Summer in America is typically the season of blockbusters. If you are looking for something more independent, film festivals and film organizations offer plenty of alternatives.
On July 12, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival will offer a special presentation of Jean Epstein's film from 1928, The Fall of the House of Usher.
For those living in Portland, the Northwest Film Center offers a Varda series including some of the best films from the French filmmaker (July 10...
U.S. Premiere of Inuk at 2010 Woodstock Film Festival
"Inuk," a French co-production based on the true story of a 16-year old Inuit boy's epic journey from his chaotic family life in Greenland's capital to the fragile sea-ice of the North, will...
French Philosopher Elsa Dorlin at UC Berkeley
“The French Striptease : Feminism, Nationalism and the Burqa” Elsa Dorlin is a professor of philosophy at the University of Paris I, Panthéon Sorbonne. Her work centers on feminist...
Dear Friends,
Here comes the fall season, and along with it the second edition of French Cinema Now, our French film festival in the Bay Area. Launched in 2008 with the support of the local foundation...
Beethoven's Hair: An Extraordinary Historical Odyssey...
Ludwig van Beethoven lay dying in 1827, a young musician named Ferdinand Hiller came to pay his respects to the great composer. In those days, it was customary to snip a lock of hair as a...
The New Bach Reader: A Life of Johann Sebastian Bach...
Through hundreds of letters, family papers, anecdotes, and records, the Bach Reader established a new approach to biography by offering original documents in impeccable translations. In The...
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