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23 Apr

Paris Calligrammes

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Ulrike Ottinger, then a young painter, lived in Paris in the 1960s. Now a filmmaker, she looks back on that time, weaving memories of the Parisian life and the upheavals of the time into a cinematic poem with the city at its center.Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Apr 23, 2021

31 Aug

A Paris Education

Max SchindlerMovie reviewseducation, paris

Etienne (Andranic Manet), a serious and impressionable shaggy-haired young cinephile, leaves behind his steady girlfriend (Diane Rouxel) in Lyon to study film in Paris. Settling into a dingy flat with a rotating cast of roommates, he immerses himself in a bohemian world of artists, intellectuals, and fellow film geeks who excitedly share their passion for Bresson, Ford, and obscure Russian directors. It?s a seemingly idyllic life of the mind?until more complicated matters of the flesh, as well as jealous creativity, intrude. [Film Society of Lincoln Center]Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Aug 31, 2018

08 Feb

The 15:17 to Paris

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In the early evening of August 21, 2015, the world watched in stunned silence as the media reported a thwarted terrorist attack on Thalys train #9364 bound for Paris?an attempt prevented by three courageous young Americans traveling through Europe. The film follows the course of the friends? lives, from the struggles of childhood through finding their footing in life, to the series of unlikely events leading up to the attack. Throughout the harrowing ordeal, their friendship never wavers, making it their greatest weapon and allowing them to save the lives of the more than 500 passengers on board.Rated: RRelease Date:…

26 Oct

The Paris Opera

Max SchindlerMovie reviewsopera, paris

Autumn 2015. At the Paris Opera, Stephane Lissner is putting the finishing touches to his first press conference as director. Backstage, artists and crew prepare to raise the curtain on a new season withSchonberg's Moses and Aaron. But the announcement of a strike and arrival of a bull in a supporting rolecomplicate matters. At the same time, a promising young Russian singer begins at the Opera's Academy. In the hallways of Opera Bastille, his destiny will cross paths with that of Bryn Terfel, one of the greatest voices of his time. As the season progresses, more and more characters appear,…

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