Cinema: films can make us more empathetic
A study shows that watching a dramatic film makes you much more empathetic towards stigmatized people and concerned about societal ...
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Why do we love villains in movies?
Darth Vader, The Joker, Voldemort, Loki, Ursula… the bad guys are very often popular in the cinema. Some are even ...
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Avatar 2: what are the eye diseases that prevent you from seeing the film in 3D?
This Wednesday, December 14, 2022 marked the end of a decade of waiting. “Avatar: The Way of the Water”, the ...
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The cigarette is making a comeback… in the cinema
The League Against Cancer denounces the "omnipresence" of images related to smoking in many French films. THE ESSENTIAL More than ...
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Why “Feel Good” Movies Actually Make Us Feel Good
Often shunned by critics, "feel good" films are nevertheless very popular with the public, who acclaim them every year and ...
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Cinema: after 3 months of absence, a discreet reopening
The deconfinement is accelerating and since Monday, cinemas are reopening after three months of closure. Report in a Parisian neighborhood ...
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Deconfinement: the new authorizations in force on June 22
June 22 marks a new turning point in deconfinement. Compulsory school and college, reopening of cinemas and holiday centers… "Why ...
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Schizophrenia: the key role of cinema in the stigmatization of the disease
For decades, the cinema has contributed to conveying the worst clichés about schizophrenia, in particular thanks to horror films, pushing ...
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The Caesars celebrate “To the hilt” to fight against violence against women
While the comedy was the favorite, it was finally a drama on domestic violence that received the César for best ...
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AIDS: victims of the success of the film “120 beats per minute”, the leaders of Act-Up Paris resign
Following a general assembly last Saturday, the management team of the association for the fight against AIDS Act-Up Paris resigned. ...
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Does alcohol in movies promote drinking among teens?
The presentation of trivialized alcohol consumption in films is not at all trivial on the behavior of adolescents.Ubiquitous in many ...
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Clowns: why they scare us
Their grimaces amuse as much as they scare. The release of the film It is likely to rekindle the fear ...
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AIDS: Act Up’s fight recognized at the Cannes Film Festival
INTERVIEW - While the Cannes jury awarded its grand prize to 120 beats per minute, Christophe Martet looks back on ...
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Alcohol: product placements have doubled in cinema
A study shows that almost nine out of ten films contain references to alcohol, including in children's films.James Bond and ...
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Cinema: dermatological problems overrepresented among the “bad guys”
Of the ten best-known movie villains, six have skin conditions, according to a scientific study.Warts, baldness, scars… In the movies, ...
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Oscars: why La La Land has every chance
A film about American culture has a much better chance of winning an Oscar, according to psychology researchers.Champagne, glitter and ...
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Tobacco: James Bond sets a bad example
When it comes to cigarettes, James Bond is rather light. From his beginnings, the British spy used and abused tobacco. ...
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“Repair the living”: from one life to another
For the first time, a film immerses us in the world of organ harvesting and transplantation. A chain that could ...
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Cinema: the exhaled air differs depending on the scene!
Humor and suspense do not have the same "chemical makeup". In movie theaters, the air exhaled by viewers varies significantly, ...
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Angelique has skin cancer
Angelique's interpreter, Marquise des Anges, revealed to be suffering from skin cancer. Like her, more than 25,000 people receive this ...
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3D movies: software could prevent headaches
A 3D movie, a headache. The equation is common for some viewers. Software developed in Russia could remedy this by ...
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James Bond: the villain of Specter sucks at neuro-anatomy
Blofeld, James Bond's enemy in the last Specter, misplaces a torture tool. The error was noticed by a Canadian neurosurgeon.Zero ...
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Horror movies literally make your blood run cold!
After a big fright, the blood literally freezes. The level of clotting factor VIII increases in the blood of people ...
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Alcohol: why does James Bond drink so much?
While James Bond's alcohol consumption continues to grow with his adventures, some argue the hypothesis of an increased presence of ...
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“E-bola”: a blockbuster to inform about the epidemic
Everyone hears about it, but few know what it is about. To put the points back on the "i's", an ...
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Neurofibromatosis: a rare disease appears on the big screen
Adam Pearson stars in Jonathan Glazer's latest film Under The Skin with Scarlett Johansson. He also highlights the rare genetic ...
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Young people prefer films where there is alcohol
viewers are more adherent to films that put alcohol on screen, according to a study published in the online journal ...
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Diets followed by Tom Hanks at the origin of his diabetes
Actor Tom Hanks, 57, revealed his diabetes on television. According to American doctors, his illness was due to his successive ...
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The sick are displayed in the cinema
Disability, cancer, euthanasia, the cinema stages disease. No more than yesterday, but the representation of these painful subjects in dark ...
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