French movies in New York

Et voici la sélection des productions cinématographiques françaises à New York. A noter la sortie de "The Red Birds" de la documentariste Brigitte Cornand que nous avions rencontrée il y a quelques temps...

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	The Red Birds | Les Oiseaux Rouges Directed by Brigitte Cornand, 75 minutes, France, 2009. With Louise Bourgeois, Kiki Smith, Geneviève Cadieux, Carolee Schneemann. “Like an artist, a bird represents a symbol of freedom, independence, and beauty – ever elusive, birds are essentially flights of fancy for us humans, providing us with the ultimate metaphor for what an artist is and does. I tried to compose my film as a tapestry wherein imagery of flowers and birds abound, and where the human (female) activity never loses its vibrancy.” – Brigitte Cornand. Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Avenue, New York, NY 10003, (212) 505-5181 Link
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	Oceans | Océans Directed by Jacques Perrin & Jacques Cluzaud, 100 minutes, France/Switzerland/Spain/Monaco, Disneynature, 2009. Disneynature, the studio that presented last year’s record-breaking film Earth , brings Oceans to the big screen on Earth Day, 2010. Featuring spectacular, never-before-seen imagery captured by the latest underwater technologies, Oceans offers an unprecedented look beneath the sea in this powerful yet enchanting motion picture. Two-time Academy Award nominee Jacques Perrin and César nominee Jacques Cluzaud dive deep into the very waters that sustain all of mankind and cover nearly three quarters of the earth’s surface, exploring the playful splendor and the hard reality of the weird and wonderful creatures that live within. For showtimes and tickets, click here.
	A Prophet | Un Prophète Directed by Jacques Audiard, 150 minutes, France/Italy, Sony Pictures Classics, 2009. With Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes and Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, this exhilarating crime epic from director Jacques Audiard follows an illiterate French-Arab prison inmate’s six-year odyssey from new kid on the cell block to underworld kingpin. Along the way, Malik (remarkable newcomer Tahar Rahim) learns how to read not just books but people, too, as the protégé of a brutal Corsican gang leader (the electrifying Niels Arestrup), until the pupil threatens to overtake the master, playing every one of Paris’ rival gangland factions to his own advantage. Angelika Film Center, 18 W. Houston Street, New York, NY 10012,  (800) 326-3264 | Brooklyn Heights Cinema, 70 Henry Street, Brooklyn, NY 11207, (718) 596-7070 | Cedar Lane Cinemas, 503 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, NJ 07666, (201) 836-3334 | Pelham Picture House, 175 Wolfs Lane, Pelham, NY 10803, (914)738-7337 Link
	The Secret of Kells | Brendan et le Secret de Kells Directed by Tomm Moore, 75 minutes, Ireland/France/Belgium, Gkids, 2009. The new animated masterpiece from the producers of Kirikou and the Sorceress and The Triplets of Belleville , The Secret of Kells film blends fantasy and mythology to create a richly detailed and striking visual landscape, folding traditionally Celtic influences into a riot of color and detail that dazzle the eyes. Hailed by international critics as one of the most beautiful films of the year and winner of the audience award at the prestigious Annecy Animation Festival, The Secret of Kells has also been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Film. City Cinemas East 86th Street, 210 East 86th Street, New York, NY 10028, (800)326-3264 | Brooklyn Heights Cinema, 70 Henry Street, Brooklyn, NY 11207, (718) 596-7070 Link
	Vincere Directed by Marco Bellocchio, 128 minutes, Italy/France, IFC Films, 2009. With Giovanna Mezziogiorno, Filippo Timi, Corrado Invernizzi. Italian master Marco Bellocchio’s stunning political melodrama tells the virtually unknown story of Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini’s (Filippo Timi) secret first marriage. An ambitious and ruthless young man, he woos and then abandons the woman who launched his career—and gave him his first child — as he plots his rise to power. Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, Broadway btw. 62nd and 63rd, New York, NY 10023, (212) 757-2280 | IFC Center, 323 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10014, (212)924-7771 | Cinemart Cinemas, 106-03 Metropolitan Avenue, Forest Hills, NY 11375, (718) 261-2244 | Northshore Towers Twin Cinemas, 272-40 Grand Central Parkway, Floral Park, NY 11001, (718) 229-7702 Link
	Chloe Directed by Atom Egoyan, 96 minutes, USA/Canada/France, Sony Pictures Classics, 2009. With Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried, Max Thieriot. Catherine and David, she a doctor, he a professor, are at first glance the perfect couple. Happily married with a talented teenage son, they appear to have an idyllic life. But when David misses a flight and his surprise birthday party, Catherine's long simmering suspicions rise to the surface. Suspecting infidelity, she decides to hire an escort to seduce her husband and test his loyalty. Catherine finds herself 'directing' Chloe's encounters with David, and Chloe's end of the bargain is to report back, the descriptions becoming increasingly graphic as the meetings multiply. AMC Theatres Empire 25, 234 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036, (888) 262-4386 | AMC Loews Village 7, 66 3rd Avenue, New York, NY 10003, (888) 262-4386 | Brooklyn Heights Cinema, 70 Henry Street, Brooklyn, NY 11207, (718) 596-7070 | Cedar Lane Cinemas, 503 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, NJ 07666, (201) 836-3334 | Clearview Soundview, 7-9 Soundview Market Place, Port Washington, NY 11050, (516) 944-3900 Link
	The Ghost Writer Directed by Roman Polanski, 128 minutes, France/Germany/UK, Summit Distribution, 2010. With Ewan McGregor, Jon Bernthal, Kim Cattrall, Pierce Brosnan. Resonating with topical themes, this atmospheric and suspenseful political thriller is a story of deceit and betrayal on every level— sexual, political and literary. In a world in which nothing, and no one, is as it seems, The Ghost quickly discovers that the past can be deadly—and that history is decided by whoever stays alive to write it. Lincoln Plaza Cinemas | City Cinemas 1, 2 & 3 | Regal E-Walk 13 | Clearview Chelsea Cinemas | Regal Cinemas Union Square | BAM Rose Cinemas | Lesser New Kew Gardens | Kew Gardens | Clearview Manhasset | Clearview Cedar Grove | Clearview Washington Township | Clearview New Hyde Park | Clearview Roslyn | Clearview Caldwell | Stampfel Movies Malverne | Clearview Mamaroneck | Clearview Summit | National Amusements Awethorne | Clearview New City Link
	The White Ribbon | Le Ruban Blanc Directed by Michael Haneke, 144 minutes, Austria/Germany/France/ Italy, Sony Pictures Classics, 2009. With Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Leonie Benesch. Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery. Quad Cinema, 34 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011, (212) 255-8800 Link
	Green Zone Directed by Paul Greengrass, 115 minutes, France/USA/Spain/UK, Universal Pictures, 2010. With Igal Naor, Said Faraj, Matt Damon. United 93 director Paul Greengrass explores the aftermath of the Iraq invasion in this feature adaptation of author Rajiv Chandrasekaran's literary exposé of the same name. A one-time Baghdad bureau chief of the Washington Post, Chandrasekaran was present as American forces attempted to set up a provisional government on the grounds surrounding former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's opulent palace. In this fictional thriller set during the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad, director Greengrass and screenwriter Brian Helgeland use Chandrasekaran's novel as the foundation for the story of an officer who joins forces with a senior CIA officer to unearth evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. AMC Theatres 19th Street East, 890 Broadway, New York, NY 10003, (888) 262-4386 | Cinemart Cinemas, 106-03 Metropolitan Avenue, Forest Hills, NY 11375, (718) 261-2244 Link
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	TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL > > > April 21st - May 2nd The Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal & Craig Hatkoff as a response to the attacks on the World Trade Center. Conceived to foster the economic and cultural revitalization of Lower Manhattan through an annual celebration of film, music and culture, the Festival's mission is to promote New York City as a major filmmaking center and allow its filmmakers to reach the broadest possible audience. Since the inaugural festival, Lower Manhattan has become a thriving cultural and economic center. Though the Festival is anchored in Tribeca, events take place in neighborhoods throughout Manhattan, including film screenings, concerts, a family street fair, panel discussions, and other special events. Link
	Gainsbourg... Je t'Aime, Moi Non Plus Directed by Joann Sfar, 130 minutes, France/USA, Focus Features, 2010. With Eric Elmosnino, Lucy Gordon, Laetitia Casta, Doug Jones, Anna Mouglalis, Mylene Jampanoi. From a young man in Nazi-occupied Paris to the sultry crooner who bedded Brigitte Bardot and married Jane Birkin to the vulnerable poet hidden behind a shroud of provocation—Serge Gainsbourg's is a life large enough for grand treatment on film. One of France's greatest mavericks is brought back to life (uncannily, by Eric Elmosnino) in this imaginative and visually flamboyant film debut from one of France's greatest cartoonists. Friday, April 23rd at 6p.m. - Clearview Chelsea Cinema 7 Monday, April 26th at 7:30p.m. - Village East Cinema 7 Tuesday, April 27th at 2:15p.m. - Village East Cinema 2 Link
	A Brand New Life | Une Vie Toute Neuve Directed by Ounie Lecomte, 92 minutes, France/South Korea, 2009. With Kim Saeron, Park Doyeon, Ko A-Sung. When her father offers to take her on a trip, nine-year-old Jin-hee happily sings him a love song, the bittersweet notes inaudible to her own ear, until she realizes he has abandoned her at a Catholic orphanage. Drawing raves from the Cannes to Berlin film festivals, Ounie Lecomte's directorial debut, a semi-autobiographical portrait of 1970s South Korea, masterfully captures an emotional journey of loss, friendship, and starting anew. Tuesday, April 27th at 5:30p.m. - Village East Cinema 3 Wednesday, April 28th at 9:45p.m. - Village East Cinema 4 Thursday, April 29th at 6:45p.m. - Village East Cinema 4 Link
	The Chameleon | Le Caméléon Directed by Jean-Paul Salomé, 106 minutes, France/Canada, 2010. Emilie de Ravin, Famke Janssen, Brian Geraghty. When teenager Nicholas Barclay mysteriously resurfaces after he went missing three years ago, his sister and mother welcome him back with open arms, but a no-nonsense FBI agent is out to prove he's an imposter. Working from a true story, director Jean-Paul Salomé delivers an unsettling psychological thriller—featuring an unforgettable performance by Barkin—that will keep you guessing. Friday, April 23rd at 9:30p.m. - SVA Theatre 1 Sunday, April 25th at 6:30p.m. - Village East Cinema 6 Thursday, April 29th at 6p.m. - Village East Cinema 1 Link
	Heartbreaker | L'Arnacoeur Directed by Pascal Chaumeil, 104 minutes, France/Monaco, IFC Films, 2010. With Romain Duris, Vanessa Paradis, Julie Ferrier, François Damiens. Alex (Romain Duris) and his sister (Julie Ferrier) break up couples for a living. They have a 100 percent success rate and only two rules: Never split a healthy couple, and never fall in love. But with a week to break up beautiful Juliette (Vanessa Paradis) and her seemingly perfect boyfriend, the rules start to bend, and soon the heartbreakers risk having their own hearts broken. This charming and glamorous romantic comedy veers from laughs to tears to tears of laughter. Friday, April 23rd at 4p.m. - SVA Theatre 1 Sunday, April 25th at 1p.m. - Clearview Chelsea Cinema 8 Thursday, April 29th at 9:30p.m. - SVA Theatre 2 Link
	Lola Directed by Brillante Mendoza, 110 minutes, France/Philippines, 2009. With Rustica Carpio, Ketchup Eusebio, Benjie Filomeno. Two elderly matriarchs bear the consequences of a crime involving their grandsons: one is murdered, the other is the suspect. Frail, poor, but resolute, they individually traipse around to the prisons, funeral homes, and courtrooms of a stormy Manila in hopes of raising the funds necessary for the victim's burial, and the suspect's bail bond. Brillante Mendoza, named best director at Cannes for Kinatay (2009), is one of the strongest cinematic voices from the Philippines. Friday, April 23rd at 3:45p.m. - Village East Cinema 4 Saturday, April 24th at 1p.m. - Clearview Chelsea Cinema 8 Link
	Micmacs à Tire-Larigot Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 105 minutes, France, Sony Pictures Classics, 2009. With Dany Boon, André Dussolier, Nicolas Marié, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Yorlande Moreau. Bazil is a gentle-natured but unlucky man with a bullet lodged in his brain. Together with a motley crew of wacky new friends, he exacts an intricate revenge plot against the giant weapons manufacturers responsible for his lowly lot in life. From the inimitable and hyper-imaginative director of Delicatessen and Amélie comes a wild and whimsical underdog story, a David and Goliath tale by way of Buster Keaton. Thursday, April 29th at 6p.m. - SVA Theatre 2 Link
	Moloch Tropical Directed by Raoul Peck, 107 minutes, Haiti/France, 2009. With Nicole Dogue, Oris Erhuero, Tasha Homan, Jimmy Jean-Louis. Haitian auteur Raoul Peck meticulously drapes the poetic across the political in his reflection on the universal malady of absolute power corrupting absolutely. Inspired by the last days of 19th-century Haitian king Henri Christophe but set in the 21st century in the palace of Port-au-Prince, Moloch Tropical unnervingly resonates in the contemporary moment across different leaders and nations—from Saddam Hussein to Bill Clinton. Friday, April 23rd at 3p.m. - SVA Theatre 1 Special benefit screening for Handicap International. Link
	My Own Love Song Directed by Olicier Dahan, 105 minutes, France/USA, 2010. With Renée Zellweger, Forest Whitaker, Madeline Zima, Elias Koteas. In his English-language debut, Olivier Dahan ( La vie en rose ) sculpts a hyper-stylized and uplifting road movie about family, perseverance, and redemption. Wheelchair user Jane (Renée Zellweger, exceptional) is a fiercely independent ex-singer whose tough exterior hides a secret that has paralyzed her emotional life and career. When her zany neighbor Joey (Forest Whitaker) forces them to skip town, Jane must change her tune. With songs performed by Zellweger and original music by Bob Dylan. Saturday, April 24th at 5:45p.m. - Village East Cinema 2 Link
	French shorts at Tribeca Film Festival ! - The Delicate Art of the Bludgeon Directed Jean-Gabriel Periot, 4 minutes, 2009. An experimental film about the policemen's sensibility... - This Disk is the Same as the other One Directed by Jean-Jacques Palix, 9 minutes, 2009. A collage of record players and sounds emanating from the discs. - The Visible and Invisible of a Body under Tension Directed by Emmanuel Lefrant, 7 minutes, 2009. Africa, 2003: the mechanisms of memory. The film shows landscapes in fusion, the logic of a world that reveals itself. For showtimes and tickets, click here.
	BAM presents a JEAN RENOIR series > > > April 9th - May 11th Cinema’s consummate humanist and one of its greatest artists, Jean Renoir directed over 40 films that explore enduring themes of individual liberty and universal fraternity. His poetic visual style, a graceful blend of naturalism and artifice, and incalculable influence on world cinema led Orson Welles to declare him “the greatest of all directors.” This 21-film retrospective includes every film Jean Renoir directed in Hollywood exile as well as his early masterpieces and late Technicolor spectacles. Link
	The Woman on the Beach | La Femme sur la Plage Directed by Jean Renoir, 71 minutes, USA, RKO Radio Pictures, 1947. With Joan Bennett, Robert Ryan, Charles Bickford. In his memoirs, Renoir called his fascinating foray in noir "the sort of avant-garde film which would have found its niche a quarter of a century earlier, between Nosferatu the Vampire and Caligari ." Like those films, The Woman on the Beach privileges its moody, dream-like atmosphere over its wisp of a narrative, about a love triangle between a troubled coast guard (Ryan), a married woman (Bennett), and her blind, artist husband (Bickford). Friday, April 23rd at 2, 4:30, 6:50 & 9:15p.m. Link
	Elena and her Men | Elena et les Hommes Directed by Jean Renoir, 98 minutes, France/Italy, Warner Bros. Pictures, 1956. With Ingrid Bergman, Jean Marais, Mel Ferrer. Ingrid Bergman is luminous as a Polish princess whose charm and beauty seduces some of the highest ranking government officials in turn-of-the-century France. The film finds Renoir exploring the rich possibilities of artifice via the giddy mise-en-scène, but the deeply felt tenderness that runs throughout this delightful comedy is totally sincere. Saturday, April 24th at 2, 4:30, 6:50 & 9:15p.m. Link
	French Cancan Directed by Jean Renoir, 102 minutes, France/Italy, United Motions Picture Organization, 1954. With Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, María Félix. Along with Elena and Her Men and The Golden Coach , one of the director's late Technicolor, period spectacles and "the happiest and most exuberant ripple in Renoir’s career as a river of personal expression" (Andrew Sarris). Renoir conjures up the lavish Belle Époque for this telling of the founding of the notorious Moulin Rouge and the Cancan craze it begot, with Gabin as the impresario Danglard who turns a simple laundress into the toast of Paris. Sunday, April 25th at 2, 4:30, 6:50 & 9:15p.m. Link
	Swamp Water | L'Etang Tragique Directed by Jean Renoir, 88 minutes, USA, 20th Century Fox, 1941. With Walter Brennan, Walter Huston, Anne Baxter. In Renoir's first American project, he quickly learned the difficulties of working within the strict confines of the studio system as Darryl Zanuck made the production impossible (even rewriting the ending and hiring another director to shoot it). With the texture of a Western, the film could be mistaken for a John Ford film as it employed many of his collaborators, including screenwriter Dudley Nichols and actors Walter Brennan and Ward Bond. Monday, April 26th at 6:50 & 9:15p.m. Link
	This Land is Mine | Vivre Libre Directed by Jean Renoir, 103 minutes, USA, RKO Radio Pictures, 1943. With Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, George Sanders. Set "somewhere in Europe," Renoir's second Hollywood film is an understated drama about a small occupied town overrun by Nazis. A cowardly schoolteacher (Laughton, in a monumental performance) undergoes a transformation into a freedom loving patriot as he is drawn into the resistance against the occupiers. Renoir's compassionate touch launches this film beyond its propaganda-piece trappings as it refuses to distill the events into a battle of good vs. evil. Tuesday, April 27th at 4:30, 6:50 & 9:15p.m. Link
	FIAF presents  " CINEMA ACCORDING TO V É RA BELMONT " > > > Tuesdays in April FIAF is proud and honored to welcome the heralded film producer and filmmaker Véra Belmont, a true force in French cinema. The series is dedicated to the many hats that Belmont wears, and is divided by themes to showcase her varied talents as both a producer and filmmaker. She is a great supporter and creator of film and through the years has sought out new talent, producing the first films by Maurice Pialat and André Téchiné. Link
	Red Kiss | Rouge Baiser Directed by Véra Belmont, 112 minutes, France/West Germany, Circle Releasing, 1985. With Charlotte Valandrey, Lambert Wilson, Marthe Keller, Laurent Terzieff. A deeply personal film for Belmont, Red Kiss sets a coming-of-age tale against the unrest of 1952 Paris. Nadia (Valandrey in an award-winning performance) is beaten bloody at a Communist rally and discovered by photographer Stéphane (Wilson). As the two become lovers, she begins to grow alienated with her ideology. Tuesday, April 27th at 12:30 & 4p.m. Link
	Surviving with Wolves | Survivre avec les Loups Directed by Véra Belmont, 118 minutes, France/Belgium/Germany, 2007. With Mathilde Goffart, Yaël Abecassis, Guy Bedos, Michèle Bernier. Belmont’s most recent directorial effort is an adaptation of Misha Defonseca’s controversial novel Misha about a young girl’s journey through Nazi Europe. Alone and in search of her deported parents, she wanders from city to city, stealing food and clothing to stay alive. A wrenching examination of humanity and endurance. Tuesday, April 27th at 7p.m. Director Véra Belmont will participate in a Q&A session moderated by series co-curator and filmmaker Jackie Raynal. Link
	FIAF presents  " CINEKIDS " Babar : The Movie | Le Triomphe de Babar Directed by Alan Bunce, 70 minutes, France/Canada, New Line Cinema, 1989. The adventures of Babar, which have captivated children for over fifty years, come to the big screen in this animated film based on the beloved stories by Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff. Follow a young Babar, his love Celeste, the wise-cracking Zephir, and the rest of the characters as they save Elephantland from the sinister rhinoceroses. Saturday, April 24th at 3:30p.m. Link
	NYU & La Maison Française present : French Literature and Cinema : an International Colloquium Directed by Alan Bunce, 70 minutes, France/Canada, New Line Cinema, 1989. The colloquium will explore the varied interactions between cinema and French and Francophone literature, both from a stylistic and theoritical perpective. Authors and theorists include Cendrars, Cocteau, Duras, Leiris, Malraux, Ropars, Schefers, Montalbetti and Chamoiseau. Friday, April 23rd from 10:45a.m. to 6:30p.m. Link

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