Friday, August 31, 2012 (8)

Aug 31, 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 23, 2012
Thursday
  • LITTLE WHITE LIES

  • Aug 23, 2012 to Sep 28, 2012
  • Location: Angelika Film Center and Lincoln Plaza Cinema
  • Description:

    LITTLE WHITE LIES, the generational ensemble dramatic comedy by Guillaume Canet, the writer-director of Tell No One, stars Academy Award® winners Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose, The Dark Knight Rises) and Jean Dujardin (The Artist) along with François Cluzet (Tell No One, The Intouchables) and Gilles Lellouche (Point Blank, Mesrine), LITTLE WHITE LIES follows a close-knit group of friends whose bonds are tested and strengthened over a summer holiday.

    Bringing together some of the top names from France’s current generation of actors, Mr. Canet weaves a joyous and heartfelt ensemble film out of the dilemmas of eight thirty and forty-something close friends as they vacation together in the summer beach house of uptight restaurateur Max (Mr. Cluzet). Starting out light and carefree, tensions begin to fill the air when Ludo is clinging to life following a motorcycle accident, and Max is grappling with unwanted affections from Vincent (The Piano Teacher's Benoit Magimel), whose married l

  • Created by: Aimee Morris
August 26, 2012
Sunday
August 31, 2012
Friday
  • InhabitBlue Yoga in Santorini

  • Aug 31, 2012 at 10:00am to Sep 19, 2012 at 10:00am
  • Location: Santorini, Greece
  • Description:

    An ancient island that endured one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history, Santorini feels like no other place on earth. 120 miles southwest of mainland Greece, everything is brighter: the whitewashed cube-shaped houses, the lapis lazuli sea and the sunsets that light up the caldera. One could not find more beautiful, perfectly quiet and spiritually inspiring grounds for a yoga retreat. Here guests recharge within a healthy and peaceful atmosphere conducive to both serenity and excitement.http://www.inhabitblueyoga.com

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  • Gaumont Film Series @ MoMA: "Nikita" by Luc Besson

  • Aug 31, 2012 from 12:30pm to 2:30pm
  • Location: MoMA
  • Description:

    Nikita (La femme Nikita)

    1990. France/Italy. Written and directed by Luc Besson. With Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Jeanne Moreau, Tcheky Karyo. In this lively, violent fiction a murderous young woman is turned into a “sleeper” assassin by a mysterious government agency. Courtesy Sony Pictures. 117 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