The Cannes Film Festival is in full swing, but if you’re stuck in boring old Paris, do not despair; part of the Festival will soon be winging its way to you! The entire programme of films from the La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors’ Fortnight) will soon be at the Forum des Images. (lire la suite / continue reading)

The Paris City Council has a movie division, and they have kindly prepared a map showing where parts of Woody Allen’s latest film was shot. And gosh! There almost all near our hotels! Carla’s impossibly sculpted cheekbones look overjoyed… (lire la suite / continue reading)

It’s not every day that a dingy old cinema near our hotels is sold, redesigned by Matali Crasset and renamed. Ladies and gentlemen, here’s our guided tour of the Nouvel Odéon.

photos (except where marked): JasonW

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It’s their biggest exhibition of the year, a major event for the Cinémathèque française, celebrated with numerous special events; a complete retrospective of the master’s films (of course), but also a 300-page catalogue and the first ever DVD box set of all of his films… Time to learn all there is to know about Stanley Kubrick !

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An exhibition about the influence and importance of actress’ hairdos, a Kubrick exhibition net year, a Larry Clark weekend with thé man himself, a cycle of David Lynch films with Lynch présent tau, a Lubitsch rétrospective… the Paris Cinémathèque has a lot line up for the next few months. (lire la suite / continue reading)

In an area of Paris that doesn’t have much of note, culturally (despite being very close to Montmartre) this historic building was falling into ruin. The Paris city council has saved it and work has just begun on its transformation…
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20 years already? Wow! And this festival is still just as popular. This year the theme is « What it’s like to be 20″ (how apt!) and as always all the screenings cost zero euros. Hurrah! Here’s the details…

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Unfortunately, the weather’s just starting to hot up. Pfff…
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After years of looking a bit weedy compared to Cannes (admittedly the biggest film festival in the world), the Paris Film Festival (otherwise knows as Paris Cinéma) seems to gain strength every year. For the 2010 edition there will be some high-profile guests (Jane Fonda – now 72!, M. Night Shyamalan, French actor Louis Garrel…) pre-release showings (Toy Story 3D…), re-releases with new prints (Once Upon a Time in the West…) and loads of other events like the movies garage sale and Les Traversées de Paris – adventure trails through the city to help you learn about its links with the movies. Here’s all the details…
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