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Archive for the ‘Film’ Category

July 1st, 2008

A Surreal Marriage: Dalí’s Paintings and Film

Dalí: Painting and Film, MoMA’s newest exhibition, examines how Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí’s relationship with film and cinema affected his art.  In the first exhibition of its kind, over 130 of Dalí’s paintings, drawings, and letters are on display showing how cinema was, in his early years, an inspiration that evolved into an outlet […]

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June 11th, 2008

HBO Bryant Park Film Festival

The free summer film series, Bryant Park Film Festival, will begin this Monday evening with a screening of Dr. No, the 1962 James Bond film starring Sean Connery.
The film festival is entering its 16th year and will feature classic American films like Superman and Bride of Frankenstein.  For a full movie schedule, visit the Bryant […]

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June 10th, 2008

Get Inspired! Human Rights Watch International Film Festival: June 12-26, 2008

Reporting and gathering information on human rights for a film is not an easy task.  Too often, governments and financial restrictions stand in the way of filmmakers completing projects which is why each of the 32 films presented in the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival-New York is triumph.         
The 19th Annual Human Rights Watch […]

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June 6th, 2008

World-Class Performing Arts for Free: River to River Festival

River to River, a downtown festival that stretches from June to September with various events, is will underway.  Featuring world-class performing arts and free admission, the festival takes place in a variety of Downtown Manhattan public venues, from Chambers Street to the Battery on Manhattan’s southern tip, and includes Governors Island. 
There are a number […]

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May 28th, 2008

Cinema Under the Stars: Rooftop Films Return

The Rooftop Films Summer Series is returning this year and will begin this Saturday, May 31, 2008.  The series has come a long way since its inception in 1997 when films were screened atop a tenement on the Lower East Side.  This year the IFC will screen 19 feature films and over 150 short […]

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April 30th, 2008

Amazônia Brasil: The Brazilian Rainforest Comes to New York

Visit the rainforest of Brazil without leaving the jungle of New York City.  Amazônia Brasil has a four-part exhibit that provides insight into the complex Amazon of Brazil.  Learn about how climate change is affecting the diverse ecosystem of the rainforest, visit a re-creation of an Amazon village, and meet indigenous artisans and shamans.    
Amazônia […]

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April 25th, 2008

Weekend Notables at the Tribeca Film Festival

The 2008 Tribeca Film Festival debuted Wednesday night with the lukewarm reception of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s comedy, Baby Mama.  This weekend, marking the first full weekend of festivities, more independent, foreign films will make their New York, North American, and World Debuts. 
As I sit here in a Tribeca coffee shop, cinemaphiles to […]

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April 23rd, 2008

Enjoy Cinema under the Stars at the Tribeca Drive-In

Somebody must be smiling on New York City because New York’s own resident weatherman Sam Champion says we can expect clear skies and temperatures in the 60s for the Tribeca Drive-In, the Tribeca Film Festival’s classic outdoor screening series.  The three day event will screen three movies: a 25th anniversary celebration of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” […]

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April 18th, 2008

Tickets on Sale Tomorrow for the Tribeca Film Festival

The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) kicks off next week, Wednesday, April 23rd and individual tickets will be available to the general public starting tomorrow, Saturday April 18th.  This is your chance to be part of the downtown event that Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro made famous. 
There is something for everybody at this year’s […]

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April 14th, 2008

HFFNY Update: Estela Bravo’s "Fidel"

The propaganda machine was in full swing yesterday at the screening of Fidel at the Havana Film Festival New York (HFFNY).  The film, which outlines the life and achievements of Cuba’s former President Fidel Castro, was part of the Estela Bravo Retrospective: Witness of Her Time program which is a centerpiece in this year’s festival.  […]

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