FILM GUIDE

THE LAST METRO (35MM PRINT!)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 4 AT 7:30PM
Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu star in one of Francois
Truffaut’s most commercially successful films, a romantic and
suspenseful drama focusing on a Parisian theatre troupe during
the German occupation. The greatest domestic success of Truffaut’s
career, The Last Metro was the director’s highest-grossing film at
the French box office, won ten Cesar Awards (including Best Film,
Director, Actor and Actress), and in 1990 was selected as the best
film of the decade by the Cesar voting body of 2,500 French film
professionals. (Dir. by Francois Truffaut, 1980, France, in French with
subtitles, 131 mins.. Rated PG)
REPULSION (35MM PRINT!)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11 AT 7:30PM
Roman Polanski’s follow up to his international breakthrough
Knife in the Water (and his first film shot in English) was this
chilling psychological suspense thriller starring Catherine Deneuve
as a young woman spiraling into madness. Thanks to Polanski’s
unmatched skill at building escalating paranoia (later seen on full
display in Rosemary’s Baby) and turning claustrophobic space into an
emotional minefield, Repulsion, which also features one of Deneuve’s
most frighteningly intense performances, is a surreal, mind-bending
odyssey into personal horror that still retains an astonishing wallop,
ranking as one of cinema’s most shocking and haunting tales of
terror. (Dir. by Roman Polanski, 1965, UK, 105 mins., Not Rated)
BELLE DE JOUR (35MM PRINT!)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 AT 7:30PM
In this boundary-pushing classic from legendary filmmaker Luis Buñuel,
Catherine Deneuve’s porcelain perfection hides a cracked interior, in one
of the actress’s most iconic roles. Provocateur-for-the-ages Luis Buñuel’s
surreal and erotic late-sixties daydream is a stunning examination of
desire and fetishistic pleasures, as well as a gently absurdist take on
contemporary mores and class divisions. The film also explores one of
Buñuel’s favorite themes – the explosive collision between depravity
and elegance. Fantasy and reality freely commingle in this kinky burst
of cinematic transgression, driven by Deneuve’s nimbly cool, detached
performance. (Dir. by Luis Buñuel, 1967, France/Italy, in French/Spanish/
Mongolian with subtitles, 101 mins., Not Rated)
THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25 AT 7:30PM
An angelic young Catherine Deneuve was launched to stardom by this
dazzling, one-of-a-kind musical heart-tugger from French New Wave
director Jacques Demy. Exquisitely designed in a kaleidoscope of
vibrant colors, and told entirely through the lilting songs of the great
composer Michel Legrand, this unique film opera may be a musical,
but it’s no fantasy, as Demy uses a highly stylized and entirely artificial
aesthetic (patterned after classic Hollywood musicals) to underscore a
complex, realistic and unsentimental love story that uses style to exalt
the ordinary. One of the most revered and unorthodox movie musicals
of all time, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is an unforgettable cinematic
experience. (Dir. by Jacques Demy, 1964, France, in French with subtitles,
91 mins., Not Rated)