FILM & VIDEO Wednesday 1/26 FEATURING…SING OUT! Song & dance …
FEATURING…SING OUT! Song & dance extravaganzas shown FIAF CINÉCLUB Shorts from France–from youth JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL The Jewish Museum’s ninth annual THE ANDY KAUFMAN SPECIAL Last week to see Andy’s Funhouse JOE SCHMO, LIVING IN OBLIVION Double feature with filmmaker Greg SUPER BOWL: SUPER SHOWCASE FOR COMMERCIALS Screening documents advertising throughout the UNSEEN LUCY & DESI: TREASURES Rare footage of America’s favorite Thursday 1/27 AFTER A FEW DRINKS Eight hipster bars in Manhattan in RETURN OF THE IDIOT Screening of film that was inspired VIEWPOINT…BUT IS IT ART? "Unconventional, Underappreciated Friday 1/28 NEW FILMS FROM JAPAN 2000 Video & discussion of Canal Saturday 1/29 EXPRESSIONISM: THE ART OF FRITZ LANG Retrospective examines ten films MEET THE MAKER Series sponsored by the New York New York Film Critics Circle Look at the 1990s–screenings, Sunday 1/30 New York Film Critics Circle Look at the 1990s–screenings, ocularis Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Sunday night Free movie series Michael York stars in Logan’s Monday 1/31 THE BODY OF THE LINE: EISENSTEIN’S Movie screenings & discussions FIAF CINÉCLUB Jacques Rivette’s 1998 thriller MONDAY NIGHT MOVIES Vernon Reid curates January screening Tuesday 2/1 VIVA LA DIVA: JEWISH SUPERSTARS OF Video screening & lecture; Jewish
during "The Hollywood Musical During the 1930s" series. Today, William
Keighley’s 1937 Variety Show; Donnell Library Media Center,
20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 620-0619; 2:30, free.
culture to science fiction; French Institute’s Florence Gould Hall, 55
E. 59th St. (betw. Madison & Park Aves.), 355-6100; 7, $7, $5.50 st.
festival; Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, 165 W. 65th St. (B’way),
875-5600 or www.filmlinc.com; call for schedule, $8.50, $4.50 s.c. [repeats
Thurs.].
& segments from his television work at the Museum of Television &
Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 621-6600; 1, free w/mus.
adm. [repeats Thurs. at 6, Fri. at 7, Sat. & Sun. at 1, through 1/30].
Feldman; Makor, 35 W. 67th St. (Central Park W. & Columbus Ave.), 601-1000;
7:30 & 9:30, $8.
Super Bowl history incl. the memorable Victoria Secret & Budweiser commercials;
Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.),
621-6600; 1 & 4, free w/mus. adm. [repeats Thurs.-Sun. & Tues. at 1
& 4, through 2/13].
FROM the VAULT
redhead incl. The Ed Wynn Show, Stars in the Eye & the first episode
of I Love Lucy, "The Girls Want to Go to a Nightclub" with
original commercials; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw.
5th & 6th Aves.), 621-6600; 12:30, 3 & 7, free w/mus. adm. [continues
Thurs.-Sun. & Tues., through 3/5].
Brooklyn show shorts/video art by 17 local artists every Friday & Saturday
night through Jan. 31. Video compilations address the bar scene, dating tactics
& social interaction at the bar–60s & 70s commercials strewed between
clips. Participating bars incl. The Abbey, Bar 4, The Knitting Factory, Korova
Milk Bar, Max Fish, Parkside Lounge, The Village Idiot & Yogi’s; 760-4971
for info; 10-12 a.m. [repeats Fri., through 1/28].
by Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot; Czech Center, 1109 Madison Ave., 2nd
fl. (83rd St.), 288-0830 ext.100; 6 & 8, free.
& Controversial Creations" themed-screenings feat. shorts "Super-Artist"
& "America’s Pop Collector," followed by selections from
"New York Expo of Short Film & Video" at 6; Donnell Library Media
Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 620-0619 or 621-0629; 2:30,
free.
Street: First Stop in America; Japan Society, 333 E. 47th St. (betw.
1st & 2nd Aves.), 752-3015; 6:30, $8, $5 st./s.c.
by Austrian-born German Expressionism director, Fritz Lang. Today, Lang’s
1924 silent b&w Kriemhild’s Revenge; YWCA, 610 Lexington Ave.
(53rd St.) 735-9717; 4, $7 [repeats Sun. at 4, through 3/19].
State Council for the Arts. Today, Mauritz Stiller’s Hotel Imperial
with music accompaniment by pianist & composer Philip Carli; Donnell
Library Media Center, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 620-0619;
2:30, free.
discussions & introductions. Today, Manny Farber portrait, Negative Space
(1:30); Panel discussion of "The Future of Film Criticism" with
John Anderson, Stuart Klawans & John Simon (2:30); Tom Kalin’s Swoon
starring Craig Chester (4:30); American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th
Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, Queens, 718-784-0077; $8.50, $5.50 st./s.c. [through
2/20].
discussions & introductions. Today, New York Press’ Godfrey
Cheshire introduces A Brighter Summer Day by Edward Yang; American Museum
of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, Queens, 718-784-0077; 2,
$8.50, $5.50 st./s.c. [through 2/20].
Orange; Ocularis, 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Aves.), Williamsburg,
718-388-8713; 7 & 9:30, $5 [repeats Mon. at 8:30].
Run, film about sex craved youth, set in a huge shopping mall; Different
Light, 151 W. 19th St. (7th Ave.), 989-2158; 7, free.
DRAWINGS
in conjunction with exhibition at The Drawing Center. Today, Annette Michelson
& Naum Kleiman curate Bezhin Meadow screening which was banned
& confiscated by the Soviet government in 1937; The Drawing Center, 35 Wooster
St. (betw. Broome & Grand Sts.), 219-2166; 7, $15, $10 st.
Secret défense; French Institute’s Florence Gould Hall, 55
E. 59th St. (betw. Madison & Park Aves.), 355-6100; 12:30 & 7:30, $7,
$5.50 st.
series. Tonight’s double feature incl. The Thing From Another World
& The Thing; Tonic, 107 Norfolk St. (betw. Delancey & Rivington
Sts.), 358-7501; 9:30, $4.
SONG
Museum, 1109 5th Ave. (92nd St.), 423-3224; 6:30, free w/mus. adm.
