Film Forum Presents: DESPERATE SOULS, DARK CITY AND THE LEGEND OF MIDNIGHT COWBOYJuly 19, 2023Nancy Buirski is the director, producer, an2:30, 4:30d writer of award-winning films THE LOVING STORY; AFTERNOON OF A FAUN: TANAQUIL LE CLERCQ; BY SIDNEY LUMET; THE RAPE OF RECY TAYLOR; and A CRIME ON THE BAYOU. THE LOVING … Read More
FilmForum Presents: UMBERTO ECO – A LIBRARY OF THE WORLD Q&A with Filmmaker Davide Ferrario, Co-Presented by Literary HubJuly 19, 2023Born in Lombardy in 1956, Davide Ferrario lives in Torino. He studied American Literature at Milan University, graduating in 1981. He began as a film critic in the ’70s, writing essays and books. He also founded a distribution … Read More
FilmForum Presents: JOYLANDJuly 19, 2023 Read More
FilmForum Presents: Jean-Luc Godard’s CONTEMPTJuly 19, 2023Contempt… that’s what ex-typist Bardot has for screenwriter husband Piccoli—but why? Does she think he used her to get a lucrative assignment (a screen adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey) from overbearing American producer Jack Palance? Was it … Read More
FilmForum Presents: TURN EVERY PAGE – THE ADVENTURES OF ROBERT CARO AND ROBERT GOTTLIEB Encore Tribute ScreeningsJuly 19, 2023A portrait of the academic partnership between Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Caro (at work on volume 5 of The Years of Lyndon Johnson) and multi-hyphenate Robert Gottlieb, the quintessential New York editor (former editor-in-chief at Knopf and The … Read More
FilmForum Presents: UMBERTO ECO – A LIBRARY OF THE WORLDJuly 19, 2023“…These words aptly describe this documentary immersion in all things Eco. The Italian journalist, critic, philosopher, professor of semiotics, medievalist, bibliophile, and best-selling novelist, Umberto Eco (1932-2016) takes us on a journey through his Milanese library of … Read More
FilmForum Presents: 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOLJuly 19, 2023As Russian troops advance on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, a small crew of Associated Press reporters are trapped amongst the besieged civilian population. 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL — winner of the 2023 Sundance Audience Award for … Read More
FilmForum Presents: Q&A with 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL Filmmaker Mstyslav ChernovJuly 19, 2023Mstyslav Chernov is a Ukrainian war correspondent, filmmaker, photographer, and novelist known for his coverage of the Ukrainian revolution, the Russian invasion in Ukraine, the war in Iraq, Syria, and Nagorno-Karabakh, and Afghanistan under Taliban rule after the … Read More
Film Forum Presents: The BeastsJuly 19, 2023“A terrific psychological thriller and a brooding, muscular piece of filmmaking.” – Wendy Ide, Screen. An intimate, haunting true-crime drama — part noir thriller, part social realism — set in a Galician farming village (the “wild west” of … Read More
FilmForum Presents: MIDNIGHT COWBOYJuly 19, 2023(1969) “Everybody’s talking” at cowboy-geared, straight-from-the-sticks stud wannabe Jon Voight, while seedy tenement squatter Dustin Hoffman is “walkin’ here” as he storms at a pushy cab driver; but they form their alliance within the grubby underside of … Read More
FilmForum Presents: OZU 120 SeriesJuly 19, 2023Though the most honored director in his own country, Yasujirō Ozu (1903-1963) achieved acclaim in the West only after his death on his 60th birthday. For most of his career, this greatest of world filmmakers worked in the uniquely … Read More
FilmForum Presents: SQUARING THE CIRCLE (THE STORY OF HIPGNOSIS)July 19, 2023Hipgnosis was the brainchild of famously tetchy graphic designer Storm Thorgerson (1944-2013) and ingenious photographer Aubrey “Po” Powell, a collaboration born of London’s swinging ‘60s scene. Together they created some of the most iconic album covers in … Read More
HERE Presents: CHANTEUSEJuly 19, 2023Very little has been written about the tens of thousands of homosexuals, who were the damnedest of the damned, the outcasts among the outcasts in the concentration camps. There are really only estimates of figures. During the … Read More
HERE Presents: BECKETT. WOMEN.July 19, 2023AnomalousCo theatre ensemble presents Beckett.Women. An evening of three short plays by Samuel Beckett: Footfalls with Ylfa Edelstein Not I with Lesya Verba Rockaby with Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva Beckett’s powerful one acts for women are a meditation on the inexorability of death … Read More
HERE Presents: DRIVE THE SPEED LIMITJuly 19, 2023Drive the Speed Limit is a play about Eve, a chronically ill and fat teenager struggling to understand her body while navigating her artist mother and wacky grandmother’s opposing views of what it looks and feels like … Read More
HERE Presents: ORDERJuly 19, 2023ORDER is an experimental play about the psyche of “The Girl” as she navigates a day in the life accompanied by her pet frog. In her realm, humanoid daemon creatures known as “Voidspawn” exist beyond good and evil. ORDER … Read More
SOB’s Presents: Mr. Cheeks with Rah DiggaJuly 19, 2023SOB’s presents a live event where you get to enjoy the music of Mr.Cheeks and Digga. Read More
Ear Inn Presents~JACK GRACE BAND ~July 19, 2023“NYC someday will brag about its great legends of country music, that’s right we said country, and among those names will be the engaging, hardworking, witty, and schmoozin’ and boozin’ Grace.” — Village Voice Read More
Ear Inn Presents~ MULEBONE ~July 19, 2023Mulebone is virtuosic multi-instrumentalist John Ragusa and New York Blues Hall of Fame inductee Hugh Pool. The launching pad for their musical expression is traditional blues played with guts, technique and a without-a-net sense of adventure. The … Read More
Ear Inn Presents~ NEW MOON ACOUSTIC BLUES BAND ~July 19, 2023New Moon Acoustic Blues Band performs traditional acoustic blues, and spiritual tunes. Performing hill country, Piedmont and more by artists such as the Reverend Gary Davis, Robert Johnson and Mississippi John Hurt, in effort to emulate this … Read More
Ear Inn Presents: Papa’s Dream ShadowJuly 19, 2023Rhythm n Blues, Rock n Roll, Country n Western, Rockabilly, Gospel, Soul and more. Where: Read More
Ear Inn Presents: THE EARREGULARSJuly 19, 2023The EarRegulars feature leader Jon-Erik Kellso on trumpet and Matt Munisteri on guitar and feature guest artists weekly. They play swinging, melodic classic jazz, i.e., everything from New Orleans style through the tin pan alley classics, the … Read More
Unveiling of “Sampling” Collaborative Mural Celebrating 50 Years of Hip-HopJuly 11, 2023Celebrate the unveiling of sampling, a series of murals created by teens from City-As-School, in partnership with Children’s Museum of the Arts. The works draw from imagery from the New York Public Library’s Picture Collection to celebrate the 50th anniversary of … Read More
Ear Inn Presents: Jake Walker TrioJuly 10, 2023Blues at its Finest with Jake Walker on guitar/vocals and Arthur Neilson on guitar. Where: The Ear Inn, 326 Spring Street. Read More
