in True Romance, and the Headless Horseman in Sleepy Hollow, the actor masterfully established himself as the undisputed embodiment of evil.

The Die Hard saga, whose first installment was released in 1988, revolutionized action cinema with its raw intensity, sharp wit, and a groundbreaking hero played by TV star Bruce Willis. A fresh, humanized take on the genre, it set a new standard for high-stakes thrillers.

For 25 years, the Hollywood actor wore his signature smirk as he portrayed the iconic tough guy John McClane in all five Die Hard films.
He saved the Nakatomi Plaza from terrorists in 1988, an airport in 1990, New York City in 1995 and America in 2007. The world owes him a big thank you as he prevented a nuclear catastrophe from happening in 2013. However, in his personal life, John McClane didn’t manage to save his marriage, often argued with his children, sometimes spiraled into alcohol abuse and usually ruined everything he touched. He even shot himself but never has he gotten rid of his dishonesty, dark humor and determination.
Despite the franchise’s diminishing returns and the proliferation of pale imitations, McClane remains a pop culture icon; a fragile, human, and indestructible hero, Hollywood's most likable cop.

A popular auteur film, a project without limits, and a true cultural phenomenon, Titanic is way more than just a blockbuster. Thought by James Cameron as a ‘‘metaphor for the end of the human race’’, the film paints an enlightening picture of both the time and industry in which it was born.

In 1997, as the year 2000 approached, the film reflects, with unsettling clarity, the political, social, and environmental upheavals of a world on the edge of collapse. Unbridled capitalism, rampant inequality, climate change denial: more than 25 years after its release, Titanic still resonates with current events.
 
Supported by rare archival footage such as behind-the-scenes clips, Cameron’s notes and storyboards, accounts from his peers and filmmakers he has inspired, Jeanne Bruel’s documentary recreates the epic story of a landmark work and finally restores its true political and visionary significance.

Oliver Stone is the guilty conscience of an America he never hesitates to expose. The director of Platoon, Wall Street, Born on the Fourth of July, JFK, and Natural Born Killers sees cinema as a quest for truth bordering on obsession, shaped by two major traumas that have forever marked America: the Vietnam War and the assassination of Kennedy.

He is the complete opposite of African American actors who have become icons of American identity, successful stand-up comedians or action heroes. As the embodiment of Black America, in its violence and on its fringes, he carries the essence of the ghetto, the streets, and the struggle.

Jackson first struggled with addiction before finding his true calling. A survivor of the violent fight against segregation and his own demons, this Tennessee native owes his redemption to cinema and his work ethics. Over the course of a half-century-long career, Samuel L. Jackson has carved out a unique professional path, straddling the line between radicalism and pop culture. From Spike Lee’s socially engaged films to the blockbuster sagas of Star Wars and Marvel, he embodies a rare balance in Hollywood: that of an actor who embraces all genres without ever forgetting where he comes from.

Rough Trade is the story of a British record label that changed the course of music history. It opened in London in 1976, right in the middle of the punk movement. It went on to become the first independent label, with The Smiths as its first major signing, and went on to release albums by Pulp, The Strokes, and The Libertines, among others.

How did Rough Trade go from being a small shop to the equivalent of a major label? How did it propel an entire scene to the top, far from the prevailing industry standards, driven primarily by a desire to take the leap, the so-called “Do It Yourself!” spirit, independence, and a sense of community? By retracing its decisive influence, this film immerses us in the context that saw, in the late 1970s, a few pioneers pave the way for the meteoric rise of independent labels. Featuring special appearances by its founders, Geoff Travis and Jeannette Lee, as well as Johnny Marr of The Smiths, Pete Doherty from The Libertines, and Jarvis Cocker from Pulp.

Julianne Moore is an actress of boundless versatility, neither a Hollywood sex symbol nor a method actress. Featuring an exclusive interview, the film traces her thirty years of fearlessly exploring the dark side of ‘‘femininity’’, moving between blockbusters and auteur films.

In the small world of Hollywood, Julianne Moore sets no limits for herself. From The Big Lebowski to A Single Man and Boogie Nights, she has chosen roles considered too risky or unconventional, exploring without reservation realms where moral and emotional boundaries blur. A leading figure in American independent cinema and the 2015 Oscar winner for Best Actress, she remains, alongside Juliette Binoche, one of the few actresses to have won awards at all three major film festivals: the Cannes Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival, and the Berlin International Film Festival.

Sulian Rios takes ARTE EN SCENE deep into the heart of the mountains. It is in Haute-Savoie, on the shores of the frozen Lake Montriond, blanketed in powder snow, that the artist performs a piece for us titled L’Odeur de la neige (The Scent of Snow). A most fitting title for a dance set to the music of Scarlatti.