Sunday, February 12, 2012 (5)

Feb 12, 2012
November 24, 2011
Thursday
  • THE ARTIST

  • Nov 24, 2011 to Feb 29, 2012
  • Location: Paris Theatre
  • Description:

    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.

  • Created by: Aimee Morris
February 1, 2012
Wednesday
  • Arne Quinze - "My Home, My House, My Stilthouse"

  • Feb 1, 2012 to Mar 31, 2012
  • Location: Chelsea
  • Description:

    The Vicky David Gallery is proud to present an exhibition of the Belgian artist Arne Quinze.

     

    The gallery will present pieces from the series "My Home, My House, My Stilthouse" which plays on the dichotomy between chaos and equilibrium. From the appearant fragility of his material emerges overflowing energy and pure beauty.  Arne Quinze dreams of an ideal society in which all individuals communicate and interact with each other. Eclectically he uses paintings, drawings, sculptures and monumental installations to develop his work in the urban movement, by focusing on the themes: Order, Disorder, Structure and Habitation.

     

    Beginning in the early 2000’s, Arne Quinze’s œuvre is the subject of many public and private installations around the world such as ("Uchronia", Nevada, USA; "Timegate", Miami, USA; "Rebirth", Paris, FRANCE; "Red Beacon", Shanghai, CHINA; "Camille", Rouen, FRANCE; "The Sequence", Brussels, BELGIUM; "The Traveller", Munich, GERMANY ; "The Visitor", Beirut, LEBANON).

    Arne Q

  • Created by: Vicky David
February 7, 2012
Tuesday
  • CinémaTuesdays in February: Carte Blanche to Agnès b.

  • Feb 7, 2012 at 1:00pm to Feb 28, 2012 at 2:00pm
  • Location: Florence Gould Hall at the French Insitute Alliance Francaise
  • Description:

    CinémaTuesdays in February: Carte Blanche to Agnès b.

     

    FIAF is thrilled to invite French fashion designer Agnès b. to curate a month-long series of films that have most influenced her life and career as a designer, photographer, and, more recently, as a fashion film producer and director.

      

    The Crime of Monsieur Lange
    Tuesday, February 7, 2012
    12:30 and 4pm

     

    Jean Renoir, 1936. B&W. 80 min.
    With René Lefèvre, Florelle, Jules Berry, Marcel Lévesque
    In French with English subtitles

     

    After a rogue publisher leaves town with his company’s profits, a writer bands together with his similarly swindled coworkers to seek revenge—first by starting a new publishing house and then by more devious means. A delightful film with an inspired, Capra-esque mix of whimsy and justice.

    Playing at: 12:30, 4 & 7:30pm

     

    Meet the Designer
    Agnès b. presents
    The Crime of Monsieur Lange

    Tuesday, February 7, 2012
    7:30pm


    Agnès b., the French fashion designer and guest curator of the February CinémaTuesdays series

  • Created by: FIAF
February 12, 2012
Sunday
  • The Straight Line (La Ligne Droite) part of ReelAbilities

  • Feb 12, 2012 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm
  • Location: The JCC in Manhattan
  • Description:
    Régis Wargnier / France / French / 99 min / Official Website

    Yannick is a young runner who has gone blind. He partners with Leila, a recently released convict and they begin to run together. Yannick and Leila meet on the racetrack, become running mates and eventually they fall in love. As they begin to spend more time together, both on and off the track, a relationship blossoms but is met with adversity and distrust by their families. The film’s cast includes actors who are blind athletes.

  • Created by: isaac