Before he became one of the leading voices of Nordic Noir, Ragnar Jรณnasson was a teenager who translated novels by Agatha Christie into Icelandic. That early immersion in the mechanics of crime fiction helped shape a writer now published in around 40 countries, with millions of copies sold worldwide and a particularly devoted readership in France.
In this edition of arts24, Hollywood nostalgia takes centre stage as Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt reunite for the long-awaited sequel to "The Devil Wears Prada", bringing high fashion to the red carpet.
For 20 years, British photographer Johny Pitts has been travelling around Europe with a camera and a question: what does itย actually meanย to be Black and European? His answer fills a room at the Maisonย Europรฉenneย de laย Photographieย in Paris. "Black Bricolage" brings together photographs,ย notebooksย and documents from cities across the continent โ Paris, Berlin, Lisbon, Marseille and Brusselsย โย capturing the ordinary lives that rarely make the front page.ย
This week's film show on arts24 spotlights a trio of strikingly different releases, led by Antoine Fuqua's highly anticipated biopic "Michael", which features a breakout performance from nephew Jaafar Jackson as the King of Pop, alongside Colman Domingo's chilling turn as patriarch Joseph Jackson.