The mystery of the horizontally growing beeches of Verzy
After a two hours drive from Paris, right after passing Reims, there’s a unique forest where incredible trees grow. It’s…
Georges Méliès, the Prince of wonders
Charlie Chaplin called him “the alchemist of light”, and this is his incredible story. Worthy son of the dazzling Belle…
Georges Méliès: the birth of the legend of the Alchemist of Light
The Parisian Belle Époque is sprinkled with an infinite number of what I call “Wonder factories”, and one of them was…
The elusive art of Jean-Jacques Henner
The elegant apartment buildings of the Monceau’s plain, from which begins the beautiful park with the same name (XVII arrondissement),…
The sad ending of Georges Méliès: the father of cinema… or not?
At the beginning of the XX century, the illusionist and filmmaker Georges Méliès (1861-1938), gave life to wonderful worlds entirely…