 | Ciné lumière @ Riverside From September, Ciné lumière has teamed up with the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith
to present a regular Thursday-night double bill of French classics.
Institut français members pay £5 for either a single or a
double bill
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| I've Loved You So Long Kristin Scott Thomas offers a truly sensational performance in this utterly engrossing and deeply moving tale of two sisters who rebuild their relationship after fifteen years apart. The two women gradually rediscover common ground as they share memories of their childhood, long repressed family secrets and shocking revelations fill this superb drama with edge-of-your-seat tension. This award winning film is a testament to the power of a mother’s love and forgiveness. In cinemas 26 September |
| Juliette Binoche retrospective at BFI Southbank A
luminous beauty, fiercely intelligent actress and gifted artist,
Juliette Binoche has embodied romantic French femininity in an
impressive body of international art films. The BFI explores the appeal
of the seductive Oscar-winning star in a two part tribute this autumn.
Renowned for performances in films such as Les Amants du Pont-Neuf
(1991), Three Colours Blue (1993) and The English Patient (1996) for
which she won an Oscar, the season includes an exhibition of her
paintings. For full listings click here Until 11 Oct • BFI Southbank |
| Jean-Luc
Godard Boxset Vol. 1
Cinema's original enfant terrible, one of the
leaders of the French New Wave, a key influence on the
American cinema of the 1970s and one of the few true auteurs
still making movies: Jean-Luc Godard
is all of these and more. A maverick force from the beginning, when his
debut film A Bout de Souffle (1959)
tore up the cinematic rulebook, Godard has continued to inspire and
challenge moviegoers throughout a career that spans
more than four decades.
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 | Jean-Luc
Godard Boxset Vol. 2
The films in the second volume of Optimum Home Entertainment's boxset
cover the early part of Godard's career when,
newly married to Anna Karina, he cemented his growing reputation,
firstly with films such as the delightful romantic
comedy Une Femme est Une Femme (1961) and then with
Le Petit Soldat (1963),
Pierrot le fou (1965) and La Chinoise
(1967), works that demonstrated his newly
politicised form of thinking. 1985's Detective, the
final film in this set, is an entertaining genre satire
that marked a return to critical and commercial favour for the maverick
auteur.
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Gérard
Depardieu Classics
Gérard
Depardieu has made a profound mark on the acting
world, earning recognition
as one of Europe's most accomplished performers and appealing leading
men.
Optimum Home Entertainment has just released three "Gerard Depardieu
Classics" on DVD: Jean-Luc Godard's modern retelling
of the Greek myth of Amphitryon and Alcmene, Helas pour moi
(1993),
Bertrand Blier's 1979 black comedy Buffet Froid and
the 1988 biopic of Camille Claudel,
featuring an outstanding performance from Depardieu as sculptor Auguste
Rodin.
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