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French Fridays: How To Find Foreign Films This Summer

A recurring column celebrating French culture around Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill.

In the past decade, about 3,000 French families have moved into the Carroll Gardens, Gowanus and Park Slope neighborhoods, , education attaché for the French Embassy. With the advent of dual-language programs at schools such as , and French-themed summer camps such as , it would appear that children in the area have increasingly more opportunities to dive into French culture.

But what about adults who want to do the same? Introducing French Fridays—a recurring column focused on opportunities to celebrate French culture in the surrounding neighborhoods.

Our tour guide will be none other than Marie Lipp, a native of northeast France, who has extensive experience teaching and tutoring in New York, including at Berlitz, The Rennert School, and now .

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Next week, Lipp will launch her first in a series of blog posts on French culture around town. If you have specific interests or questions, feel free to post them in the comments section.

In the meantime, here is her quick tip for finding French films this summer: "I subscribe to a few newsletters such as frenchculture.org, which is run by the French Embassy, for news on things like films being shown in the city," says Lipp.

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As it happens, Oscar-winning French silent film The Artist is being re-released this weekend for a limited engagement. While no listings are mentioned at or United Artists Court Street, on Saturday, May 12, City Cinemas Beekman and City Cinemas Village East Cinema in Manhattan will have a showing at 7:30p.m.

Additionally, "in celebration of the French-American friendship," The Films on the Green Festival taking place in NYC parks this June and July will feature new and old French films based on works of French and American literature, from Donald E. Westlake's bestselling novel, "The Ax," to Victor Hugo's poem, "How Good are the Poor." 

As more details on the festival emerge, we will be sure to provide additional information in the French Fridays column. Tune in next week for Marie Lipp's inaugural post.


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