Film critic Jeffrey Lyons will host a special film screening of his choice! Could be a sneak preview of a new film or one of his favorite classics! Either way, it is an event not to be missed! Stay tuned for updates for each of these special presentations.
The film for WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24 will be:
Francofonia
France/Germany/Netherlands • 2015
87 minutes • Narrative Feature
Director: Alexander Sokurov
Producers: Pierre-Olivier Bardet, Thomas Kufus, Els Vandevorst
Cast: Louis-do de Lencquesaing, Benjamin Utzerath, Vincent Nemeth, Johanna Korthals Altes
Set against the backdrop of the Louvre Museum’s history and artworks, master director Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) applies his uniquely personal vision onto staged re-enactments and archives for “Francofonia”, a fascinating portrait of real-life characters Jacques Jaujard and Count Franziskus Wolff-Metternich and their compulsory collaboration at the Louvre Museum under the Nazi Occupation. These two remarkable men — enemies then collaborators — share an alliance which would become the driving force behind the preservation of museum treasures. In its exploration of the Louvre Museum as a living example of civilization, “Francofonia” is a stunning and urgently relevant meditation on the essential relationship between art, culture, and history.
The film for THURSDAY, Feb. 25 will be:
An American in Paris
USA • 1951 • 114 minutes
Winner of six Academy Awards, including Best Picture!
Gene Kelly, producer Arthur Freed, director Vincente Minnelli and a skilled production team conjure an entertainment for the ages.
Kelly plays an ex-GI who loves Paris and an alluring (but engaged) perfume shop clerk (Leslie Caron in her beguiling screen debut). Dazzling dance sequences are spun around songs by the Gershwins. And the closing ballet — combining the George Gershwin title piece, Impressionist set stylings and Kelly’s inimitable talent for telling a story in dance — lifts this classic into the ether of timelessness!
Experience this extraordinary film the way it was meant to be seen ... on the BIG?screen!