Tournees DeKalb

03/29/2010

A great big Thank You to everyone who participated in this year's Tournees Festival. We hope you had as much fun as we did. See you all next year!

03/27/2010

Don't forget to take advantage of Tournees date night this evening. Try the Hillside Restaurant's special French menu (complete with free slice of French Chocolate Cake) and then head over for the show(s)! See you tonight!

03/27/2010

Here are some videos of Alina Somova, one of the dancers featured in tonight's Ballerina. She has since moved on to become a controversial sensation, judging by the telegraph review (second link). See you at the movies!
http://www.ballerinagallery.com/somova.htm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/dance/5931887/Alina-Somova-dancer-or-circus-pony.html

03/26/2010

Check out our write-up in the Northern Star!
http://www.northernstar.info/ArticlePage.php?pk=1696§ionfrom=5

The NIU Film Society will bring a taste of France to the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. 2nd St., tonight with the opening of the Tournees French Film Festival.Funded by a grant from the French Ministry of Culture, ...

03/26/2010

It was great to see you all at Paris je t'aime. A very special thanks to Il Mediterraneo and Inbodens for the fantastic catering!

03/25/2010

Check out our "Events" tab!

03/20/2010

"If you haven't seen a single film by Agnes Varda, it is best if you start with 'The Beaches of Agnes" - Roger Ebert.
Trust in Ebert! Trust in Tournees! 7pm, March 26th
http://www.engl.niu.edu/tournees/tboa.html

On the eve of her 80th birthday, Agnès Varda, often referred to as “the godmother of the French New Wave,” decided to make the autobiographical The Beaches of Agnes, guiding us through her extraordinary ...

03/19/2010

The closing film, Puer(s) du noir, screens at 8:30pm Saturday night. Six vignettes of terror animated by leading graphic artists and illustrators! http://www.engl.niu.edu/tournees/fotd.html

03/18/2010

Homemade cupcakes, too? Oui. Seven days till Tournees!

03/18/2010

Good morning, film fans! Follow the link to a 1956 video interview with Agnes Varda, preeminent director during the French New Wave. Her film memoir Les plages d'Agnes (which she wrote and directed) plays at the Egyptian Friday night, March 26th at 7pm. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9vsZM-Uzs8&feature=related

03/16/2010

Date night Tournees: during the weekend of the festival, The Hillside Restaurant will be offering a special French menu. Get a free slice of French chocolate cake after your meal if you bring your Tournees flyer. Mmm, dinner and a movie(s) - my, aren't you cultured!

03/16/2010

Going to Tournees? Bring your friends! Thursday night's reception should be. . . tasty!