In the hottest, most tourist-ridden part of the New York summer, the best thing to do is to escape to the cool darkness of an independent movie theatre for a French film series.
The newly renovated Film Forum theatre is reopening with a celebratory Jacques Becker series of his best films, from August 1 through August 16. A versatile director with films ranging from melodrama and French Noir, to prison films, and his famous “youth trilogy” (Antoine and Antoinette, Rendezvous in July, and Édouard and Caroline), Becker is a can’t-miss filmmaker for any Franco- or cinephile.
After being held in a German prisoner-of-war camp during the early years of World War II, Becker became a film director, joining the Comité de libération du cinéma français during the Nazi occupation. An assistant to Jean Renoir during his golden years in the 30s, Becker wasn’t lauded as a screenwriter and director really until after his death in 1960.
Tickets are $9 for Film Forum members and $15 for non-members. The films screening in the series are listed below,
Screenings
Rendez-vous en juillet
Year: 1949
Duration: 112 mins
August 1 @ 12:30pm and 2:40pm
August 2 @ 12:30pm and 4:55pm and 7:15pm
August 3 @ 12:30pm and 4:55pm and 7:15pm
August 4 @ 12:30pm and 7:10pm
August 5 @ 2:30pm and 8:40pm
August 6 @ 2:20pm and 8:45pm
August 7 @ 12:30pm and 2:40pm and 4:50pm
August 14 @ 2:20pm
August 16 @ 6:15pm
Antoine et Antoinette
Year: 1947
Runtime: 84 mins
August 1 @ 4:50pm
August 3 @ 2:45pm
August 5 @ 12:30pm and 6:40pm
August 6 @ 12:30pm
August 8 @ 12:30pm
August 10 @ 12:30pm
August 12 @ 8:45pm
August 14 @ 12:30pm
August 16 @ 4:30pm
Edouard et Caroline
Year: 1951
Runtime: 85 mins
August 2 @ 2:45pm
August 4 @ 4:30pm
August 5 @ 4:40pm
August 6 @ 4:40pm
August 8 @ 2:20pm
August 10 @ 2:20pm
August 14 @ 4:40pm
August 16 @ 8:30pm
Touchez-pas au Grisby
Year: 1954
Runtime: 94 mins
August 3 @ 9:30pm
August 8 @ 9:00pm
August 10 @ 8:10pm
August 11 @ 2:45pm and 9:15pm
August 13 @ 3:00pm
August 15 @ 12:30pm and 9:45pm
Casque d’Or
Year: 1952
Runtime: 94 mins
August 4 @ 2:30pm and 9:30pm
August 8 @ 7:00pm
August 10 @ 4:10pm and 10:10pm
August 13 @ 5:10pm
August 14 @ 8:30pm
August 15 @ 5:10pm
August 16 @12:30pm
Ali Baba et les 40 voleurs
Year: 1954
Runtime: 92 mins
August 6 @ 6:45pm
August 11 @ 12:30pm
Arsenes Lupin
Year: 1957
Runtime: 104 mins
August 7 @ 7:00pm
Le trou
Year: 1960
Runtime: 131 mins
August 7 @ 9:10pm
August 8 @ 4:10pm
August 13 @ 12:30pm
August 15 @ 2:30pm and 7:10pm
Falbalas
Year: 1945
Runtime: 95 mins
August 9 @ 12:40pm and 4:50pm and 9:10pm
August 11 @ 7:15pm
August 12 @ 4:15pm
August 13 @ 9:25pm
August 16 @ 2:30pm
Goupi Mains Rouges
Year: 1943
Runtime: 104 mins
August 9 @ 2:40pm and 7:00pm
Dernier Atout
Year: 1942
Runtime: 105 mins
August 10 @ 6:00pm
August 13 @ 7:10pm
Montparnasse 19
Year: 1958
Runtime: 120 mins
August 11 @ 4:45pm
August 12 @ 6:15pm
La vie est à nous
Year: 1936
Runtime: 66 mins
August 12 @ 12:30pm
Grand illusion
Year: 1937
Runtime: 114 mins
August 12 @ 2:00pm
Rue de l’Estrapade
Year: 1953
Runtime: 100 mins
August 14 @ 6:30pm
Presented with support from The George Fasel Memorial Fund for Classic French Cinema
