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SPRING PROGRAM(APR-MAY-JUNE) 2013
All Friday screenings are at 8:00 pm with Buffet from 7:00 to 8:00 pm
Saturday Matinees (If any) are at 2 pm with a "Gouter-Snack" after the film.
Duration of each movie is indicated on the Credit section of the Next Movie page.
PAST PROGRAMS: WINTER 2013
PAST PROGRAMS: FALL 2012 PROGRAM
All Friday screenings are at 8:30 pm with Buffet from 7:30 to 8:20 pm -
with one exception on 11/30 which starts at 1 hour earlier due to the length of the movie.
Saturday Matinees are at 2 pm with a "Gouter-Snack" after the film.
Duration of each movie is indicated on the Credit section of the Next Movie page.
Friday9/7Doors open7:30 pmFilm 8:30 pm |
Movienight
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Barbarella Queen of the Galaxy-1968 directed by Roger VadimThe cult classic sci-fi produced by Dino De Laurentiis, form a comic book by Lean-Claude Forest- With Jane Fonda, John-Philip Law, Ugo Tognazzi... |
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Friday9/21Doors open7:30 pmFilm 8:30 pm |
Secret Screening Movienight |
SPECIAL SECRET SCREENING FUND RAISING NIGHTIn order to support our friend Director, Jean-Louis Milesi who is in the middle of shooting his new film "Don't Give Up the Ghost", we invite you to join us and participate to a special fundraising Movienight.The Secret Screening was "The Snows of Kilimandjaro" directed by Robert Geudiguian, co-written with Jean-Louis Milesi. |
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Saturday9/292 pmCrêpes after the movie |
Family Afternoon EntertainmentIn Support of French School Teachers |
Asterix and the Vikings (HD Blue Ray) -2006- from the comic book by Rene Goscinny and Albert UderzoDirected by Stefan Djeldmark
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Saturday10/272 pmCrêpes after the movie |
Family Afternoon EntertainmentIn Support of French School Teachers |
PERSEPOLIS-A film by Mariane Strapi and Vincent Paronnaud. Both entertaining and informative, it gives an insight into what life was like for a young woman growing up and trying to find happiness in a country that was upended by revolution and war, a country in which women were (and still are) considered inferior to men and where political dissent was invariably rewarded with arrest and execution. |
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Friday11/2Doors open7:00 pmFilm 8:00 pm
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MovienightComedyDrama
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La Grande Bouffe (The Big Feast) by Marco Ferreri (Rated NC 17 in 1973)With Philippe Noiret-Marcello Mastroianni-Ugo Tognazzi-MichelPiccoli- and Andrea Ferreol- Winner Cannes Festival FIPRESCI (Film Critics) and Berlin Gold AwardFour successful middle-aged men Marcello, a pilot; Michel, a television executive; Ugo, a chef; and, Philippe, a judge go to Philippe's villa to eat themselves to death. After the first night, Marcello insists that women should join them. Three prostitutes and a local school teacher, stays to the end. The villa, the food, and a Bugati roadster are essential props. |
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Friday11/16Doors open7:00 pmFilm 8:30 pm104 minutes |
Movienight |
To make room for a special Beaujolais Nouveau wine tasting party, the original movie has been replaced with a comedy, (a spoof on a real person) by Claude Zidi with Louis De Funes and Coluche.
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Friday11/307:30 pmDoors/Buffet starts at 6:30 pm |
MovieNightDrama Romance |
Unrated (as NC-17: graphic nudity and sex, much colorful Gallic swearing, violence) |
POSTPONED |
Saturday12/012 pmCrêpes after the movie |
Family Afternoon EntertainmentIn Support of French School Teachers |
ZARAFA by Rémi Bezançon 2012 - Animated film-A grandfather telling his grandkids the story of Maki, a young boy who escapes from slave traders, befriends a giraffe (the title character), cross the desert, meet a pirate, and a few other things on a trip that takes him from Africa to Paris. Magnificent storyboard, beautiful voice over workRecommended for 3 to 12
WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THAT DUE TO LACK OF PARTICIPATION FOR MOVIE MATINEES, THIS MOVIE MATINEE IS POSTPONED TO 2013 |
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Friday12/7Doors open7:00 pmFilm 8:00 pm |
Movienight |
LE PREMIER JOUR DU RESTE DE TA VIE (The First Day of the Rest of Your Life)Directed by Rémi Bezanson in 2008 Nominated for 9 awards won 3 , film has some exceptional performances and great music Daho, Bowie and Divine Comedy. An absolute delight!Recommended for 13+ |
Friday12/21Doors open7:00 pmFilm 8:00 pm |
MovienightandHoliday Party |
SPECIAL GALA NIGHT FEATURING THE MASTERPIECE BY JACQUES TATI: PLAYTIME, 1967 |
Our Spring Program theme was "French Contemporary Women Film Makers"-
Six had been selected for our Movienights. Move your mouse on the images to read their names, movie title and showing date.
MAY 4TH - CLEO DE 5 A 7 by Agnes Varda (1960) with Corinne Marchand, Antoine Boureseiller. (Full cast... here)
May 18th - NATHALIE GRANGER by Marguerite Duras (1972) with Jeanne Moreau , Lucia Bosé and Gérard Depardieu.
June 1 st - COUP DE FOUDRE (AT FIRST SIGHT or ENTRE NOUS) by Diane Kurys (1983) with Miou Miou and Isabelle Hupert
June 15th - VÉNUS BEAUTÉ (INSTITUT) (Venus Beauty Institute) by Tonie Marshall (1999) with Nathalie Baye (Angèle Piana), Audrey Tautou (Samantha), Mathilde Seignier, Bulle Ogier.
June 29th - UNE VIEILLE MAITRESSE ( THE LAST MISTRESS) by Catherine Breillat (2007) with Asia Argento (Vellini), Fu´ad Ait Aattou (Ryno de Marigny), Anne Parillaud (Mme de Solcy,)Michael Lonsdale (Le vicomte de Prony)
July 13th - PARTIR (LEAVING) by Catherine Corsini (2009) with Kristin Scott Thomas, Sergi Lopez and Yvan Attal - Click here for the Bastille Day Bal Musette event the same day.
This is of course, a small selection* of the most important film makers from which our spring program films were chosen.
About Contemporary French Women Film Makers
Recently, one of the numerous papers on french cinema wrote that in 1996, René Prédal, the ultimate source in French Cinema (Authored over 30 books) in his 50 Years of French Cinema, which included 100 men film makers, only listed 3 women: Agnes Varda, Marguerite Duras and Claire Denis... Since , he has since added many more. In 2002, he no longer conceives a particular section about the work of women but includes a wider discussion of films by, Breillat, Lvovsky, Denis, Laetitia Masson, Claire Simon, Pascale Ferran, Sandrine Veysset and Dominique Cabrera. Along with other prominent writers and professors, a move could suggest that women directors are so prominent within the industry they should no longer be considered a category apart. Another Author in this field, Francoise Audé, author of one of the earliest studies, took stock of the changes women have effected in the french film industry, wrote: "in a decisive way, they participated in the renewal of a cinema for which they moved and expanded the limits". Despite many womenfilmakers' reluctance to be classified as such, they could not escape the question of identity.
For our spring program, we have chosen 6 movies of the last six decades:
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Agnès Varda with "Cleo de 5 a 7" - Visionary of the french new wave, Agnès Varda captures the atmosphere of Paris in the 60's with this portrait of a singer searching for answers as she awaits test results from a biopsy. A chronicle of two crucial hours in one woman's life, the film is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama. (Source: The Criterion Collection)
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Marguerite Duras with "Nathalie Granger", a 1972 landmark of contemporary cinema. Her 4th feature after the world acclaimed (Hiroshima mon Amour, which she wrote but did not direct), Nathalie Granger stars Jeanne Moreau, Lucia Bosé and a young Gerard Depardieu. It is the elusive story about the world of women in which dull domestic ritual masks an undercurrent of lurking violence.
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Diane Kurys with "Coup de Foudre" (Entre Nous / Love at First Sight) - Shot in 1983 with two formidable actresses in the leading roles and a female director, Coup de foudre is a rare French film with a distinctly feminine perspective. This is important because the film is about an intimate, yet platonic, relationship between two women, a theme which is seldom explored as thoroughly and candidly in French cinema.
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Tonie Marshall and "Vénus Beauté (Institut) 1999 - The daughter of the american actor William Marshall (1917-1994) and Micheline Presle (b-1922), she started acting in 1972 and directing in 1990. In just 10 years, she reached the top of the french film industry with a Cesar of Best Director for Vénus Beauté Institut. Co-written with a top writer: Jacques Audiard. A surprising mix of the conventional and the unexpected, Vénus beauté (Institut) is superficially a familiar modern day love story, centered around a middle-aged woman who finally discovers true love after a life-time of avoiding it. Yet, cleverly, its narrative is constructed around several layers, many of which can easily be missed in a single viewing of the film.
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Catherine Breillat with "Une Vielille Maitresse", (The Last Mistress) 2007 - Actor, Director, Writer, Catherine Breillat is no stranger to controversy. The director who shocked audiences with her overt portrayal of female sexuality and outrageously lurid sex scenes, veered away and instead made "Une Vielle Maitresse", a restrained period drama in the classical french tradition. It is her best film to date.
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Catherine Corsini with "Partir" (Leaving) a 2009 -Born in 1956, she started directing short stories for a dozen years and in 2001, she wrote and directed "La Repetition" (Replay) with Emmanuelle Beart and was nominated for a Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival. Critics are betting on her future works: Quote "Until recently, Catherine Corsini has received little in the way of serious critical acclaim for her work. Her previous successes, La Nouvelle Eve (1999) and La Répétition (2001), both appear pretty lightweight in comparison with this latest offering, a full-bodied fusion of erotic thriller and romantic drama that is directed with flair and confidence. Partir has a reality, a humanity and a feverish intensity that sets it way apart from Corsini’s other films and hopefully marks the beginning of an exciting new phase in this director’s career." (James Travers-2010)
* Our programs are not guaranteed until the BUY TICKETS window is activated, in general but not later than one week before the show.
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American Conservatory Theater of San Francisco
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American Conservatory Theater nurtures the art of live theater through dynamic productions, intensive actor training in its conservatory, and an ongoing engagement with its community. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Carey Perloff and Executive Director Ellen Richard, A.C.T. embraces its responsibility to conserve, renew, and reinvent the rich theatrical traditions that are our collective legacy, while exploring new artistic forms and new communities. A commitment to the highest standards informs every aspect of A.C.T.'s creative work. More details on the ACT website: here
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We have no plays programmed at this time.
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