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Dinner for Schmucks

A decent cast wrestle with a crummy script in this loose and creaky Hollywood spin on 'Le dîner de Cons', Francis Veber's award-winning French play and film.


22 Bullets (L'Immortel)

Jean Reno is at his best as Charlie Matteï, a retired mobster who goes on a revenge spree after being left for dead with 22 bullets in his body. A must see!


Certified Copy

A beautiful film by Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami set in Tuscany for which Binoche rightly won yet another award at this year's Cannes Film Festival.


The Illusionist

The wonderful new animated film by the man who brought us "A Belleville Rendez-vous"


Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky

Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky is the latest film on the Grande Dame of fashion, but instead of focusing on clothes, it explores the consuming relationship between the fashion icon and the radical...


Bluebeard

"Ann, my sister Ann, Can you see anyone coming?" Marie-Catherine (Lola Creton) and her elder sister Anne (Daphne Baiwir) are sent home from there convent school after their father dies. Now...


Heartbreaker

Two of French cinema's brightest things team up in this delightful comedy about life, love and break-ups, which earned an astonishing 10 million Euros at the French box office in just 10 days....


Le Refuge

Mousse and Louis are young, beautiful, rich and in love. But drugs have invaded their lives. One day, they overdose and Louis dies. Mousse survives, but soon learns she's pregnant. Feeling lost,...


Gainsbourg

Sfar's film takes the audience through the various phases of Gainsbourg's career: the childhood in Nazi-occupied Paris; the musical awakening in the 50s; the love-affairs with Brigitte Bardot and...


The Concert

Andrei Filipov (Alexei Guskov) is a former conductor of the Bolshoi Orchestra, who was stripped of his position in 1980 for refusing to fire his Jewish musicians, as part of Brezhnev's anti-Semitic...


The Leopard

Luchino Visconti's masterpiece, "The Leopard" is based on the novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Starring Alain Delon. A must-see.



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French Pianist Helene Grimaud at The Royal Festival Hall

Dubbed 'red hot' by The New York Times, Hélène Grimaud is a pianist with a difference.

D'Artagnan's Daughter out On DVD 4th October

Bertrand Tavernier’s thrilling historical adventure is out for the first time ever on DVD in the UK.

Wax Tailor: Live at the Electric Ballroom on 7th October

After selling out KOKO in January, Wax Tailor is back in London with his full live band. Setting up shop a couple doors down in Camden Town’s Electric Ballroom, this French Hip Hop maestro promises...

Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, The Mistress, And The Tangerine- 9th September at the Barbican

An intimate documentary on the life and work of the great French artist.


French bands plan British festival invasion!

There's no getting away from it, out hot hot statistics prove it – more French bands than ever are hitting the UK shores this summer!

London African Music Festival : MC Solaar

First solo UK show in five years from the acclaimed French rhymesayer, feted for his lyrical complexity and the conscious-philosophical fluidity of his flows.

La Bohème

British Youth Opera presents Puccini's tale of young love among struggling artists in Paris's bohemian quarter. Cast includes John Pierce (Rodolfo), Susana Gaspar (MimÏ), Anna Patalong (Musetta),...


Lola To Own On DVD In September

"In Nantes, a bored young man named Roland is letting life pass him by when he has a chance meeting with a woman he knew in his teens : she is Lola, now a cabaret dancer."

Largo Winch - Deadly Revenge Out To Own On DVD 23rd August

Loved the film? The DVD is finally yours to own.


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 FREE  Fourth Plinth Programme - Six New Proposals

Six of the world’s most exciting contemporary artists have been shortlisted to propose a new artwork for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square. This year’s winning artist will have their work on...

Camille Silvy: Photographer Of Modern Life, at the National Portrait Gallery

Camille Silvy was a pioneer of early photography and one of the greatest French photographers of the nineteenth century. This exhibition includes many remarkable images which have not been...

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2010 by Jean Nouvel

This year—the Serpentine's 40th Anniversary—the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion is designed by world-renowned French architect Jean Nouvel.

 FREE  La Belle Dame Sans Merci

La Belle Dame Sans Merci is a group project curated by Anna Baranova, with work by eight artists among them Chantal Joffe and Dawn Mellor. Paintings, drawings, photographs, mixed media works and...

The Courtauld Collects: Twenty Years of Acquisitions

This display explores some of the exceptional new additions to The Courtauld’s collection since it moved to Somerset House twenty years ago. Highlights include works ranging from Turner, Degas and...

 FREE  Guerlain at Harrods - 'The Perfume Diaries'

One of the oldest perfume houses in the world makes an appearance at 'The Perfume Diaries' exhibition, curated by Roja Dova, at Harrods. First, Jade Jagger will reveal her rock'n'roll spin on...


Grace Kelly : Style Icon

A display of hats, jewellery and dresses, including couture gowns by Dior, Balenciaga, Givenchy and Yves St Laurent, worn by Grace Kelly during her career as an actress and as Princess Grace of Monaco.


Film Season back to categories

Barbican Film Highlights September 2010

Find out about the fantastic films that are in store for you next month at the Barbican.


 FREE  Robin Harris and Friends Playing at the King's Head Theatre

In the mood for some great jazz? Then head on over to the King's Head Theatre in Angel, to hear Robin Harris and his Friends. They'll also be playing some of the French Classics...


Gourmet Corner back to categories

Decanter French Wine Education Course 2010

Increase your wine knowledge of the most prolific and important French wine regions with Decanter's Wine Education Course starting in September.


Horrible Histories: Terrible Trenches Exhibition, at the Imperial War Museum

Find out about life in the terrible trenches during the First World War in a new family exhibition based on Terry Deary's best selling books, at The Imperial War Museum London.


Plays/ Opera back to categories

Piège Pour un Homme Seul, at the Steiner Theatre (en français)

In November, The Cercle Dramatique Français will be showing this intriguing detective comedy by the French play-write of 8 Women, Robert Thomas.

Danton's Death by Georg Büchner in a new version by Howard Brenton

1794: the French Revolution reaches its climax. After a series of bloody purges the life-loving, volatile Danton is tormented by his part in the killing. His political rival, the driven, ascetic...


Emmanuel Carrère & Tibor Fischer on Identity - On the 29th September, at the Institut Français

Rendez-vous at the French Institute to hear the author talk about his latest book.

Daniel Pennac & Michael Rosen on Education- At The Institut Français

Daniel Pennac's last book in English, School Blues (MacLehose Press, translated by Sarah Ardizzone), explores the many facets of schooling, including how consumerism has altered attitudes to learning.

 FREE  Sexy French

Learn all you need to sound like a sexy Parisian in this class that teaches phrases suitable for one hot night in France.



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