Cinema & Fashion Carte Blanche to agnès b. Tuesdays, February 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2012
FIAF, Florence Gould Hall
Presented as part of Fashion at FIAF 2012
FIAF is thrilled to invite French fashion
designer agnès b. to share some
of the films that have most influenced
her life and career as a designer,
photographer, and, more recently, as
a fashion film producer and director.
Cinema plays an important role
in agnès b.’s world. Her love of black
and white films and the casual elegance
of New Wave cinema are reflected in
the straight lines of her classic designs
and fashion films, all of which pay
homage to the cinematic art form.
agnès b. will be present at FIAF on February 7 to introduce the 7:30pm screening of Jean Renoir’s The Crime of Monsieur Lange and will participate in a Q&A following the screening.
CinémaTuesdays The Crime of Monsieur Lange Le crime de Monsieur Lange Tuesday, February 7, 2012
12:30, 4 & 7:30pm
FIAF, Florence Gould Hall Free for FIAF Members
12:30 & 4pm: Film screening only
7:30pm: Introduction, film, and Q&A with agnès b.
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.
Review
“One of Renoir's most completely delightful movies.”
—Time Out New York
Meet the Designer agnès b. presents The Crime of Monsieur Lange Tuesday, February 7, 2012
7:30pm
FIAF, Florence Gould Hall Free for FIAF Members
Presented as part of FIAF First Tuesdays
agnès b., the French fashion designer and guest curator of the February CinémaTuesdays series, Carte Blanche to agnès b., comes to FIAF to introduce the 7:30pm screening of Jean Renoir’s The Crime of Monsieur Lange. She will also participate in a Q&A following the screening.
The Crime of Monsieur Lange Le crime de Monsieur Lange 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.
Review
“One of Renoir's most completely delightful movies.”
—Time Out New York
CinémaTuesdays …And God Created Woman Et Dieu… créa la femme Tuesday, February 14, 2012
12:30, 4 & 7:30pm
FIAF, Florence Gould Hall Free for FIAF Members
Roger Vadim, 1956. Color. 95 min.
With Brigitte Bardot, Curd Jürgens,
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jane Marken
In French with English subtitles
Vadim’s showpiece for his then-wife remains a durable, frothy comedy fifty years after its release. The film’s gorgeous St. Tropez scenery is the perfect backdrop for the tale of a town frenzied by a young orphan.
CinémaTuesdays My Life to Live Vivre sa vie Tuesday, February 21, 2012
12:30 & 4pm
FIAF, Florence Gould Hall Free for FIAF Members
Jean-Luc Godard, 1962. B&W. 85 min.
With Anna Karina, Sady Rebbot, André S. Labarthe
In French with English subtitles
Godard’s fourth film is also perhaps his most moving film. Godard continues his passionate wrestling with (and deconstruction of) cinema and capitalism. Brilliantly shot by longtime collaborator Raoul Coutard, the film chronicles the life of a young streetwalker in Paris whose daydreams contrast with the squalor of her reality.
Review
“Jean-Luc Godard's fourth film is a heartfelt, headstrong attempt to push his own concept of a deconstructed cinema even further into the stratosphere.”
—Time Out New York
CinémaTuesdays Pierrot le Fou Tuesday, February 21, 2012
7:30pm
FIAF, Florence Gould Hall Free for FIAF Members
Jean-Luc Godard, 1965. Color. 110 min.
With Jean- Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Graziella Galvani
In French with English subtitles
Ferdinand, a bored bourgeois husband, takes up with the babysitter in a burst of rebellion, tearing down his identity. Pierrot le fou captures Godard at a crossroads—it’s a boundary-pushing marriage of the history of cinema and a struggle to explore new forms of storytelling.
Review
“Whimsical and melancholic, playful and heavy as a heart swollen with emotion.”—The New York Times
CinémaTuesdays Golden Marie Casque d’or Tuesday, February 28, 2012
12:30, 4 & 7:30pm
FIAF, Florence Gould Hall Free for FIAF Members
Jacques Becker, 1952. B&W. 96 min.
With Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani,
Claude Dauphin, Raymond Bussières
In French with English subtitles
A sumptuous, profound parable of romance shattered by forces greater than love. The life of a reformed crook is upended by a woman mired in the very world he now struggles to escape. The connection the two forge as lovers sets off a series of violent acts that promises hurt and regret.
Review
“One of the great movie romances.”—Time Out New York
**Free Member tickets distributed on
the day of the event. Please present
your Membership card at the box office. Member tickets
may be purchased in advance for $2.
Exclusive Sofitel Offer
for CinémaTuesdays Attendees
Dinner at Gaby Restaurant, Sofitel New York
Sofitel New York is proud
to extend an exclusive offer
to CinémaTuesdays attendees for a special post-screening dinner menu at the elegant Gaby Restaurant.
Show your ticket stub to indulge in the exquisite French cuisine of Executive Chef Sylvain Harribey, who has previously worked at Alain Ducasse in Paris and the Ritz
in London.
Main Course, Dessert, & 1 Glass of Wine for $35
Appetizer, Main Course, Dessert, & 1 Glass of Wine for $45
Special thanks to
the Cultural Services
of the French Embassy,
French Ministry
of Foreign Affairs,
agnès b., Chris Apple,
Ariane Michel, Elodie
Cazes & the Museum
at FIT.
Cinema programs at
FIAF are made possible
by the New York State
Council on the Arts with
the support of Governor
Andrew Cuomo and
the New York State
Legislature
CinémaTuesdays is
sponsored by Lancôme,
TV5MONDE, and Wheels in
Europe/Renault Eurodrive
FIAF Winter 2012
Season Sponsors: American Airlines,
the official airline of FIAF;
the Cultural Services
of the French Embassy;
Institut français;
the Florence Gould
Foundation; National
Endowment for the Arts;
New York State Council
on the Arts; the New
York City Department
of Cultural Affairs;
Robert de Rothschild
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