 Reel Fashion
French Institute Alliance Française & Museum at FIT present a special week-long series of four recent insider documentaries on fashion with director Loïc Prigent, who will introduce three of the documentaries and participate in a Q&A session following the screenings.
February 21 at MFIT, Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton
February 22 at FIAF, The Day Before: Fendi by Karl Lagerfeld
February 23 at MFIT, The Day Before: Proenza Schouler
February 27 at FIAF, And ELLE Created Woman
FIAF + MFIT
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16- 29 FEBRUARY 2012
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 We are delighted to bring you this e-newsletter with information on the best of French cinema available in New York and in the Tri-State area. Twice a month, French Screens offers a selection of films newly released in theaters, repertory revivals, festivals as well as films shown on TV and on VoD.
You can now buy tickets for Rendez-Vous With French Cinema and Rendez-Vous + (documentaries) which open March 1! Click here
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FILM SERIES AND FESTIVALS
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NYFF ’80, Film Society Lincoln Center
Catherine Deneuve gives one of her greatest performances as the wife of a Jewish theater director in Nazi-occupied Paris in François Truffaut’s classic wartime melodrama.
February 21, The Last Metro
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Série Jim Thompson, BAM Cinematek
Tavernier transports Thompson’s Western-noir hybrid Pop. 1280 from the American South to French Africa on the eve of World War II… with wit, dash, and fiber!
February 29, Coup de Torchon
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The Film Society of Lincoln Center
The 12th edition of Film Comment Selects includes the rare and the rediscovered, the unclassifiable and the underrated.
This series runs from February 17 through March 1.
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Retrospective at Jacob Burns Film Center
Moreau—who embodied the style and free spirit of the New Wave with her unique combination of confidence and vulnerability—has made more than 100 films with top filmmakers around the globe.
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IFC Center
"The Dardenne Brothers"' is a survey of the work of the noted Belgian filmmaking team, taking place in the theater's ongoing "Weekend Classics" program.
February 17, 18 & 19, L’Enfant
February 24, 25 & 26, Lorna’s Silence
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French Institute Alliance Française
FIAF is thrilled to invite French fashion designer agnès b. to share some of the films that have most influenced her life and career.
February 21, My Life to Live & Pierrot le Fou
February 28, Golden Marie
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NEW RELEASES
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 The Fairy/ La FéeDirected by Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon & Bruno Romy
93 minutes, France, Belgium, 2011.
With Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy
Opening on February 24
A new Tati-inspired, candy-colored romp by the quirky trio: this time, a charmingly off-kilter adventure about a hotel clerk who falls in love with a wish-granting fairy.
>>>> See the film for free at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center at the Film Society of Lincoln Center! The first 2 people to email contests@kinolorber.com will receive a pair of tickets good for anytime during opening week. <<<<
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 Neon FleshCarne de neón
Directed by Paco Cabezas
109 minutes, Sweden, Spain, France, 2010.
With Mario Casas, Vicente Romero, Luciano Cáceres
Opening on February 24
Hoping to earn his mother's respect, a young hustler-turned-businessman tries to open a brothel with his two useless buddies.
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NOW PLAYING
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THE EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE (2011) with restored A TRIP TO THE MOON (1902)
Presented in its fully restored original 1902 colors (and featuring a new, kinetic soundtrack by AIR), Georges Méliès’ classic adventure tale of a lunar voyage is now as beautiful as ever.
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Subheadline
Directed by Frederick Wiseman
108 minutes, France, USA, 2011.
With Daizy Blu, Philippe Decouflé, Philippe Katerine
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman explores one of the most mythic and colorful places dedicated to women, the Crazy Horse, a legendary Parisian cabaret club.
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Directed by Michel Hazanavicius
100 minutes, France, 2011.
With Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman.
A silent film shot entirely in black and white, the film follows dashing 1920s silent movie star George Valentin (Jean Dujardin). Nominated for 10 Oscars, this is a must see.
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Directed by Wim Wenders
106 minutes, Germany, UK, France, 2011.
With Dancers of the Tanztheater Wuppertal
"Dance, dance, or we are lost." Pina Bausch's final words summarize her life and provide the inspiration for acclaimed director Wim Wenders' tribute to the legendary choreographer.
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DVD RELEASES
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Chris Marker
One of the most influential, radical science-fiction films ever made and a mind-bending free-form travelogue: La Jetée and Sans Soleil couldn’t seem more different—but they’re the twin pillars of an unparalleled and uncompromising career in cinema.
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René Féret
A lavish, costumed saga that re-imagines a remarkable story about an even more extraordinary young woman, Mozart's Sister will be music to the ears of any lover of French cinema, period re-creations or classical music.
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Five Cult Horror Films
French filmmaker Jean Rollin (1938-2010) is finally being given the recognition he deserves: his surreal, dreamlike films are grounded in traditional gothic imagery but are flavored with 1970s-era eroticism, resulting in a body of work that is as eerie as it is outrageous.
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ON TV
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On TV5 Monde
To find out about French programs shown on TV5 MONDE : click here
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on Eurocinema
The ex-wife of my life, Josiane Balasko, 2004
White as snow, Christophe Blanc, 2010
Please, please me!, Emmanuel Mouret, 2009
Persecution, Patrice Chéreau, 2009
Stretch, Charles de Meaux, 2011
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NEWS
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Selected News
The critically acclaimed New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival has announced the line-up for its 2012 anniversary event (March 2-25), featuring three French animation movies: A Monster in Paris by Bibo Bergeron, Le Tableau by Jean-François Laguionie and Tales of the Night by Michel Ocelot.
Moreover, for the first time, the Rendez-Vous With French Cinema festival expands its lineup with Rendez-Vous +, a selection of over a dozen contemporary documentaries and rarely seen classic films.
The Artist won seven awards, for best film, director, actor, screenplay, cinematography, original music and costume design at the BAFTA Awards this year.
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