Monday, August 20, 2012 (5)

Aug 20, 2012
May 17, 2012
Thursday
  • French Apéritif Thursdays in Greenpoint

  • May 17, 2012 at 1:00pm to Sep 27, 2012 at 8:00am
  • Location: Le Gamin Greenpoint
  • Description:

    French Aperitif Thursday parties at our Greenpoint location launches this coming thursday May 17th and then every Thursday for the all summer..

    Event : http://www.facebook.com/legamingreenpoint
    Where : Le Gamin Greenpoint, 108 Franklin Street, bet Oak & Noble St. in Greenpoint/Brooklyn
    « BEFORE & AFTER HOURS » will be offering unique house cocktails, wine, beers coming along with charcuterie, cheeses, vegetable dips, traditional French bites, as well as small tasting sample plates from LE GAMIN GREENPOINT new summer dinner menu.

    The concept is based on traditionnal French Aperitif, it offers moment of simple, multiple and spontaneous dégustation which brings a variety of local products on the table such as bread, cheese, cured meats, garden products, cocktails and wines.

    Please let me know if it is something you would like to cover?  We would love to have you at The restaurant on May 17th to share a glass of wine and a plate of cheese.

    I can obviously send you more info about the event, ou
  • Created by: le gamin
July 12, 2012
Thursday
  • FAREWELL, MY QUEEN

  • Jul 12, 2012 to Aug 31, 2012
  • Location: Lincoln Plaza Cinema and Angelika Film Center
  • Description:

    Selected as this year’s Berlin Film Festival's Opening Night film, FAREWELL, MY QUEEN marks the return of acclaimed director Benoît Jacquot (A Single Girl, Seventh Heaven, Sade, Deep in the Woods,) and brilliantly captures the passions, debauchery, occasional glimpses of nobility and ultimately the chaos that engulfed the court of Marie Antoinette in the final days before the full-scale outbreak of the Revolution.

    Based on the best-selling novel by Chantal Thomas, the film stars Léa Seydoux as one of Marie’s ladies-in-waiting, seemingly an innocent but quietly working her way into her mistress’s special favors, until history tosses her fate onto a decidedly different path. With the action moving effortlessly from the gilded drawing rooms of the nobles to the back quarters of those who serve them, this is a period film at once accurate and sumptuous in its visual details and modern in its emotions. Diane Kruger's gives her best performance to date as the ill-fated Queen and Virginie L

  • Created by: Aimee Morris
August 20, 2012
Monday
  • 2nd Diner en Blanc New-York - August 20th 2012

  • Aug 20, 2012 from 2:00pm to 6:30pm
  • Location: Secret Location in Manhattan
  • Description:

    Mark your calendar for Monday, Aug 20th to be a part of an extraordinary ‘mass chic picnic’: Le Dîner en Blanc - New York for this 2nd very expected edition!

     

    The location is kept secret until the last moment. Elegance, glamour and enchanting acquaintances will be the highlights of this French historical concept. We look forward to meeting you in your heavenly white attire.

     

    Registration for the waiting list opens on Tuesday, August 14th at noon. Please add your name ASAP to the waiting list (before Tuesday, August 14) if you would like the opportunity to have a chance to participate:

    http://newyork.dinerenblanc.info/waiting.php

  • Created by: Pierre RIVES
 
  • Gaumont Film Series @ MoMA: "Poison" by Sacha Guitry

  • Aug 20, 2012 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm
  • Location: MoMA
  • Description:

    La poison (Poison)

    1951. France. Written and directed by Sacha Guitry. With Michel Simon, Jean Debucourt, Jacques Varennes. In a town where everybody knows everybody else, a man murders his wife. He admits his crime in court, but is acquitted through a series of extraordinary circumstances. In French; English subtitles. 85 min.

     

     


    Gaumont Thrillers: From Fantômas to A Gang Story

    August 15–September 4, 2012

    Organized by Laurence Kardish, Senior Curator, Department of Film, in association with Gaumont France.

    The exhibition is supported in part by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States (www.frenchculture.org).

  • Created by: Nathalie Charles