CHRISTINE ANGOT — A FAMILY
In one of the most poignant scenes from her debut documentary A FAMILY, writer Christine Angot looks at a black and white photograph of herself as a teenager. “I remember this photo, this moment in my life. I wasn’t in
EMILIA PÉREZ
EMILIA PÉREZ is a sui generis achievement, an uncanny blend of crime thriller and full-blown musical that rarely devolves into camp. The song and dance numbers appear as integral parts of a whole rather than mere sketches. Performing original compositions
THE AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL — THE BALCONETTES
With their original story THE BALCONETTES—a blend of farce, gender-politics, and full blown gore—filmmakers Noémie Merlant and Céline Sciamma have conjured the perfect comedic horror confection for a Halloween night screening at The American French Film Festival (TAFFF).
LOUIS GARREL — THE INNOCENT
For Louis Garrel, “real” memories and cinema memories form a narrative weave and the basis of his work as a director. When he was five years old he walked in on his mother in bed with a man who wasn't
OLIVIER PEYON — LIE WITH ME
Given the biases and elisions of memory, perhaps it's just as well that Philippe Besson’s almost-memoir “Arrête avec tes mensonges” carries the description "novel" on its cover. Published in English as “Lie With Me”—three words that add an extra layer
RODEO — LOLA QUIVORON AND ANTONIA BURESI IN CONVERSATION
This week, Lola Quivoron brings her Cannes Un Certain Regard jury prize winner RODEO—her feature follow-up to the bike culture doc Dreaming of Baltimore—to The American French Film Festival for its Los Angeles premiere. Join the writer-director and her co-writer
THE AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL — THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE RESTORATION
A durational examination of the weight of history on the private lives of three Parisians, post-’68, Jean Eustache's 1973 drama THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE stars Bernadette Lafont, Françoise Lebrun, and Jean-Pierre Léaud, the latter playing an ideological stand-in for
