By Laura L. Griffin 8/21/12 8:30am

the eight-day week

Film Forum marquee

To Do Tuesday: French Bread

The concession stand at Village stalwart Film Forum bears a small sign proudly proclaiming that the banana bread sold there was beloved by the late French philosopher (and known lover of baked goods) Jacques Derrida. Double down on Mr. Derrida by purchasing yourself a thick slice and sidling into the theater for a double-feature of his homeland’s cinematic offerings, part of an ongoing French Old Wave series. On view tonight, two gangster films: Pépé Le Moko (a favorite of Graham Greene’s) and Touchez Pas Au Grisbi (the title of which rather hilariously translates to “Don’t touch the loot”—good advice, unless the loot in question is banana bread). Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 8/08/12 8:00am

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fast-times

To Do Wednesday: Universal Appeal

It’s a summer double feature courtesy of the “Universal 100” retrospective, in which Universal Studios shows just how broad its backlist is. Apparently, their appetites were catholic enough to allow for Spike Lee’s groundbreaking examination of race in America, Do the Right Thing, and Amy Heckerling’s dopey teen comedy, Fast Times at Ridgemont High (written Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 7/03/12 8:00am

the eight-day week

Audrey

To Do Tuesday: Face Time

While the massive, special-effects-y Spider-Man sequel opens today, we’re looking for something that can help us keep from overheating, and like some literary character, Audrey Hepburn always seems so cool! Film Forum is running Hepburn’s fashion-industry comedy Funny Face today. Given that we’re too warm to wear much beyond a tank top, a pair of Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 6/04/12 9:00am

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Marina Abramovic (Getty Images)

Marina Abramovic on How Her Brainwaves Are Illuminated

At the Museum of Modern Art premiere of HBO Films’ Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present on Thursday, HBO’s president of documentary programming, Sheila Nevins, admitted she’d had her doubts about the film. “I sort of had heard of her, but I thought she was one of those arty-farty types,” she told Gallerist of the Read More