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Godard from 1960-1967

French Culture  Mon, 09/08/2008 - 11:19

The Cleveland Cinematheque will show a series of 10 features from Godard's most fecund period from 1960 to 1967.

French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard virtually sprinted through the 1960s, making one groundbreaking, irreverent, pop-infused movie after another.


 

Captain Ahab

French Culture  Fri, 08/22/2008 - 17:04

Scene Photo French filmmaker Philippe Ramos imagines the backstory of Moby Dick's most famous character in five chapters, from his escape from a harsh childhood in the New England hinterlands to his final destiny at sea.


 

Phillipe Grimbert: Q&A and Book Signing

French Culture  Fri, 08/22/2008 - 15:53

Author Philippe Grimbert will participate in a Q&A session and book signing after screenings of director Claude Miller's A Secret, a film based on Grimbert's award-winning novel, Memory.

Q&A and book signing Friday, September 12 in the evening at IFC Center.


 

French Classroom Drama "The Class" Captures Palme d'Or at Cannes

French Culture  Tue, 05/27/2008 - 15:13

The Cannes film festival has awarded its top prize to a French classroom drama with a cast of amateurs in a banner year for movies with a conscience.


 

Ideas in Motion…

French Culture  Thu, 05/01/2008 - 09:21

Dear Friends,

Springtime in New England is most certainly a time of transition and motion.

Motivated by this spirit of change and movement, we jump at the chance to tell you about Far…, the upcoming solo performance of French choreographer Rachid Ouramdane.

Revolving around the ideas of identity, culture, and conflict, Far… is inspired by Ouramdane's trip to Vietnam and Cambodia, where his father had fought in the 1950's as an Algerian conscript in the French army.