Classic French Cinema: Breakout Roles
Sep. 17–Oct. 8, 2015
Catherine Deneuve, Jean Gabin, Juliette Binoche, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jeanne Moreau, and the other actors featured in this series are icons, well known to fans of French cinema. Here’s your chance to see them gracing the screen in roles that brought them international stardom.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Mar. 17, 2024
Cinema Studies lecture from Jeff Hughes
The angelically beautiful Catherine Deneuve was launched to stardom by this dazzling musical heart-tugger from Jacques Demy. She plays an…
Breathless
Oct. 1–14, 2021
With its revolutionary cinematic techniques and youthful energy, Breathless has influenced just about every significant filmmaker since it was made.…
Mauvais Sang
Oct. 4–7, 2015
Presented in a remastered DCP courtesy of Carlotta Films An avant-garde thriller about a deadly sexually transmitted disease that is…
La Ronde
Oct. 4, 2015
Presented in 35mm courtesy of the BFI Shot entirely on a soundstage, Max Ophüls’s ecstatic adaptation of a scandalous play…
La Vérité
Oct. 3–7, 2015
Presented in 35mm Brigitte Bardot was already in the public eye in the 1950s, mostly known for scantily clad appearances…
Port of Shadows
Oct. 2–8, 2015
Presented in a new DCP restoration courtesy of Rialto Pictures Simone de Beauvoir reported that this was the only French…
A Man and a Woman
Oct. 1, 2015
Presented in 35mm courtesy of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, NY Known for its lush photography, memorable score,…
Purple Noon
Sep. 27–28, 2015
Presented in 35mm This adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s creepily mesmerizing The Talented Mr. Ripley stars a charismatic, bronzed Alain Delon…
The Wages of Fear
Sep. 27–Oct. 8, 2015
Four desperate outcasts in a squalid South American oil town take on a suicide mission: transporting a load of volatile…
Beauty and The Beast
Sep. 26–30, 2015
Presented in 35mm Jean Cocteau’s sublime adaptation of the fairy-tale masterpiece—in which the pure love of a beautiful woman frees…
The Clockmaker
Sep. 26–Oct. 1, 2015
The Clockmaker of St. Paul
Presented in 35mm courtesy of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, NY The carefully measured, modest life of a…
Loulou
Sep. 25–Oct. 1, 2015
Presented in a newly remastered DCP courtesy of the Cohen Film Collection Loulou is an unconventional, deeply emotional exploration of…
Jean De Florette
Sep. 19–22, 2015
Presented in 35mm Stepping away from his previous roles as a modern urbanite, Daniel Auteuil shot to fame as Yves…
Manon of the Spring
Sep. 19–22, 2015
Presented in 35mm In the second half to the story started in Jean de Florette (both based on a Marcel…
The Story of Adele H
Sep. 18–22, 2015
Presented in 35mm courtesy of The Film Desk François Truffaut was quoted as saying that he wouldn’t have made this…
Elevator to the Gallows
Sep. 17–23, 2015
Presented in 35mm Scheming lovers Florence (Jeanne Moreau) and Julien (Maurice Ronet) engineer the perfect murder of her husband, but…
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