In Japanese theater, women's roles are traditionally played by men. The man playing the woman's role, the Onnagata, does not imitate the woman, as in the West, but tries to capture her significance. He need not stick close to his model, but draws far more from his own identity - a shift of value takes place, which is nonetheless not a step beyond. THE WRITTEN FACE is an attempt to offer an insight into the Japanese Kabuki star Tamasaburo Bando, one of the last defenders of this ancient and disappearing performing tradition.

A portrait of the Spanish-German actor Daniel Brühl, a versatile performer capable of moving easily ...
Portrait of comic book artist Marcel Gotlib.

A look at the life and work of the iconic US actor Charlton Heston (1923-2008); the embodiment of ma...

2020 marks 100 years since the birth of Federico Fellini, the most prominent Italian director and on...

The representation of genitalia in the fine arts was censored for centuries: sexual organs were disc...

A peculiar, meticulous, vocationally archeological account of the professional life of the actor, Sp...

In 1956, actress and Hollywood star Grace Kelly (1929-82), then at the height of her film career, un...

Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Iceland, July 9, 2016. The surprising discovery of a canister —cont...

The life and professional career of the Spanish filmmaker Florián Rey (1894-1962), a brilliant artis...

The early days of the future genius of Spanish cinema Luis García Berlanga, from his birth in Valenc...

A comedy musical stage version of the Phantom of the Opera, filmed live on-stage during a performanc...

As Russian writer Boris Pasternak (1890-1960) thinks it is impossible that his novel Doctor Zhivago ...

Everyone thinks that Bob Kane created Batman, but that’s not the whole truth. One author makes it hi...

A look at legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki following his retirement in 2013.

For three years, Vincent Lindon recorded himself on his iPhone to document his insecurities, fears a...

Eccentric and provocative, Lady Gaga is undoubtedly the greatest pop diva. The one who is actually c...