Moliere

The 2007 film "Moliere" paid homage to plays: "Tartuffe" and "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme." It was directed by Laurent Tirard. Starring Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, and Laura Morante.

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The 1925 Murnau film version below looks interesting!

Possible movies for next Saturday 4/23

"The Wind Will Carry Us"
Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result.






The plot of "Moliere" was actually loosely based on two of his plays, 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme' and 'Tartuffe'.

Director Sergei Paradjanov and "The Color of Pomegranates"

Tonight we watched a fascinating 1969 Armenian film, filled with incredible imagery called  "The Color of Pomegranates" directed by Sergei Paradjanov.

New York Times movie review

"Hagop Hovnatanian" a short film directed by Paradjanov:

Sergei Paradjanov

Il Postino

Tonight, in celebration of National Poetry month,we watched the 1994 film: Il Postino, which tells a fictional story in which the real life Chilean poet Pablo Neruda forms a relationship with a simple postman who learns to love poetry. It stars Philippe Noiret, Massimo Troisi, and Maria Grazia Cucinotta and was directed by Michael Radford. The screenplay was adapted by Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, and Massimo Troisi from the novel Ardiente Paciencia by Antonio Skármeta. Skármeta himself had previously adapted his novel for the screen in 1985 as Ardiente Paciencia (English translation: "Burning Patience") in keeping with our literature and film theme as well.

Massimo Troisi

Massimo Troisi died just twelve hours after the completion of filming due to a heart problem that he reportedly refused to have corrected while the movie was still in production. Troisi was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor for the role -- only the sixth actor to be so honored posthumously.

April 2011: National Poetry Month

Coming Sat May 7, 6-8pm (tentative)

The gala premiere of our new projector and screen!

Film: Jean Cocteau's La Belle et la Bête beautifully shot in B&W