Program 3 – Field of Dreams Embark on a cinematic voyage you will never forget, with the greatest new exponents of European filmmaking. The Eurochannel Short Films Tour is back for its eighth edition, with a special programming theme: happiness! The Eurochannel Short Films Tour has been a successful Eurochannel trademark for the last seven […]
Today's French film will be "Eight Women" starring Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert and Fanny Ardent, among others. Shown in French with English subtitles, this is a musical comedy/mystery from 2002 directed by François Ozon (Potiche. Lots of songs and fun take place in this movie. At an isolated mansion in the snowy countryside of 1950s […]
CINÉMA ET CONVERSATION Moderators Strother Purdy and Mark Franklin will present each month to AF members a wide selection of French films to view and discuss. The viewing will be held at the AF Center 2:00pm, we will present a comedy, “La Folie des Grandeurs” (1971). Our moderators Strother Purdy and Mark Franklin will lead […]
Our film will be “La Règle du Jeu” (“The Rules of the Game”) from 1939. It was directed by Jean Renoir, son of the legendary painter, and is universally praised as one of the greatest films of all time. It is a drama set in the decadent and callous French society entre deux guerres, immediately […]
Moderators Strother Purdy and Mark Franklin will present each month to AF members a wide selection of French films to view and discuss. The viewing will be held at the AF Center. Sunday 2pm presentations will include snacks and BYOB. The March 2018 presentation will be a suspense thriller. Friday evening 6:30pm presentations will include […]
For April, we plan on changing the pace and showing something funny, light and relatively recent. The film is Intouchables (2011). It is a “bromance” comedy involving an unlikely friendship between a quadriplegic billionaire and his irreverent caretaker. It is based on a true friendship. Pizza will be served, BYOB.
For May, we plan on showing Day of the Jackal (1973). The film will be in English, but we will show French subtitles. Although the film is American, it does a superb job in showing a fictional story based in a tense period in French history when Charles DeGaulle’s life was in real danger from […]
This Friday, June the 15th, we will reattempt the showing of Day of the Jackal (1973). This film is in English with French subtitles. It is a British film showing a fictional story based in a tense period in French history when Charles DeGaulle's life was in danger from ultranationalist extremists. Based on a mystery […]
Join us for a screening of "La Cage aux Folles", a classic farce from 1978.
