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Un Coeur en Hiver
Co-Sponsored by the Alliance Francaise de San Francisco
Friday, April 13
Un Coeur en Hiver (1992) 100 minutes
Directed by Claude Sautet
Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Beart, Andre Dussollier
A violin cra...
Category: Media, 18:00:00, 2007-04-13 18:00:00
Two English Girls
Co-Sponsored by the Alliance Francaise de San Francisco
NOTE: The film originally scheduled for this evening, Sacha Guitry's THE STORY OF A CHEAT, was unavailable. We are truly sorry for any i...
Category: Media, 18:00:00, 2007-04-20 18:00:00
Julia Child
Co-Sponsored by the Alliance Francaise de San Francisco
Julia Child
by Laura Shapiro
This vivid biography of America’s favorite gourmand captures the colorful life of Julia Child from her passionat...
Category: Media, 18:00:00, 2007-04-24 18:00:00
Absurdistan
Absurdistan
Gary Shteyngart
Selected as a New York Times, Best 10 Books of 2006-- Shteyngart’s wickedly funny novel is about Misha Vainberg, the over-sized heir of a Russian crime mogul, who longs t...
Category: Media, 12:30:00, 2007-04-27 12:30:00
The Sand Cafe
Neil MacFarquhar, a national correspondent for The New York Times and the paper's Cairo bureau chief from 2001 to 2006, will discuss important developments in the Middle East, in light of U.S....
Category: Media, 18:00:00, 2007-11-13 18:00:00
CinemaLit: The Letter
The Letter (1940) 95 min
Special Guest David Thomson, author of A Biographical Dictionary of Film
Directed by William Wyler
Starring Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson
A murderess claims ...
Category: Media, 18:00:00, 2007-11-16 18:00:00
The Dead Guy Interviews
What would it be like to sit down and talk with Alexander the Great? Edgar Allen Poe? Henry VIII or Emily Dickinson? Michael A. Stusser tries to answer these questions in his witty and illuminating bo...
Category: Media, 18:00:00, 2007-11-27 18:00:00
CinemaLit: Dead Ringer
Dead Ringer (1964) 115 min
Directed by Paul Henreid
Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford
Bette plays both roles in this juicy tale of a sister plotting revenge on her malevolent twin.
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Category: Media, 18:00:00, 2007-11-30 18:00:00
CinemaLit: Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn (1942)
Directed by Mark Sandrich
Starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire
Bing Crosby sings, Fred Astaire dances, and Irving Berlin writes the songs in this engaging celebration of American Holi...
Category: Media, 18:00:00, 2007-12-07 18:00:00