Criterion Discovery: Mon Oncle

 

Mon Oncle is a French comedy film released in 1958 by Jacques Tati. There are two Criterion versions; the first released in 2001 now out of print, and the second as part of The Complete Jacques Tati Criterion set in 2014 (Spine #729). It is one of three of Tati’s films (and the first in colour) centered on a lovable, bumbling mime-like character Monsieur Hulot. Mon Oncle is his most widely celebrated work, receiving both the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Special Prize at the Cannes Film Festival among other awards. […]

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An Evening with Jane Birkin & Charlotte Gainsbourg

Between screenings of Jacques Doillon’s La Pirate ( and Lars von Trier’s Antichrist (2009), actresses and mother-daughter duo Jane Birkin and Charlotte Gainsbourg joined the Film Society’s Director of Programming Dennis Lim to discuss the two films, as well as their respective daring film careers.  [Film Society of Lincoln Center]

Her Announces US Tour

Critically buzzing French alternative pop duo HER will embark on a North American headline tour this fall. The jaunt begins on November 5 in Brooklyn, NY at Baby’s All Right, hits major markets across the country, and comes to a close in Seattle, WA at The Crocodile on November 14.

The group just debuted the lyric video for their single “Her.”

Continuing a tradition of striking and sensual visuals, it’s an immediately engaging and entrancing clip reflective of the track’s delicate swing and undeniable soul.

“Her” has also re-released their debut EP’s Her Tape #1 & Her Live Tape #1 withRepublic Records. The six-track collection arrives soon and includes the previous international hit single “Five Minutes,” which has already amassed 1.8 million Spotify streams and nearly 800K YouTube/VEVO views.

Since emerging in 2015, HER has drawn unanimous praise from tastemakers including Complex, Noisey, The Line of Best Fit, Pigeons and Planes, Gigwise, and more. They performed this summer at the first annual France Rocks Summerfest.

Source: Her Announces US Tour, Baby’s All Right Show | French Culture