Events

November 16–January 28, 2011
Exhibition Opening: November 15, 6 to 9PM

Ubu Gallery is pleased to announce Georges Hugnet: The Love Life of the Spumifers, an exhibition of hand-painted photographic postcards by the eminent Surrealist artist, poet, bookbinding designer and critic. These bizarre, lusciously painted images illustrate Hugnet’s work, The Love Life of the Spumifers where each accompanying text poetically and humorously catalogues the mating habits of a fantastical creature or Spumifer.


The Love Life of the Spumifers, or La Vie Amoureuse des Spumifères, combines Surrealist poetry’s fascination with l’amour and Dada’s tendency towards deliberate grammatical spontaneity and absurdity. Words like bowoodling, friskadoodling and alabamaraminating are concocted by Hugnet to describe the seductive strategies of his imaginary creatures. Each text is dedicated to a different creature, describing how it woos, teases, gropes and molests its intended love conquest. Each Spumifer is illust

Hollywood 1927. George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), it seems the sky's the limit - major movie stardom awaits. THE ARTIST tells the story of their interlinked destinies.
 
Starring Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, Malcolm McDowell, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller.

FIAF is honored to present a month of films dedicated to Jacques Perrin, an actor of great renown who has also been a successful producer, narrator, and director. This series will shed light on the many roles Perrin, an Oscar nominee and César Award Winner, has occupied in the world of cinema.

Donkey Skin, January 10 12:30 & 4 PM

The Young Girls of Rochefort January 10 at 7:30 PM

The Desert of the Tartars January 17 at 12:30 & 4 PM

The 317^th Platoon January 17 at 7:30 PM

Special Section January 24 at 12:30 & 7:30 PM

Microcosmos January 31 at 12:30 & 7:30 PM

Winged Migration January 31 at 4 PM

Sneak Preview of His Mother’s Eyes at Tinker Auditorium January 26 at 7:30 PM

MY FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL is an innovative concept to help discover young French creation and allow Internet users across the globe to share their love of French cinema. For its second edition, the festival returns with even more foreign languages, new partner platforms and launch previews at the four corners of the world. It is organized by Unifrance and Allocine.

THE PRINCIPLES:

Ten feature films and ten shorts by young French creators are in competition. Internet users are invited to score all the films and leave their comments on the website. The selection equally includes a film out-of-competition, a heritage film, as well as one French Canadian short and one feature.

HOW?

The festival is available in 14 languages. The Internet website and the films (available via video-on-demand) are accessible in Arabic, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Polish, Russian and Spanish. 

PRICES:

Worldwide: • Rental of a feature: 1.99€ • Rental of a shor

A new 35mm print of Robert Bresson’s A Man Escaped (1956), based on an actual prison escape and inspired by Bresson’s own experiences, will run at Film Forum from Friday, January 20 through Thursday, January 26 (one week). A Janus Film Release.

Lyons, Occupied France, 1943: in a 3 x 2 meter cell in Fort Montluc after an abortive leap from the car taking him there, Lieutenant François Leterrier immediately starts thinking of breaking out. And then begin those moments of chance — or are they acts of Providence? — that are ultimately vital: the surprise care package that arrives just as an announced search is imminent; the friend’s unsuccessful escape attempt that gives him essential information; the unwelcome last-minute roommate in half-German uniform who must be killed or enlisted. And the intense focus on what Eric Rohmer called “the miracle of objects”: the string and sack for communication to the outside; the pin that unlocks the cuffs; the spoon turned into a chisel; the strips of c

In La Bibliothèque, contemporary French artist Eric Fonteneau creates a trompe l’oeil library. Thousands of graphite and charcoal rubbings of book bindings, souvenirs copied at libraries during Fonteneau’s travels in Europe and America, line the walls of the site- specific installation. Fonteneau plays with the idea of real versus imagined and memory versus record, while hinting at the impending end of print in our increasingly digital world.

U.S. Premiere! Director Thierry Binisti, author Valérie Zenatti, and producers Gilles Sacuto and Milena Poylo in person for both screenings!

Tal is a 17-year-old Frenchwoman who has settled in Jerusalem with her family. She writes a letter expressing her refusal to accept that only hatred can reign between Israelis and Palestinians. She slips the letter into a bottle, and her brother throws it into the sea near Gaza, where he is carrying out his military service. A few weeks later, Tal receives a response from a mysterious “Gazaman,” a young Palestinian named Naïm. This engrossing and hopeful drama starring Hiam Abbas is based on the award-winning novel by Valérie Zenatti.

SERIES: NEW YORK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL

SHOWTIMES:

Citifari landmark tour includes the New Yorker Hotel, the Empire State building, Grand Central Terminal and the Chrysler building.
Citifari tour starts outside B&H Photo at the corner of 34th st. and 9th av.
- bring your best camera, a couple of lenses if you have (a standard zoom should be enough but you might want to be able to play a bit),
- remember to charge your battery and have a memory card that will allow for some 100 shots (~ 10 shots per spot),
- wear comfortable clothing and walking shoes according to the weather,
- most of the tour occurs outside, wear a hat and sunscreen during sunny days,
- bring some refreshments / snacks

The tour should last between 2-1/2 hour and 3 hours and will end close to the Chrysler building.

Check www.citifari.com for reservations and more information

SATURDAY FUN PLAYDATE.from 3 to 5.30pm in French once a month

1st- January 21 at 3pm, EINY 111 east 22 street must RSVP

Come join myself and my 4 year-olds Caroline and Charlotte for a series of French themed play dates! I am introducing a new series of interactive, creative and fun play dates that will occur this January through this coming summer. One Saturday a month from 3 to 5:30pm, bring your kids aged between a few months and seven years for an afternoon of playful french language immersion.

With song and talk, children's french language skills will be encouraged in a fun setting. Every play date will include 30 minutes of musician, artist, or teacher instruction. Also included will be a time set for reading three different books. In order to create different age appropriate reading groups, I am looking for parents who would be interested in reading.

The play dates will take place in a large room that the EINY school has already offered. For refreshments, I will supply fromage, crac

What makes French champagne different from other sparkling wines and how do you know a good champagne when you taste one? These questions and more will be answered during this popular "intro" class. This is a great way to start the year and a great way to start your champagne education! We will taste three French champagnes, representing three different wine styles, and touch on the history of the wine and the region as well as the wine making process. Each wine will be paired with a French cheese to extend the sensory exploration.

THE HOTTEST AND #1 FRENCH RAPPER IN FRANCE IS COMING TO NEW YORK LIVE IN CONCERT!!! HE'S WORKED WITH SOME BIG TIME AMERICAN RAPPERS AND PRODUCERS SUCH AS DJ KHALED, THE GAME, T-PAIN, AND MANY MORE!

OPENING ACT WILL BE PERFORMED BY REVOLUTIONARY BROOKLYN-BASED HIP-HOP/RAP ARTISTS Y-LOVE & DIWON!!!

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/03004794D751C1F0?artistid=1676420&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=5

DON'T MISS OUT ON AN UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT FULL OF INSANE VIBES AND MUSIC!!!