Past Events

Marc Levy, the most-read living French author, discusses his new novel, Symphony of Monsters, an unforgettable story of courage, resilience, and love set against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine.

In tranquil Brittany, a boy is killed by a reckless hit and run driver. His father Charles, a widower, is overcome with grief, and determined to find and kill the perpetrator. From this simple premise, Chabrol constructs a mystery, not of whodunnit, but of when and how Charles will do it. One roots for Charles through his machinations. For him, nothing else matters. With Maurice Pialat as a police inspector.

Inspired by the timeless fables of La Fontaine, beloved animal tales that each carry a life lesson, La Fontaine Turns Filmmaker brings together six charming animated shorts. Funny, whimsical, and full of insight, this delightful collection introduces young audiences to classic stories through playful illustrations.

One of Europe’s preeminent theater directors, Thomas Ostermeier interprets Shakespeare’s classic comedy with his signature physicality, textual rigor, and distinctly modern sensibility in this collaboration with the Comédie-Française.

On the surface, the Desvallées (Stéphane Audran and Michel Bouquet) have the quintessential bourgeois life but beneath the shiny façade lies a marriage that has long since lost its romantic spark. The bored trophy wife has found a lover (Maurice Ronet), and the suspicious husband takes measures beyond his intention.

“A film so calmly and thoughtfully perverse that it could have been born only in the unique cinematic imagination of Chabrol.” — Roger Greenspun, The New York Times

Bring your toddler to the 2nd floor library for Petits potes, a fun story time in French! Walking and non-walking little ones will enjoy interactive stories, games, and songs, all in a group setting.

In Chabrol’s celebrated, uncredited take on the identity-stealing The Talented Mr. Ripley, super-chic, wealthy Frédérique (Stéphane Audran) seduces a broke young street artist called Why (Jacqueline Sassard). But when Why becomes attracted to a caddish architect (Jean-Louis Trintignant), controlling Frédérique steals him for herself—which proves to be a most unwise choice. A key work for Chabrol that paved the way for the next decade of his career.

Back after its stunning world premiere as part of the 2025 Crossing The Line Festival, choreographer Kimberly Bartosik’s bLUr navigates urgent interventions within a landscape of physical and emotional crisis, reminding us of our fragility, power, and need to care for and rescue one another.

Bellon tackles hunting, conservation and the related political and financial interests of both. Taking place in the Dombes region of Eastern France, L’Affût is another of Bellon’s love stories of people with chaotic and painful pasts, return to old memories, not expecting to make the connections that they do.

Surrender to the sensuous rhythms, dreamlike camerawork, lush settings, hypnotic soundtrack, and extravagant wardrobes of Alain Resnais’s second feature, co-written with New Novelist Alain Robbe-Grillet. This masterpiece of ambiguity, passion, and memory remains one of the most influential and groundbreaking French films ever made.