Dancer-choreographer Benjamin Millepied makes his feature directing debut, collaborating with composer Nicholas Britell to recast the famous opera as an experimental fever dream on the U.S.-Mexico ...

“Carmen” is many things: a novella (by Prosper Mérimée) inspired by a Pushkin poem (“The Gypsies”); a classic Bizet opera inspired by that novella; an archetype wrought by said opera of the sexy, ...

The film adaptation of Bizet's classic opera, Carmen, will hit theaters this spring! The adaptation starring Academy Award-nominee Paul Mescal and 'In the Heights' star Melissa Barrera will be ...

One of the more hotly anticipated work-in-progress sessions at this year’s Annecy Animation Festival was for “Viva Carmen,” a new feature from director Sébastien Laudenbach. At the 2023 edition of the ...

Dance is a primordial force in “Carmen,” French choreographer-turned-director Benjamin Millepied’s debut. Vaguely inspired by Georges Bizet’s 19th century opera of the same name, the evocative, if ...

Before taking on a new role, Melissa Barrera asks herself, "What is the message that I’m trying to send out into the world with this?” The Mexican actor and singer is intentional with the projects she ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The librettist's friend didn't mince his words. "Your Carmen is a flop, a disaster! It will never play more than 20 times. The music ...

Vibrant reworking of the Carmen legend. In French and Wolof, with English subtitles. Running time: 82 minutes. Not rated (nudity, sex). At Film Forum, Houston Street, between Sixth Avenue and Varick ...