First Run/Icarus Films > France

New name, new look, new featured films

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:25:03 GMT

First Run / Icarus Films is now Icarus Films, and we've updated our web site to reflect the name change. We've also featured new films on the home page, so please come have a look.

Eileen Gray

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:21:11 GMT

The reknowned designer and architect Eileen Gray was always ahead of her time; thirty years after her death she is still considered the very essence of the Modern.

The Embassy

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:20:30 GMT

In one of Chris Marker's few fiction films, political dissidents seek refuge in a foreign embassy after a military coup d'état in an unidentified country.

Forever

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:20:01 GMT

A poignant tour of the importance of art in the lives of visitors to the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, the final resting place for legendary writers, composers, painters and other artists from around the world.

Beyond Hatred

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:05:47 GMT

After their gay son is murdered by a gang of skinheads, a close-knit French family tries to move toward understanding and even forgiveness in this devastating documentary.

The Case of the Grinning Cat

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:05:13 GMT

In his newest film, French cinema-essayist Chris Marker reflects on French and international politics, art and culture at the start of the new millennium.

Constant, Avant le Depart

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:04:38 GMT

Filmed shortly before Constant Nieuwenhuys' death, this is an intimate glimpse into the life and work of the painter, urban theorist, and influential member of the European avant-garde.

Jacques Lacan Speaks

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:03:21 GMT

A unique film from the archives, a documentary based on a 1971 university speaking appearance by Jacques Lacan (1901-1981), the most influential psychoanalyst after Freud.

Blowing Up Paradise

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 01:31:08 GMT

The first major documentary about three decades of French nuclear testing in the South Pacific.

Napoleon, David

Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:18:27 GMT

Featuring the paintings of Jacques-Louis David, including "Napoleon's Coronation." Examines how art and propaganda were intertwined throughout Napoleon's career.

Bruly Bouabre's Alphabet

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 02:52:40 GMT

In the 1950's, Ivory Coast artist Bruly Bouabré created hundreds of pictograms based on one-syllable words in his language, Bété.

Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 02:51:57 GMT

From 1967, for the first time on video or DVD, a portrait of two of the most influential and controversial writers and thinkers of the 20th century. They discuss their work, lives, and the role of intellectuals in modern society.

The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 02:51:10 GMT

Reunites Peter Lennon and cinematographer Raoul Coutard, who recount the making of their then controversial but now classic documentary on Ireland in the Sixties.

A bientôt j'espère

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 02:50:22 GMT

Workers at a textile factory on strike in pre-May '68 France, not just for more money, but for a different way of life. By Chris Marker.

Chronicle of a Summer

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 02:49:41 GMT

Paris, 1960. The seminal cinéma vérité film by Jean Rouch and Edgar Morin. From a simple starting point - asking Are you happy, sir? - this true landmark in film history explores the possibilities to film the inner truths of peoples lives.

Colette

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 02:48:55 GMT

A fascinating visit with the legendary writer in her Paris apartment on the Palais Royal circa 1951. And Jean Cocteau drops by.

Death Squadrons

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 02:48:29 GMT

The previously untold story of how the French military trained Latin American death squads in the 60s and 70s (and even U.S. Special Forces in the early days of our Vietnam War).

A Grin Without A Cat

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 02:47:49 GMT

Chris Marker's epic film-essay on the worldwide political wars of the 60's and 70's: Vietnam, Che, May '68, Prague, Chile, and the fate of the New Left.

La Commune

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 02:47:15 GMT

The new film by Peter Watkins. A 5 hour 45 minute event. Based on a thorough historical research into the Paris Commune of 1871, this film leads to an inevitable reflection about the present.

Marguerite, A Reflection of Herself

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 02:46:42 GMT

A personal portrait of the great French writer Marguerite Duras. Made with home moves, archives, film extracts, readings, and television interviews filmed over many years.

Mille Gilles

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 02:46:02 GMT

The thought and ideas of the French philospher Gilles Deleuze, and his impact on creative work and communities around the world.

The New Wave By Itself

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 02:45:23 GMT

A beautiful time capsule of the French New Wave in action. Shot in 1964; includes fascinating conversations with Chabrol, Rouch, Godard, Rivette, Truffaut, Varda, and others.

Remembrance of Things to Come

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 02:44:50 GMT

Reminiscent of Resnais, Ivens, even Kubrick, but in its deployment of still photographs (as in La Jetée), its theme of history and memory, its subject-skipping montage and rapid shuttle of wit and philosophy it's pure Marker.

Sociology is a Martial Art

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 02:43:57 GMT

A new documentary about the world famous, highly influential sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, whose 40 books and countless articles represent a brilliant renovation and application of social science.