Les Inrockuptibles

Founded as a rock music monthly in 1986, Les Inrockuptibles soon became an influential guide on everything you should discover - "ceux qu'il fallait découvrir". Today, it also deals with the most interesting cultural news: with cinema, literature, contemporary art, television, music, as well as ideas, society and politics in general (their famous manifesto Appel contre la guerre contre l'intelligence was supported by many important cultural figures in France). The editor and four collaborators will take part in the Milano Film Festival as members of the jury.

Philippe Azoury
Born in 1971, Philippe Azoury started out as a critic at Les Inrockuptibles in 1998. He has been writing principally for Libération since 1999. He wrote two books together with Jean Marc Lalanne: Fantomas, style moderne (Yellow Now, 2001) and Jean Cocteau, Désordres (Cahiers du cinéma, 2003). He also made a book with the photographer Antoine D'Agatta (Stigma, 2004). Azoury is now writing a monography on Philippe Garrel (forthcoming with the Cahiers du Cinéma in 2007).

Emily Barnett
Born in Paris in 1980. She is currently preparing her final thesis for the Paris 7 "Denis Diderot" university and writes as a journalist for the magazine Les Inrockuptibles. Barnett also shot a short film. She is the youngest jury member in Milano Film Festival history.

Patrice Blouin
Patrice Blouin is a film critic. After several years as a member of Les Cahiers du Cinéma, he is currently working for Les Inrockuptibles and ArtPress. He has co-directed a special issue of ArtPress: 'Le Burlesque, une aventure moderne', on slapstick movies and contemporary art. His texts have been published in various reviews and books (on Chaplin, Straub-Huillet, Pasolini).

Julien Gester
Movie critic at Les Inrockuptibles, Julien Gester has been contributing to various papers and magazines (especially to specialized press about Asian cinema) since 2002. He also founded and programmed several special events (cine-clubs, festivals…) dedicated to Japanese filmmaking.

Jean-Marc Lalanne
Jean-Marc Lalanne is chief editor of Les Inrockuptibles, after having worked as a journalist for Libération and as the chief editor of Les Cahiers du cinéma. He wrote three books, about Wong Kar-wai (with David Martinez, Dis Voir), Fantomas, style moderne (with Philippe Azoury, Yellow Now) and Jean Cocteau, Désordres (Cahiers du cinéma).