I will probably not make it out the the Shack tonight due to extreme mental exhaustion and dehydration (just like a celebrity!) but if you are inclined to go the cuisine is going to be Mexican. Fifteen bucks all you can eat, dessert included and cheap wine or beer.
The new schedule for the Kabinet is out! That's weird, I was just discussing Bob Le Flambeur with BR last night because he was saying that there was a crappy remake that came out somewhat recently with Nolte. Here's the sched:
Hi folks,
As we did last year, we’re paying tribute to Sacramento’s French Film Festival by presenting three French classics. Kabinet will be closed for two weeks while the SFFF unspools at the Crest Theatre…)
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Sunday, July 2nd
Jean Luc Godard’s
LA CHINOISE
(France, 1967)
Made the same year as his classic WEEK-END, screening at this year’s Sacramento French Film Festival, LA CHINOISE provides a bridge between his earlier more populist work and the polemics of the late 60s/early 70s. Jean-Pierre Leaud is one of a group of revolutionary students trying to come to terms with their political beliefs – and each other in a film that channels the frustrations, and presages the events, of May ’68.
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Sunday July 9th
Jean-Pierre Melville’s
BOB LE FLAMBEUR
(France, 1955)
Melville’s rarely-screened ARMY OF SHADOWS just received its first U.S. release (more than 35 years late) so it seems more than appropriate to celebrate one of the “godfathers” of the French New Wave with a screening of his finest film. With “Bob the Gambler,” he takes the familiar story of an aging gangster staging one last heist and employs it to eulogize a fading way of life. With stunning scenes of Montmartre at night and deadpan narration by Melville himself, this is a must-see.
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Sunday, July 16th & Sunday, July 22nd
Kabinet will be closed. Please enjoy the Sacramento French Film Festival at the Crest Theatre!!!
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Sunday, July 29th
Jacques Rivette’s
CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING
(France, 1973)
Please don’t let the three-and-a-quarter hour running time scare you off: time flies when you’re having this much fun! And this madcap, everything-plus-the-kitchen sink fantasy is one of the most sprightly and delightfully goofy films ever made. A librarian with an interest in the occult and a nightclub magicienne strike up a friendship and discover a strange mansion where a tale of murder plays out over and over, day after day, until the duo can solve the mystery. Rivette evokes Henry James, Alice in Wonderland, To Catch a Thief, and dozens of other cinematic and literary touchpoints, but CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING is nothing if not original – and rarely screened to boot. So don’t miss this chance to see what critic David Thompson called “the most important film since CITIZEN KANE!”
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Thanks!
J.
http://www.kabinet.org
I'm really excited about the French Film Festival. They always have great movies. This year it's on the weekend of July 15th. They posted the schedule for it. And Strangers with candy opens that same weekend!
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Ouch. I'm not sure about the "Celine & Julie..." / "Citizen Kane" equation...I think there's about 64,000 films in between.
- Patrone
Just to reiterate: that's David Thompson's quote, not mine (though CELINE is one of my top 3 films...)
And many, many thanks, Heckasac for posting that so speedily!
Take care,
J.
These are all on Sunday right? Cuz Celine & June is listed as Sat July 29th, which is a Sunday. I hope it's Sunday - I want to tough it out but I can't make it if it's Saturday.
miller
Sorry, my bad. Was writing in a hurry. Yes, all Kabinet screenings are on Sunday -- at 8pm, something else I neglected to put in the original post...
Thanks,
J.
My only regret is that I won't be dressed like a giant frog again this year, to harass the french film goers as they leave le theatre...it was fun last year. Unless I can get a giant frog costume on short notice...
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