Auteur

Auteur: Language-Driven Cinematographic Framing for Human-Centric Video Generation

arXiv:2606.01900v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Generative video models have achieved remarkable visual fidelity and temporal coherence, yet intentional camera control remains elusive. Existing frameworks treat camera motion as a byproduct of pixel synthesis, producing trajectories that are stochastic, spatially inconsistent, and indifferent to the human subject driving the scene. In this work, we present Auteur, a method for language-driven, human-centric camera framing in generative video.

‘Put an end to this war’: Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev makes new plea to Putin

‘Put an end to this war’: Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev makes new plea to Putin

Which sparkling water is the best?

The Sparkling Water Report three minds and gullets looking for the winning bubbles With my friends Manuel and Aurélien, also friends of the fizz, we set out to find which sparkling water is the best one. We limited ourselves to ones that you could readily buy in Paris, up to the limit of what we could carry. This means 14 waters, blind tested: each water was poured in an opaque glass associated to a number, the glasses were then shuffled and turned facing opposite of the drinkers.

Le sommet Choose France a-t-il un avenir après Macron ?

Wim Wenders asks: Should movies be re-edited post-release?

Wim Wenders asks: Should movies be re-edited post-release? June 2, 2026German actress Nastassja Kinski has been trying for years to get filmmaker Wim Wenders to remove a scene from one of his lesser-known films, "Falsche Bewegung" ("The Wrong Move"), from 1975. In the brief scene, her co-star Rüdiger Vogler (then over 30 years old) visits the 13-year-old in her bedroom, where she is lying on a bed wearing only panties.

Palme d’Or winner Cristian Mungiu on the film that conquered Cannes

‘Obsession’ Takes Gen Z’s Social Anxiety to the Extreme

The following contains spoilers for the film Obsession. The premise of the hit horror movie Obsession may sound relatable: What if you had a totally debilitating crush on someone but were too afraid to confess your feelings to them? In the early scenes of the director Curry Barker’s feature debut, a 20-something record-store employee named Bear (played by Michael Johnston) can’t work up the nerve to ask out his co-worker Nikki (Inde Navarrette)—even when she demands to know, point-blank,...

Wim Wenders withdraws film with disputed child nude scene

Wim Wenders withdraws film with disputed child nude scene June 3, 2026The Wim Wenders Foundation has announced on Wednesday that the 1975 film "Falsche Bewegung" ("The Wrong Move"), at the center of a headline-grabbing dispute between the German filmmaker and actress Nastassja Kinski, is being withdrawn from circulation for the time being. German actress Nastassja Kinski has been trying for years to get filmmaker Wim Wenders to remove a scene from the movie. In the brief scene, her co-star...

The criticism Marc Fennell always gets for Stuff the British Stole

The criticism Marc Fennell always gets for Stuff the British Stole Tue 9 Jun 2026 at 9:10am Marc Fennell is done being polite when it comes to Stuff the British Stole. Three seasons into his hit TV show, with a book of the same name on the way, he knows too much about how "contested" objects around the world really ended up in the care of an empire that was anything but. And he's possibly too tired for any pretence.