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Exhibition
The CurveThe Curve at the Barbican - Céleste Boursier-Mougenot
The latest commission for The Curve is by French contemporary artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot and takes the form of a walk-through aviary inhabited by 40 zebra finches. For his first UK solo exhibition Boursier-Mougenot constructed a landscape for the birds using bass guitars and Gibson Les Paul...
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DVD Release
Mister LonelyMister Lonely now out on DVD
The film follows a Michael Jackson impersonator (Luna), who meets a Marilyn lookalike (Morton) in Paris. She takes him under her wing and brings him to a community in Scotland, peopled by lookalikes and ruled by the Pope (Fox) and Queen Elizabeth II (Anita Pallenberg, appearing with Fox for...
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Fancy Dress
Indian and Cowboy BightMullets and Tracksuits Night at Club de Fromage in Islington
SAT 20TH MARCH - MULLETS AND TRACKSUITS NIGHT! Ever wanted to go out looking like an East-Berliner circa 1998? Well now's your chance! Comb down the mullet, iron your best tracksuit, and get yourself down to their Mullet and Tracksuit Night. Anyone in fancy dress gets to jump the queue.
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- Films (12)
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- Club (1)
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- Exhibitions (7)
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- Talks (2)
- TV Program (1)
From Paris with Love
Produced by Luc Besson, this is Pierre Morel's second film after Taken. A personal aide to the U.S. Ambassador in France, James Reese (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) has an enviable life in Paris and a...
Father of my children
Cannes Film Festival 2009 – Special Prize Un Certain Regard. Grégoire Canvel has everything a man could want. A wife he loves, three delightful children and a stimulating job. He's a film...
Farewell
Moscow, 1981. Convinced that the Soviet regime is adrift, Sergei Grigoriev, a colonel with the KGB, decides to betray his country. He provides sensitive information to the DST through Pierre...
Micmacs
It took Jean-Pierre Jeunet quite some time to start writing again: five years since 'A Very Long Engagement'. It has been well worth the wait. In true Jeunet style ingenuity and humour are present...
A Prophet
Condemned to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena cannot read or write. Arriving at the jail entirely alone, he appears younger and more fragile than the other convicts. He is 19 years old....
The Beaches of Agnes
Returning to the beaches which have been parts of her life, Agnès Varda invents a kind of self-portrait - documentary. Agnès stages herself among excerpts of her films, images and reportages. It is...
Coco before Chanel
The story of Coco Chanel's rise from obscure beginnings to the heights of the fashion world.
Persepolis
This is the autobiographical story of Marjane Satrapi, born in Iran in 1969, and how her passage from childhood to adulthood coincided with her country's own passafe from Shah through revolution to...
The Swimming Pool
Jean Paul (Alain Delon) and Marianne's (Romy Schneider) Riviera holiday is disrupted by the unexpected arrival of Harry (Maurice Ronet) - her ex-lover and his ex-best friend - and his provocative...
Golden Helmet
Drama The loves affairs of the Belle Casque d'Or who was very famous during the Belle Epoque Period.
Belle de Jour
Buñuel's cool, elegant version of Joseph Kessel's novel is an amoral comedy of manners starring Catherine Deneuve.
Purple Noon
A wonderful thriller with Delon as the beautiful psychopath of Patricia Highsmith's novel. A great suspense with outstanding actors.
La Fille Mal Gardée at the Royal Opera House
La Fille mal gardée (or The Wayward Daughter) is one of Frederick Ashton’s most charming ballets. Its combination of lighthearted story, beautiful solos and pas de deux and lively ensembles have made it a timeless classic of the Royal Ballet repertory and an audience favourite every time.
A Short History of Cahier du Cinema by Emilie Bickerton
This is not a gossip filled book on one of the most important film periodicals out there in any language. Cahier du Cinema used to be the most important film magazine in the world. Many a film director or script writer started their career writing for Cahier du Cinema
Mullets and Tracksuits Night at Club de Fromage in Islington
SAT 20TH MARCH - MULLETS AND TRACKSUITS NIGHT! Ever wanted to go out looking like an East-Berliner circa 1998? Well now's your chance! Comb down the mullet, iron your best tracksuit, and get yourself down to their Mullet and Tracksuit Night. Anyone in fancy dress gets to jump the queue.
French Pianist Helene Grimaud at The Royal Festival Hall
Dubbed 'red hot' by The New York Times, Hélène Grimaud is a pianist with a difference.
OSS 117: Lost In Rio out on DVD on 12th April
OSS 117: Lost in Rio, the eagerly anticipated sequel to the 2008 cult spy spoof OSS 117: Cairo Nest of Spies, makes its DVD debut on 12 April 2010. The hilarious sequel sees Jean Dujardin return...
Francophonix at the Institut Francais
As part of the Francophone Week a special concert celebrating exciting French talent will present three live performances with Féfé, Anne B and Maro Bamako. At 7pm on 17th March - FREE
Mister Lonely now out on DVD
The film follows a Michael Jackson impersonator (Luna), who meets a Marilyn lookalike (Morton) in Paris. She takes him under her wing and brings him to a community in Scotland, peopled by...
Johnny Mad Dog out on DVD on 15th March
Directed by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire and produced by acclaimed French actor Mathieu Kassovitz (Amelie, Munich), JOHNNY MAD DOG features former child soldiers and victims of civil war from Liberia in...
The Curve at the Barbican - Céleste Boursier-Mougenot
The latest commission for The Curve is by French contemporary artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot and takes the form of a walk-through aviary inhabited by 40 zebra finches. For his first UK solo exhibition Boursier-Mougenot constructed a landscape for the birds using bass guitars and Gibson Les Paul electric guitars as perches, and cymbals as feeders containing water and seeds. As the birds go about their routine activities, settling on the instruments, plucking...
Alice Anderson's Time Reversal at the Riflemaker in Soho
This French artist who graduated from both the Paris Beaux-Arts and Goldsmiths in London is now exhibiting some of her work based on her troubled family relationships at Riflemaker in Soho. Two of...
The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and his Letters
From 23rd January until 18th April 2010 The Royal Academy of Arts presents a landmark exhibition of the work of Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890). The focus of the exhibition will be the artist's...
Identity
What influences or determines our sense of who we are? What makes one person distinct from another? How does science inform human identity? This major exhibition explores the tension between the...
Estelle Rocca-Serra, Brilliant New Corsican Artist to Feature in latest Hospital Arts Project
Refreshing new artist, Estelle Rocca-Serra makes her solo debut as part of the Chelsea and Westminster Health Charity’s Hospital Arts Project – admission FREE. From 15th to 27th March.
French Artist Bernard Frize at The Simon Lee Gallery
Bernard Frize's exhibition RED, YELLOW and BLUE is on at the Simon Lee Gallery until 24th March. His abstract paintings are remarkable and have attrated many art collectors.
Damien Deroubaix and Marc Camille Chaimowicz at the Bloomberg Space
Bloomberg SPACE presents a series of newly commissioned work by artist Damien Deroubaix and an ambitious architectural intervention by Marc Camille Chaimowicz as part of the ongoing ... COMMA is a...
Memoirs of a Hermaphrodite
One woman tribute to tragic French hermaphrodite Hercule Barbin. Until 27th March at the Oval Theatre House.
Les Dialogues du centenaire
A year-long series of French-British encounters between writers & thinkers at the Institut français.
Dominique Manotti and Joan Smith on the Political Crime Novel
The pair will discuss their influences, their aims, and why the crime novel is pre-eminently a political form.
Charlotte Gainsbourg Interviewed by Cinémoi
The singer speaks to Cinémoi about this new record, which is full of invention. The title track takes a sample of an MRI machine and uses it as an instrument, akin to a guitar solo. Beck's pastiche-laden style is made real by Gainsbourg's gentle sincerity. At 7.30pm on 15th March (see other times)