by Sabrina | Nov 20, 2019 | Agenda, Going Out, Movie, News French cinemaFrench Fried Vacation 2French movies with subtitlesTLF
If you want to dive into popular French culture without buying a plane ticket to France, this is ZE place to be on Dec 13, 2019 at 6pm MerciSF partnered with the Théâtre du Lycée de San Francisco to present the cult movie Les Bronzés font du ski (English title:...
by Anne Marie | Nov 7, 2019 | Agenda, Going Out, Movie Alain DelonFrench cinemaFrench movies with subtitlesJoseph LoseyRoxie TheaterSmith Rafael Film Center
Robert Klein cannot find any fault with the state of affairs in German-occupied France. He has a well-furnished flat, a mistress, and business is booming. Jews facing discrimination because of laws depicted by the French government are desperate to sell valuable works...
by Anne Marie | Oct 31, 2019 | Agenda, Going Out, Movie Alexis MichalikBerkeleyFrench cinemaFrench movies with subtitlesLandmark TheatresSan Francisco
The delightful dramatic comedy Cyrano, My Love is set in Paris in December of 1897. Edmond Rostand (Thomas Solivérès) is not yet thirty but already has two children and too much anxiety. He has not written anything for two years. In desperation, he offers the great...
by MerciSF | Oct 28, 2019 | Agenda, Going Out, Movie Films in FrenchFrançois OzonFrench cinemaFrench movies with subtitlesGrace à DieuLandmark TheatresSan Francisco
Francois Ozon is certainly one of the most talented filmmakers of his generation. From the musical (“Eight Women”) to the fantasy film (“Ricky”) through the thriller (“The double lover”), everything he touches turns into gold. This...
by Anne Marie | Oct 5, 2019 | Agenda, Going Out, Movie French cinemaIn French with English subtitlesLes MisérablesMVFF42
In this explosive debut, race and class tensions come to a head when a trio of police officers in the poverty-stricken Parisian suburb of Montfermeil are tasked with returning a kidnapped lion cub to its rightful owner. This powerfully cinematic crime drama uses the...
by Anne Marie | Oct 3, 2019 | Agenda, Going Out, Movie Films in FrenchFrench cinemaRoxie Theater
MONELLE (1948) stars the incomparable Louis Jouvet and incandescent Dany Robin in a bittersweet story of music and misplaced love. A beautiful young piano prodigy (Robin) is on her way to success in the hands of her mentor (Jouvet). Everything goes well until some...
by Anne Marie | Oct 3, 2019 | Agenda, Going Out Films in FrenchFrench cinemaRoxie Theater
SHADOW AND LIGHT (1951) is a tense tale of love, betrayal and Tchaikovksy, played out in a love triangle populated by two half-sisters (Simone Signoret and Maria Casares). Filled with atmospheric imagery, tensely choreographed exchanges, and suspenseful flashbacks,...
by Anne Marie | Sep 30, 2019 | Agenda, Going Out, Movie Festival de Cannes 2019French cinema
Céline Sciamma’s fourth featured movie is a staggering masterwork of indelible artistry, uncompromising vision, and emotional power. Gifted painter Marianne (a revelatory Noémie Merlant) arrives on a remote island to render the wedding portrait of Héloïse (a haunting...
