Film Screening: Cinémélodie—Les parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg)

JJoin us for the final installment of our 2025/2026 music-themed series, Cinémélodie: French director Jacques Demy 1964 musical romantic drama Les parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg)! We kicked off Cinémélodie in September with a screening of Demy’s Les demoiselles de Rochefort, and so it’s only fitting that we bookend the series with the other musical for which he is best known.

Movie Marathon: LOLLOPALOOZA

On Saturday, August 1, skip the crowds and chaos of Chicago’s summer festival season and slip into the glamour of LOLLOPALOOZA, an all-day cinematic celebration of Gina Lollobrigida, the Italian-born European screen icon whose dazzling presence made her a favorite of French cinema.