Left Bank: Art, Passion, and the Rebirth of Paris 1940-50
Intellectual Paris during the Occupation and Beyond
Agnès Poirier’s scintillating new book, Left Bank: Art, Passion, and the Rebirth of Paris 1940-50, focuses on an extraordinary decade in Paris’s cultural and intellectual history. Poirier, who will be familiar to readers who follow her regular articles for the … Read More
Capitaine Restaurant
A Well-Steered Gourmet Ship
The restaurant inhabiting this location in the Marais seems to change every few years, but one thing remains the same: the plaque noting that mystery writer Georges Simenon, creator of Inspector Maigret, was a regular in one of its previous … Read More
Short-Term Rentals in Paris
Paris Files Suit against Airbnb
The news has spread like wildfire: the city of Paris is suing Airbnb for not removing from its site listings that are not registered with the city. And Airbnb isn’t the only rental site to bear the wrath of Mayor … Read More
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What's Happening in Paris This Week
For full details about an event, click on the title to visit the official Web site (in English when available).
April 11-May 25
The year that shook the world
The festival La Révolution n’Aura pas Lieu presents films about, influenced by or made in 1968.
Forum des Images, Paris
Through May 16
Rainer Werner Fassbinder retrospective
The entire œuvre of the great German director.
Cinémathèque Française, Paris
Through May 3
Ghosts of Cannes past
Screening of the films shown in the 1969 Quinzaine de Réalisateurs at the Cannes Film Festival.
Cinémathèque Française, Paris
Through May 6
Young European photographers
The Festival Circulation(s) features the work of emerging photographers.
Centquatre, Paris
Through July 29
100% Doc
All about documentary films: screenings, talks, workshops and online offerings.
Forum des Images, Paris
Through Oct. 6
Dance in historic sites
> Monuments en Mouvement offers free dance performances in national monuments like the Pantheon in Paris, the Abbaye de Cluny and châteaux.
Various locations
April 20
French film with English subtitles
Lost in Frenchlation presents Le Collier Rouge, directed by Jean Becker.