The purr-fectly delightful Isabelle Huppert will discuss ELLE at special screening and Q&A at the Museum of the Moving Image on January 4
Who: Isabelle Huppert
What: Elle with Isabelle Huppert in person
Where: Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. at 36th St., Astoria, 718-777-6800
When: Wednesday, January 4, $25, 7:00
Why: French superstar Isabelle Huppert has been garnering worldwide acclaim for her latest film, Elle, directed by Paul Verhoeven, whose previous works include RoboCop, Basic Instinct, Showgirls, and Black Book. On January 4 at 7:00, the sixty-three-year-old Huppert, who has made more than 120 films, from The Lacemaker, Loulou, and Coup de Torchon to La Cérémonie, The Piano Teacher, and Heaven’s Gate, will be at the Museum of the Moving Image for a Q&A and special screening of Elle, a disturbing tour de force showcasing Huppert’s mesmerizing performance as either victim or monster. Feminists and film theorists might fight about this one for years; the rest of us can just marvel at Huppert, unable to take our eyes off her for a second.