CULTURAL AGENDA _ July -August 2010
Home - TBH Outdoor Screening
Discovery Green
Labranch at Lamar
Houston, TX 77010
July 22(in spanish) July 23 (in english) 2010 @ 8.30 PM
FREE entrence - 118 min long - Info Phone: 713-400-7336 or 713-222-1213
Talento Bilingue de Houston and Discovery Green present an Outdoor Screening: Home. TBH brings this stunning visual portrayal of Earth with aerial footage from 54 countries.
The film masterfully portrays the Earth's present dire conditions. However, the poignant narration by Glenn Close begins with the creation and the evolution of the animal species on Earth, including the human race, who originally lived peacefully with nature. (2009)
Home (El Hogar) Dirigida por Yann Arthus-Bertrand TBH (Talento Bilingüe de Houston) presenta HOME, una realización cinematográfica sensacional acerca de la Tierra con tomas aéreas logradas sobre 54 países. Esta obra maestra captura las condiciones graves ahora presentes en el planeta Tierra. Sin embargo, la narración nos conmueve a recordar los comienzos de la creación y la evolución de la especie animal, incluyendo la raza humana, que en su principio vivió plácidamente en armonía con la naturaleza. 118 mins. (2009) ENTRADA LIBRE.
Presented by Talento Bilingue de Houston and Discovery Green
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2htD3JDr3g.
Labranch at Lamar
Houston, TX 77010
July 22(in spanish) July 23 (in english) 2010 @ 8.30 PM
FREE entrence - 118 min long - Info Phone: 713-400-7336 or 713-222-1213
Talento Bilingue de Houston and Discovery Green present an Outdoor Screening: Home. TBH brings this stunning visual portrayal of Earth with aerial footage from 54 countries.
The film masterfully portrays the Earth's present dire conditions. However, the poignant narration by Glenn Close begins with the creation and the evolution of the animal species on Earth, including the human race, who originally lived peacefully with nature. (2009)
Home (El Hogar) Dirigida por Yann Arthus-Bertrand TBH (Talento Bilingüe de Houston) presenta HOME, una realización cinematográfica sensacional acerca de la Tierra con tomas aéreas logradas sobre 54 países. Esta obra maestra captura las condiciones graves ahora presentes en el planeta Tierra. Sin embargo, la narración nos conmueve a recordar los comienzos de la creación y la evolución de la especie animal, incluyendo la raza humana, que en su principio vivió plácidamente en armonía con la naturaleza. 118 mins. (2009) ENTRADA LIBRE.
Presented by Talento Bilingue de Houston and Discovery Green
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2htD3JDr3g.
Four French Films: The New Wave, Clouzot, and Romy
MFAH , 1001 Bissonnet at Main, Houston, TX
From July 16 to August 1
(713) 639-7300
French films and summer make a perfect combination! This series features restored prints of two classics and a pair of fascinating historical documentaries about several key personalities of 1960s French cinema.
Le combat dans l´île
1962, French with English subtitles Directed by Alain Cavalier
Clément (Jean-LouisTrintignant) has abandoned his middle-class family to join a radical right-wing terrorist group. When his mentor (Pierre Asso) betrays him as the author of a failed assassination attempt, he goes on the run, reluctantly taking his wife Anne (Romy Schneider) with him. They take temporary shelter with Paul (Henri Serre), an old friend, and a pacifist and leftist to boot. Then Clément abandons his wife too, and runs off to South America seeking revenge for his betrayal. Anne is drawn to Paul and begins a new life with him, all in Clément´s absence. His return is inevitable, but Anne´s choice is not so straightforward. Alain Cavalier´s — a protégé of Louis Malle — first major feature is a subtle, politically committed film. www.film4.com/reviews
Show Times:
Friday, July 16 7:00 PM
Saturday, July 17 7:00 PM
Sunday, July 18 5:00 PM
Purchase tickets here
L´enfer d´Henri-Georges Clouzot
Henri-Georges Clouzot´s Inferno
2009, French with English subtitles Directed by Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra Medrea
A documentary detailing the attempts of legendary French director Henri-Georges Clouzot (Les Diaboliques; The Wages of Fear) to film his long-planned project Inferno. A study of jealousy starring Romy Schneider and Serge Reggiani and granted an unlimited budget by Columbia Pictures, Clouzot began an unprecedented process of technical experimentation, with the intention of creating an innovative film language based on the sonic and visual art of the period. But when filming commenced, the production started to unravel; the director was difficult and indecisive, causing delays in the shooting schedule; Reggiani walked off set, and the final blow came when Clouzot had a heart attack. The project never reached fruition. This documentary traces its history through interviews with key collaborators, and re-creates some scenes using archive footage and contemporary reenactments. — Sight & Sound magazine
Show Times:
Friday, July 23 7:00 PM
Saturday, July 24 5:00 PM
Sunday, July 25 5:00 PM
Purchase tickets here
À bout de souffle
Breathless
1960, French with English subtitles Directed by Jean-Luc Godard50th Anniversary Restored 35mm Print
Director Jean-Luc Godard´s (b. 1930) debut film heralded the French New Wave movement not only with its unorthodox editing and handheld photography, but also its nonjudgmental portrayal of amoral youth. Godard paid homage to the 1940s American gangster B-movies and developed the plot from a news item supplied by François Truffaut. Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg play two young lovers on the run after Belmondo has killed a cop and stolen a car. Seberg gained a cult following with her portrayal of a guileless newspaper delivery girl.
Visit for an audio slideshow on the movies that influenced Godard´s Breathless.
"Breathless still seems very much a live influence; it has remained continuously available . . . The iconic images of Jean-Paul Belmondo in hat and shades and Jean Seberg in New York Herald Tribune t-shirt have never gone away make it easy to pretend it was all the day before yesterday." — Film Comment magazine
Show Times:
Thursday, July 29 5:00 PM
Friday, July 30 7:00 PM
Saturday, July 31 3:00 PM
Sunday, August 1 5:00 PM
Purchase tickets here
Deux de la vague
Two in the Wave
2009, French with English subtitles Directed by Emmanuel Laurent
Two in the Wave is about the friendship between French New Wave filmmakers Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut (1932—1984). When Truffaut became a successful filmmaker with The 400 Blows in 1959, he helped Godard shift from writing to directing, offering him a screenplay which was already titled, À bout de soufflé (Breathless.) Through the 1960s the two loyally supported each other until history and politics separated them in 1968. The directors´ friendship and breakup is explored through archives and films; Two in the Wave revisits a remarkable decade that transformed world cinema.
Show Times:
Thursday, July 29 7:00 PM
Friday, July 30 8:45 PM
Saturday, July 31 1:00 PM
Sunday, August 1 6:45 PM
Purchase tickets here
Generous support has been received from the Cultural Offices of the French Embassy and the Consulate General of France in Houston. Special thanks to Dominique Chastres, cultural attaché at the Consulate General of France in Houston, and the Texan-French Alliance for the Arts.
From July 16 to August 1
(713) 639-7300
French films and summer make a perfect combination! This series features restored prints of two classics and a pair of fascinating historical documentaries about several key personalities of 1960s French cinema.
Le combat dans l´île
1962, French with English subtitles Directed by Alain Cavalier
Clément (Jean-LouisTrintignant) has abandoned his middle-class family to join a radical right-wing terrorist group. When his mentor (Pierre Asso) betrays him as the author of a failed assassination attempt, he goes on the run, reluctantly taking his wife Anne (Romy Schneider) with him. They take temporary shelter with Paul (Henri Serre), an old friend, and a pacifist and leftist to boot. Then Clément abandons his wife too, and runs off to South America seeking revenge for his betrayal. Anne is drawn to Paul and begins a new life with him, all in Clément´s absence. His return is inevitable, but Anne´s choice is not so straightforward. Alain Cavalier´s — a protégé of Louis Malle — first major feature is a subtle, politically committed film. www.film4.com/reviews
Show Times:
Friday, July 16 7:00 PM
Saturday, July 17 7:00 PM
Sunday, July 18 5:00 PM
Purchase tickets here
L´enfer d´Henri-Georges Clouzot
Henri-Georges Clouzot´s Inferno
2009, French with English subtitles Directed by Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra Medrea
A documentary detailing the attempts of legendary French director Henri-Georges Clouzot (Les Diaboliques; The Wages of Fear) to film his long-planned project Inferno. A study of jealousy starring Romy Schneider and Serge Reggiani and granted an unlimited budget by Columbia Pictures, Clouzot began an unprecedented process of technical experimentation, with the intention of creating an innovative film language based on the sonic and visual art of the period. But when filming commenced, the production started to unravel; the director was difficult and indecisive, causing delays in the shooting schedule; Reggiani walked off set, and the final blow came when Clouzot had a heart attack. The project never reached fruition. This documentary traces its history through interviews with key collaborators, and re-creates some scenes using archive footage and contemporary reenactments. — Sight & Sound magazine
Show Times:
Friday, July 23 7:00 PM
Saturday, July 24 5:00 PM
Sunday, July 25 5:00 PM
Purchase tickets here
À bout de souffle
Breathless
1960, French with English subtitles Directed by Jean-Luc Godard50th Anniversary Restored 35mm Print
Director Jean-Luc Godard´s (b. 1930) debut film heralded the French New Wave movement not only with its unorthodox editing and handheld photography, but also its nonjudgmental portrayal of amoral youth. Godard paid homage to the 1940s American gangster B-movies and developed the plot from a news item supplied by François Truffaut. Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg play two young lovers on the run after Belmondo has killed a cop and stolen a car. Seberg gained a cult following with her portrayal of a guileless newspaper delivery girl.
Visit for an audio slideshow on the movies that influenced Godard´s Breathless.
"Breathless still seems very much a live influence; it has remained continuously available . . . The iconic images of Jean-Paul Belmondo in hat and shades and Jean Seberg in New York Herald Tribune t-shirt have never gone away make it easy to pretend it was all the day before yesterday." — Film Comment magazine
Show Times:
Thursday, July 29 5:00 PM
Friday, July 30 7:00 PM
Saturday, July 31 3:00 PM
Sunday, August 1 5:00 PM
Purchase tickets here
Deux de la vague
Two in the Wave
2009, French with English subtitles Directed by Emmanuel Laurent
Two in the Wave is about the friendship between French New Wave filmmakers Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut (1932—1984). When Truffaut became a successful filmmaker with The 400 Blows in 1959, he helped Godard shift from writing to directing, offering him a screenplay which was already titled, À bout de soufflé (Breathless.) Through the 1960s the two loyally supported each other until history and politics separated them in 1968. The directors´ friendship and breakup is explored through archives and films; Two in the Wave revisits a remarkable decade that transformed world cinema.
Show Times:
Thursday, July 29 7:00 PM
Friday, July 30 8:45 PM
Saturday, July 31 1:00 PM
Sunday, August 1 6:45 PM
Purchase tickets here
Generous support has been received from the Cultural Offices of the French Embassy and the Consulate General of France in Houston. Special thanks to Dominique Chastres, cultural attaché at the Consulate General of France in Houston, and the Texan-French Alliance for the Arts.
New French films this summer!
This summer don't miss out the last French films on the U.S screens. Check out showtimes and venues:
36 Vues du Pic Saint Loup Released 7/16/10
Farewell, Released 7/23/10
Heartbreaker, Released 9/10/10
Mesrine : L'ennemi public n°1, Released 8/13/10
The Concert, Released 7/16/10
The Refuge, Released 9/10/10
36 Vues du Pic Saint Loup Released 7/16/10
Farewell, Released 7/23/10
Heartbreaker, Released 9/10/10
Mesrine : L'ennemi public n°1, Released 8/13/10
The Concert, Released 7/16/10
The Refuge, Released 9/10/10