[Chat] Free films at Johns Hopkins
You are all invited to the fourth annual Tournées Festival of French Cinema at Johns Hopkins University. All films are free and open to the public. Please pass the word to anyone who might be interested. Saturday, February 23 at 3:00 pm features a special matinée screening of the gorgeous animated Tales of the Night by Michel Ocelot, director of the acclaimed Kirikou. Appropriate for children of all ages and adults alike, this visually stunning film compiles six tales from all over the world, ranging from Africa and Tibet to the Caribbean and the kingdom of the Aztecs. Award-winning director of animated films Karen Yasinsky of the JHU Program in Film Media Studies will explain how color animators work their magic in a special post-screening QA. This Sunday, February 24 features a screening of Le Havre, a wry contemporary parable about the power of community. With characteristic deadpan wit, director Aki Kaurismäki tells the story of an elderly man who befriends and protects a young undocumented immigrant from Africa. Presented by Linda Delibero, Associate Director of the Program in Film and Media Studies Week two of the Tournées festival begins Tuesday, February 26 with House of Pleasures, a hypnotic, sumptuous evocation of the final months of a luxurious brothel at the dawn of the 20th century that explores the personal bonds between the women who inhabit this insular, claustrophobic world. Presented by Todd Shepard (JHU History), a specialist on the history of sexuality in France, and social historian Laura Mason (JHU History and Film and Media Studies). Wednesday, February 27 features As a Young Girl of 13 (Moi, petite fille de 13 ans). This documentary on the indomitable resistance of Simone Lagrange, deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau at the age of thirteen, explains how Lagrange survived and, in 1987, became one of the major witnesses to testify against Klaus Barbie in his trial for crimes against humanity. Presented by Marc Caplan from the JHU Program in Jewish Studies and Department of German and Romance Languages and Literatures. On Thursday, February 28, presented in conjunction with the Tournées Festival, is Canadian director Denis Villeneuve’s powerful Incendies. This story of twins who fulfill their mother’s dying wish by investigating the mystery of the father and the brother they never knew in an unidentified, war-torn country in the Middle East brings to the screen shocking revelations about hatred, religion, and vengeance. Presented by Flora Champy (Dept. of German and Romance Languages and Literature). For more details see the festival website: https://sites.google.com/site/jhutournees/ Also look for us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/318047334981548/?fref=ts Festival Schedule with screening rooms All screenings are to be held on the Homewood Campus of the Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore. Saturday, February 23 at 3:00 pm (Hodson 110). Tales of the Night (Les Contes de la nuit). In English. 94 minutes. Sunday, February 24 at 3:00 pm (Gilman 50). Le Havre. In French with English subtitles. 93 minutes. Tuesday, February 26 at 7:30 pm (Gilman 50). House of Pleasures (L'Apollonide [Souvenirs de la maison close].) In French with English subtitles. 125 minutes. Wednesday, February 27 at 7:30 pm (Gilman 50). As a Young Girl of 13 (Moi, petite fille de 13 ans). In French with English subtitles. 88 minutes. And in conjunction with the Tournées festival: Thursday, February 28, at 7:30 pm (Mudd 26). Incendies. In French with English subtitles. 130 minutes. All my best wishes, Suzanne Suzanne Roos Department of German and Romance Languages Literatures Johns Hopkins University Gilman 446 3400 N. Charles St. Baltimore MD 21218 (410) 243-4623 ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] cats for adoption and fostering
Cindy Simpson, a former resident of Charles Village, now living in Hamilton, sent me the message below. If any of you are interested in adopting or fostering a cat, please drop her a line at csimp...@jhu.edu. And by all means, feel free to pass the message along to anyone who might be able to help. Best wishes, Suzanne * We have a cat hoarding situation in our neighborhood; animal control has become involved and there is a really bad situation for the cats and the humans in the house. The cats all have to go (this week sometime) and we’re working on picking them up in small groups (and/ or individuals) to take to rescues or fosters. We’ve gotten 10+ cats out but there are still several more that need homes. So most importantly, if you know someone who’s looking for a kitty or 2, please let me know asap. our goal is to try to avoid having a whole bunch of cats dumped on BARCs at the same time – they already have cats that need homes and we’d like to reduce the chances for euthanization to as few as possible. if animal control takes them, they go to BARCs (who do great work, but they’ve already got quite a bit on their plate). All these cats have some health issues, the most minor being lack of immunizations, need to be spay/neutered, flea dermatitis; some have more serious issues such as upper respiratory tract infections and other problems. So we’re trying to raise some funds to help any fosters/adopters/shelters deal with the expense of fixing the health problems. Alley cat rescue has agreed to help channel funds raised; their link is http://www.saveacat.org/support.html; if you’d stipulate “for the Hamilton Hoarder cats” or something like that the funds will be directed appropriately. If you could also pass this on to anybody who might be willing to foster, adopt, or financially help these cats out it would be a huge help. I’m going to try to get some pix of the cats today and we’ll get them posted asap; despite their problems they are very pretty cats! Thank you all so very much and please pass this on to anyone you think might be able to help!!! ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] recommendations for junk hauler?
Dear All, Can anyone recommend someone who could haul a relatively small load of junk (an old carpet; a battered old dresser, not especially heavy; a big old-school TV set; some lamps; and about a dozen big garbage bags full of non-hazardous, non-smelly junk) to the junkyard for us? Since we are on the second floor, everything would need to go down a single flight of stairs. Thanks so much, Suzanne ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
[Chat] Tournées Festival of French Cinema at Johns Hopkins University
You are all invited to the fifth annual Tournées Festival of French Cinema at Johns Hopkins University. All films are free and open to the public. Please pass the word to anyone who might be interested. This year's screenings--all free and open to the public--include a physical comedy, thrillers, a behind-the-scenes documentary on a fabled restaurant, and Leos Carax's indescribable art-house favorite Holy Motors. The festival opens February 20 with The Fairy, a sublime, inventive celebration of the sight gag. The night porter of a cheap hotel meets an eccentric redhead who claims to be a fairy and grants him three wishes. Paris-based film critic and journalist Sabrina Bouarour, visiting scholar at Johns Hopkins’ Humanities Center, presents. On February 22, the Tournées Festival continues with a Saturday afternoon screening of Step up to the Plate, Paul Lacoste’s hypnotic documentary on the passionate, obsessive quest for gastronomic perfection of father-and-son master chefs Michel and Sébastien Bras. Next up, on Sunday, February 23, is Polisse, an intense, immersive drama based on real cases of the Paris police unit that investigates crimes against children. Polisse brings together a brilliant ensemble cast as it follows ten officers reacting to overwhelming brutality. The series continues into its second week on Feb. 25 with Pierre Schoeller’s study of political ambition, The Minister, on a high-ranking French politician who reels from crisis to crisis, plagued by surreal nightmares involving naked women devoured by alligators. Presented by April Wuensch, who teaches a highly popular course on contemporary French culture and politics at Johns Hopkins. Wednesday, Feb. 26 features Leos Carax’s visually astonishing Holy Motors, the story of a man, played by the extraordinary Denis Lavant, who continually reinvents himself, jumping in and out of a dozen different lives in a single day. Presented by JHU Professor of French Derek Schilling. The festival continues with Beloved, Christophe Honoré’s moving musical that follows the loves of Catherine Deneueve, Chiara Mastroianni, and Ludivine Sagnier from the sixties to the twenty-first century. Presented by journalist Sabrina Bouarour, who is currently at work on a major study of the musicals of Jacques Demy and Vincente Minelli. The festival will conclude March 2 with a Sunday afternoon screening of Jacques Audiard’s visceral Rust and Bone, the drama of two fractured lives--Ali, a burly, stoic bruiser down on his luck, and Stéphanie (Marion Cotillard), a former whale trainer who has lost her legs in a horrific accident. Followed by a discussion led by Linda Delibero, Director of the Program in Film and Media Studies. The Tournées Festival is made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the US and the Centre National de la Cinématographie et de l’Image Animée, and by the Florence Gould Foundation, Campus France USA, and highbrow entertainment. Festival sponsors include the Johns Hopkins University Department of German and Romance Languages Literatures, Program in Film Media Studies, and Center for Advanced Media Studies. For more details see the festival website: https://sites.google.com/site/jhutournees/ Or look for us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/JHU-Tournées-Festival/1465454790344469 Follow us on Twitter: @JHUcinefestival Festival Schedule with screening rooms All screenings are to be held on the Homewood Campus of the Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore. All films are in French with English subtitles. Thursday, February 20 at 7:30 pm (Hodson 110): The Fairy (La Fée). 93 minutes. Saturday, February 22 at 3:00 pm (Hodson 110): Step Up to the Plate (Entre les bras) 86 minutes. Sunday, February 23 at 3:00 pm (Hodson 110): Polisse 127 minutes. Tuesday, February 25 at 7:30 pm (Gilman 50): The Minister (L’Exercice de l’Etat). In 115 minutes. Wednesday, February 26 at 7:30 pm (Gilman 50): Holy Motors. 115 minutes. Thursday, February 27 at 7:30 pm (Hodson 110): Beloved (Les Bien-Aimés). 139 minutes. Sunday, March 2 at 3:00 pm (Hodson 110): Rust and Bone (De rouille et d’os) 120 minutes. See you there! Suzanne ___ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/
