Love permeates SFFS's francophone film series.
Love permeates SFFS's francophone film series.
Love permeates SFFS's francophone film series.
Sentimental French film is no top-shelf vehicle, but Depardieu savors it as if it were the rarest vintage Bordeaux.
Sentimental French film is no top-shelf vehicle, but Depardieu savors it as if it were the rarest vintage Bordeaux.
Sentimental French film is no top-shelf vehicle, but Depardieu savors it as if it were the rarest vintage Bordeaux.
Sentimental French film is no top-shelf vehicle, but Depardieu savors it as if it were the rarest vintage Bordeaux.
Sentimental French film is no top-shelf vehicle, but Depardieu savors it as if it were the rarest vintage Bordeaux.
Sentimental French film is no top-shelf vehicle, but Depardieu savors it as if it were the rarest vintage Bordeaux.
The first feature to play SFFS | New People Cinema, Godard's ‘Film Socialisme’ is both poetic rumination and urgent intervention.
The first feature to play SFFS | New People Cinema, Godard's ‘Film Socialisme’ is both poetic rumination and urgent intervention.
The first feature to play SFFS | New People Cinema, Godard's ‘Film Socialisme’ is both poetic rumination and urgent intervention.
Pacific Film Archive serves a full course of films by Marcel Pagnol.
Pacific Film Archive serves a full course of films by Marcel Pagnol.
Pacific Film Archive serves a full course of films by Marcel Pagnol.
The 1967 nearly dialogue-free comedy ‘Playtime,’ which is the fourth feature and the most notably boldest piece from late French filmmaker-actor Jacques Tati, plays at Castro Theatre. More at castrotheatre.com.
Cabaret New Burlesque gets the French art-house treatment with ‘On Tour.’
Cabaret New Burlesque gets the French art-house treatment with ‘On Tour.’
Cabaret New Burlesque gets the French art-house treatment with ‘On Tour.’
A soundtrack staple in the Denis oeuvre, Tindersticks play their beautifully brooding music live to clips at SFIFF54.
A soundtrack staple in the Denis oeuvre, Tindersticks play their beautifully brooding music live to clips at SFIFF54.
A soundtrack staple in the Denis oeuvre, Tindersticks play their beautifully brooding music live to clips at SFIFF54.
Ozon's Deneuve vehicle, filled with comedy and politics, travels well.
Ozon's Deneuve vehicle, filled with comedy and politics, travels well.
Ozon's Deneuve vehicle, filled with comedy and politics, travels well.
The latest finds from France's national cinema play in an SFFS showcase.
The latest finds from France's national cinema play in an SFFS showcase.
The latest finds from France's national cinema play in an SFFS showcase.
SFFS’s annual showcase of modern French filmmaking includes some of the country’s most important work from the past year, from Éléonore Faucher's 'Sisters' to Katell Quillévéré's 'Love Like Poison.' Mark Fitoussi's ‘Copacabana,’ starring Isabelle Huppert, opens the festival; it's followed by a reception at the Bubble Lounge, 714 Montgomery Street. All films play at Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema. More at sffs.org.
Two critics offer opposing views on an audience-dividing arthouse buzz-magnet, Gaspar Noé's 'Enter the Void.'
Two critics offer opposing views on an audience-dividing arthouse buzz-magnet, Gaspar Noé's 'Enter the Void.'
'Change of Plans' charts an eventful year in the lives of a dozen or so disparate Parisians.
'Change of Plans' charts an eventful year in the lives of a dozen or so disparate Parisians.
'Change of Plans' charts an eventful year in the lives of a dozen or so disparate Parisians.
'Change of Plans' charts an eventful year in the lives of a dozen or so disparate Parisians.
'Army of Crime’s' portraits in heroism remain admirably restrained, unlike so many Resistance fantasies.
'Army of Crime’s' portraits in heroism remain admirably restrained, unlike so many Resistance fantasies.
'Army of Crime’s' portraits in heroism remain admirably restrained, unlike so many Resistance fantasies.
Francois Truffaut’s The 400 Blows is being revived as part of San Francisco Film Society’s second annual French Cinema Now festival, which runs the week of October 29 through November 4 at the city’s Clay Theatre.
Bruce Goldstein recalls his adventures in film land as he prepares to host the Con Film Festival at the Film Forum in New York.