by MerciSF | 28-05-2020 | Agenda, Movie, See All AlgerianFrancophoneRoxie Theater
Algeria, 1990s. Terrorists wanting an Islamic and archaic state are everywhere. Women are oppressed, in a seek to take control of their bodies, clothing and public space. Nedjma (Lyna Khoudri also in THE FRENCH DISPATCH) an 18-year-old student passionate about fashion... 
by MerciSF | 8-05-2020 | Agenda, Movie, See All Film noirFrench movies with subtitlesRoxie Theater
Rififi is a Jules Dassin movie, an American director who left the US to live in France. The film earned Dassin the award for Best Director at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival The foursome band together to commit an almost impossible theft, the burglary of an exclusive... 
by MerciSF | 1-05-2020 | Agenda, Movie, See All French movies with subtitlesJean DujardinRoxie TheaterSmith Rafael Film Center
Deerskin with Jean Dujardin – In this black comedy of middle-aged masculinity gone awry, Academy Award winner Dujardin (The Artist) is a recent divorcee who becomes obsessed with a vintage fringed deerskin jacket that begins to exert an uncanny hold on him. Set... 
by Anne Marie | 7-11-2019 | Agenda, Movie, See All 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 | 3-10-2019 | Agenda, Movie, See All 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 | 3-10-2019 | Agenda, See All 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 MerciSF | 12-08-2019 | Agenda, Movie, See All Abbas KiarostamiRoxie Theater
Abbas Kiarostami is in the spotlight this August at Roxie Theater. His son Ahmad decided, after his death in 2016, to restore his work and allows us to rediscover his splendid cinema, both realistic and poetic: small wonders on the meaning of life (“The taste of... 
by Sabrina | 4-05-2019 | Agenda Agnes VardaFrench cinemaMovieNew WaveNouvelle VagueRoxie Theater
A reflection on art, life and the movies, LES PLAGES D’AGNÈS is a magnificent illustration of the self-described “cinécriture” created by our dearly departed, playful visionary Agnès Varda, a pioneering member of the Left Bank and director of such seminal works as THE...
