Les membres du Club AlloCiné ont découvert "Une année difficile" du tandem Toledano-Nakache en avant-première le 18 septembre dernier. Et ils ont aimé cette comédie tendre et feel-good portée par Pio Marmaï, Jonathan Cohen et Noémie Merlant. De quoi ça parle ? Une année difficile de Eric Toledano et Olivier Nakache Sortie au cinéma le …
A fire in an apartment building in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region killed 10 people and injured nine, authorities said Friday, amid stringent lockdowns that have left many residents in the area stuck in their homes for more than three months. The fire broke out Thursday night in the regional capital of Urumqi, where temperatures have …
Saviez-vous que l'acteur Burt Young, qui vient de nous quitter à l'âge de 83 ans, avait été mieux payé que Sylvester Stallone pour le premier film "Rocky" ? Burt Young, inoubliable Paulie de la saga Rocky, vient de nous quitter à l’âge de 83 ans. L’occasion de revenir sur une étonnante anecdote : pour le …
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Martin Scorsese / Robert de Niro, c'est 50 ans d'amitié et de collaboration, 10 longs métrages, beaucoup de chefs-d'oeuvre… et quelques faux raccords, quand même. Johnny Boy dans Mean Streets, Travis Bickle dans Taxi Driver, Jimmy Doyle dans New York New York, Jake LaMotta dans Raging Bull, Rupert Pupkin dans La Valse des Pantins, “Jimmy” …
“I hope you’re decompressing from AXPONA,” I recently wrote to a frazzled-looking friend I’d met at this greatest of North American hi-fi shows. Google’s spellcheck offered to change decompressing to decomposing. I declined, though it’s true that such expos can be grueling—just not grueling enough to stay away. In these observations about high-end audio shows, …
Click:cnc machining priceThe relationship between Linear Tube Audio (LTA) and Daedalus Audio loudspeakers is so close that the special pair of LTA 20Wpc Ultralinear+ power amplifier monoblocks ($6800/each) on display in room 2106 at PAF—the second of these companies’ two joint rooms—boasted a custom faceplate designed specifically for their owner, Daedalus founder Lou Hinkley. The …
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I usually forego seminars and the like in favor of covering more active demos shows. But when Acora Acoustics announced, “A Very Special Listening Event with Joe Harley at T.H.E. Show,” I decided to indulge in Saturday afternoon’s tour of historic Blue Note reissues. Tour guide Harley, who seems to have acquired the title “Tone …
After an absence of several years, French speaker manufacturer Cabasse has returned to the US market. Distributed by Upscale Distribution, Cabasse showed the 43lb Rialto all-in-one streaming loudspeaker system ($3995/pair). Complete with built-in rear-firing woofers powered by a 450W amplifier, the Rialto has a two-way coaxial speaker in front whose treble and midrange are each …
Kyiv — Russia has faced condemnation for its latest wave of missile strikes targeting Ukraine’s power grid. The barrage of missiles has plunged much of the capital city of Kyiv into frigid darkness, and killed at least 10 people across the country according to Ukrainian officials. Addressing the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, Ukraine’s …
Click:chinese lantern film propThe Pacific Northwest’s premiere/sole audio show, the Pacific Audio Fest (PAF), takes place today through Sunday June 25 at the Doubletree by Hilton at SEATAC airport near Seattle. Attendees, who judging by pre-registrants, could double or triple 2022’s inaugural PAF attendance, will discover 41 active exhibit rooms, eight exhibitors in “Record Row,” …