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Cinema & Fashion, 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 as a designer, photographer, and, more recently, as a fashion film producer and director. Cinema plays an important role in her world, and has a direct impact on her design work.
This series runs from February 7 through 28.
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FILM SERIES AND FESTIVALS
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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 3, 4 & 5, The Son
This series runs through February 26.
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Bard College, through February 11
The Film and Electronic Arts Program at Bard College presents a complete retrospective of Bresson’s films, as well as an associated course.
February 3, Diary of a Country Priest & Pickpocket
February 4, Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne, The Trial of Joan of Arc & Lancelot of the Lake
February 7, Au Hasard Balthazar
February 10, A Man Escaped & Les Anges du Pêché
February 11, The Devil Probably, A Gentle Woman,Four Nights of a Dreamer & L’Argent
February 15, Lecture by Tony Pipolo
This retrospective runs through February 11.
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MoMA
This documentary highlights Arthur Rubinstein's unconditionally joyous attitude and boundless enthusiasm for music.
February 4 & 9, Arthur Rubinstein: Love of Life (Q&A with Eva Rubinstein)
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Anthology Film Archives
An eloquent parable of freedom versus authority is set at a boys’ boarding school and undoubtedly echoes Vigo’s own unhappy experiences as a child, seldom seen.
February 2, Zero de Conduite
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Maison Française de Columbia
February 15, Roundtable Discussion, participants include Philip Watts, Françoise Pfaff...
February 16, Sex, Okra and Salted Butter
(dir. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)
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NOW PLAYING
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La guerre est déclarée
Directed by Valérie Donzelli
100 minutes, France, 2011.
With Valérie Donzelli, Jérémie Elkaïm
Based on a heartbreaking true story, Elkaim and Donzelli turn their own real-life tragedy into a stylistically bold, intensely moving drama, a critical and box office smash in their homeland.
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Directed by Frederick Wiseman
108 minute, 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 Roman Polanski
79 minutes, Germany, Poland, France, 2011.
With Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly
Adapted from Yasmina Reza's transatlantic hit play “God of Carnage", "Carnage" relates the story of two pairs of parents who hold a not-so-cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight.
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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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NEWS
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Selected News
A laureate of History Makers is French : Apocalypse Hitler by Clarke Costelle & Cie, won the award for Best Use of Archive in a History Production.
A French co-production, Found Memories by Julia Murat is one of the seven official selections for the 2012 New Directors/ New Films Festival, organized by The Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art.
Last week, The Artist won the Producers Guild of America award and was nominated for 10 Oscars.
The Artist also took the top prize at the Directors Guild of America Awards last Saturday and garnered a day later at the Screen Actors Guild Awards lead actor honors for Jean Dujardin.
A Cat in Paris by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol was also nominated at the Oscars for best Animated Feature Film.
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