Jan 7- April 1, 2018 | Hyde Park Art Center - Chicago
Jan 14, 2018 | 2-5 pm - Opening Reception
The two lens-based artists Justine Pluvinage (Paris) and David Schalliol (Chicago/Minneapolis) individually present their work resulting from a resulting from a two-year international residency.
Jan 11-12, 2018 | Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center
Syrian dancer & choreographer Mithkal Alzghair examines the body in the context of war, migration and revolution. 1st Prize at the Danse élargie 2016 contest, organized by the Théâtre de la Ville - Paris & the Musée de la Danse - Rennes.
Under Anne Azéma's direction (music and staging), The Play of Daniel is a powerful medieval mystery play composed eight centuries ago in Beauvais, France. Not to miss the Discussion with Anne Azéma on January 11, 2018.
Until March 7, 2018 | Doc Films - University of Chicago
Spanning a decade of his career - from 1960 to 1970, this retrospective shows the vast breadth of French icon Alain Delon's acting abilities - from a nihilistic coldness to an impassioned fervor.
MyFrenchFilmFestival.com is an innovative concept aiming to throw the spotlight on new generation French filmmakers, allowing web users across the globe to share their enthusiasm for French cinema.
Jan 19 - March 23, 2018 | University of Southern Indiana
The University of Southern Indiana is presenting the Tournées Film Festival, a program of the FACE Foundation in partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.
New 4K DCP digital restoration! One of the New Wave's greatest directors, Jacques Rivette creates a powerful, passionate film about an artist seeking truth, regardless of the cost.
The most cherished work from French master Max Ophuls, The Earrings of Madame de . . . is an emotional, cinematographically adventurous tale of deceptive opulence and tragic romance.
4K Restoration! Lighter yet more pointedly political than Grand Illusion or The Rules of the Game, this long-unavailable comedy-romance-murder story merits rediscovery as one of Renoir's greatest prewar masterpieces.
New restoration! Set during the final hours of Joan's life and based on verbatim court records, the film is no sanctimonious sermon, but an unrelentingly intense, soul-shaking experience with its stunning camera work and striking compositions.
Luis Buñuel’s elegantly surreal film about a bored housewife and part-time sex worker offers a shrewd, scabrous commentary on social and gender relations.
Jan 27 & 30, 2018 | Gene Siskel Film Center - Chicago
The history of French Indochina from early stirrings of revolution in the 1930s to the loss of the colony in 1954. Part of the series Apocalypse Then: The Vietnam War On Film
Until April 8, 2018 | The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - Kansas City (MO)
This major exhibition explores Pablo Picasso’s life-long fascination with African and Oceanic art, as well as works from the Americas, uniting his paintings and sculpture with art that fueled his own creative exploration.
In partnership with the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain, Columbus Museum of Art presents Beyond Impressionism – Paris, Fin de Siècle: Signac, Redon, Toulouse-Lautrec and Their Contemporaries.
Until Feb 18, 2018 | University of Michigan Art Museum - Ann Arbor
Matisse Drawings: Curated by Ellsworth Kelly from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation Collection showcases the master draftsmanship of two of the most significant artists of the twentieth century: Henri Matisse (1869–1954) and Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015).
This exhibition features colorful, inventive posters by the French artist Jules Chéret (1836–1932) advertising Paris’s many entertainment venues, products, department stores, and more in the late nineteenth century.
The Irrational and the Marvelous exhibit celebrates both Dada and Surrealism, and features the work of Dada icons Marcel Duchamp and Hannah Höch, and others.
Pioneer of techniques such as “ethno-fiction,” Jean Rouch re-defined the landscape of anthropology and cinema but transformed African cinema and documentary film practice.
