CUNY TV’s global film series CITY CINEMATHEQUE will present premiering Saturday & Sunday, June 6 & 7 (2015) at 9 PM. After each of the films – shown in the original French language with English subtitles – series host Jerry W. Carlson, Professor of Cinema Studies at The City College/CUNY, meets with film scholars to discuss the impact and influence of the week’s offering.
CITY CINEMATHEQUE is presented every weekend, with the same film on Saturday and Sunday nights at 9 PM, repeated again the following Friday night (early Saturday morning) at midnight. CUNY TV is broadcast over-the-air in the New York metropolitan area (including areas of Long Island, Westchester, NJ, and CT within 35 miles of Times Square) on digital Ch. 25.3, and cablecast in the five boroughs of New York City on Ch. 75 (Time Warner and Cablevision/Optimum Brooklyn), Ch. 77 (RCN Cable) and Ch. 30 (Verizon FiOS).
Complete information about the five Classics of French Film, ranging from 1946 to 1959, is as follows:
Beauty and the Beast (1946)Saturday 6/6 & Sunday 6/7 at 9pm; Friday 6/12 at midnightDirector: Jean Cocteau. Cast: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély, Michel Auclair.Discussion guest: Mary Ann Caws, CUNY Graduate Center.
Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (1953)Saturday 6/13 & Sunday 6/14 at 9pm; Friday 6/19 at midnightDirector: Jacques Tati. Cast: Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Micheline Rolla.Discussion guest: David Bellos, Princeton University.
The Wages of Fear (1953)Saturday 6/20 & Sunday 6/21 at 9pm; Friday 6/26 at midnightDirector: Henri-Georges Clouzot. Cast: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, Folco Lulli.Discussion guest: William Luhr, St. Peter’s University.
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)Saturday 6/27 & Sunday 6/28; Friday 7/3 at midnightDirector: Louis Malle. Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Yori Bertin.Discussion guest: Krin Gabbard, Columbia University.
The 400 Blows (1959)Saturday 7/4 & Sunday 7/5 at 9pm; Friday 7/10 at midnightDirector: Francois Truffaut. Cast: Jean Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier.Discussion guest: Audrey Evrard, Fordham University.
