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El Instituto Cervantes presenta el
fotoperiodista español Jordi Socias mientras que el escultor venezolano
Rafaél Barrios estará en la Park Avenue. Alexander Arrechea se presenta
en la Magnan Metz de Chelsea y Sorolla termina en el Reina Sofía. El
influyente
artista venezolano Jesús Soto y el mexicano Diego Rivera continúan y se
añaden, la Bienal del Whitney y la esperada muestra de Cindy Sherman en
el Moma. El Museo del Barrio continúa con Testimonios y Gran Caribe. Y
hay más:
* MAREMAGNUM > By Jordi Socias > One of the key names in the evolution of photojournalism in Spain > Hasta Marzo 23 >> Instituto Cervantes.
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| Autor/es: (c) Jordi Socías |
* Rafael Barrios on Park Avenue.
Nine monumental sculptures by this Venezuelan artist >> March 1 - June 30.
From 51st Street to 67th Street, Park Avenue
Malls, Manhattan. Artist Alexander Arrechea will be also on display during springtime.
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| Rafael Barrios, Rendering of Acrobática at 53rd Street, courtesy of the artist. |
* Kandinsky at the Bauhaus, 1922-1933 > In 1922 Vasily Kandinsky (b. 1866, Moscow; d. 1944, Neuilly-sur-Seine,
France) accepted a teaching position at the Bauhaus, the state-sponsored
Weimar school of art and applied design founded in 1919 by architect
Walter Gropius.
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| Vasily
Kandinsky, Decisive Rose
(Entscheidendes Rosa), March
1932 (detail). Oil on canvas, 81 x 100 cm. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New
York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection 49.1178 |
The school’s curriculum was based on the principle that
the crafts were equal to the traditional arts and was organized
according to a medieval-style guild system of training under the
tutelage of masters. Kandinsky conducted the Wall Painting Workshop and
Preliminary Course and taught at all three of the school’s sequential
locations in Weimar, Dessau, and Berlin until 1933, when the Bauhaus was
closed due to pressure from the National Socialist (Nazi) government.
* Also at the Guggenheim: John Chamberlain: Choices and Francesca Woodman.
* Whitney Biennial 2012 > March 1–May 27 > Sculpture, painting, installations, and photography—as well as dance, theater, music, and film > Whitney Museum.
* Also at the Guggenheim: John Chamberlain: Choices and Francesca Woodman.
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| Francesca Woodman, Polka Dots, Providence, Rhode Island, 1976. Gelatin silver print, 13.3 x 13.3 cm. Courtesy George and Betty Woodman. © 2012 George and Betty Woodman |
* Whitney Biennial 2012 > March 1–May 27 > Sculpture, painting, installations, and photography—as well as dance, theater, music, and film > Whitney Museum.
* Cindy Sherman > The exhibition will explore dominant themes throughout Sherman’s career,
including artifice and fiction; cinema and performance; horror and the
grotesque; myth, carnival, and fairy tale; and gender and class
identity.
Also included are Sherman’s recent photographic murals (2010), which will have their American premiere at MoMA. February 26–June 1 > MoMa.
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| Cindy Sherman. Untitled #466. 2008. Chromogenic color print, 8′ 6″ x 70″ (259.1 x 177.8 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the generosity of Robert B. Menschel in honor of Jerry I. Speyer. © 2012 Cindy Sherman |
Also included are Sherman’s recent photographic murals (2010), which will have their American premiere at MoMA. February 26–June 1 > MoMa.
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In the Doldrums 2010-11, C-Print on Fujicolor Crystal Archival Paper, 48 x 60 inches, edition of 6
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* Soto: Paris and Beyond. 1950 – 1970 > Enero 10 - Marzo 31 >> Grey Art Gallery, NYU >> SOTO.
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| Jesús Soto at solo exhibition, Galerie Edouard Loeb, Paris, 1962 (detail). Photograph by Carlos Cruz-Diez Images © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris |
Comprised of some 50 works, Soto: Paris and Beyond, 1950–1970 is the first largescale
exhibition dedicated to this major Venezuelan artist to be held at a New York
institution in more than 35 years. Featuring works produced after Jesús Rafael Soto's
move to Paris, the show highlights his visionary investigations into notions of
movement, displacement, and instability. Drawing inspiration from optics, color theory,
and phenomenology, Soto (1923–2005) developed a radically new relationship
between the artwork and the viewer. The exhibition also explores reciprocal influences
between Soto and other members of the Parisian avant-garde—such as Yves Klein
and Jean Tinguely.
* Joaquín Sorolla and the Glory of Spanish Dress > Hasta Marzo 10 >> Queen Sofía Spanish Institute.
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| Traje corto (riding ensemble), c. 1961 Collection of the Duchess of Alba © Craig McDean / Courtesy of Art + Commerc |
* TESTIMONIOS: 100 Years of Popular Expression > Hasta Mayo 6 > Testimonios examines potent works by non-traditionally trained makers. > El Museo del Barrio.
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| Ejlat Feuer, Street Scene (detail), color photograph, 1990s Collection El Museo del Barrio, NY |
* VOCES Y VISIONES: Gran Caribe > Hasta Diciembre 9 > El Museo Del Barrio.
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| Francisco Oller y Cestero (Puerto Rican, 1833-1917) Platanos Amarillos (detail), ca. 1892-93 Oil on wood panel Gift of Joseph and Carmen Ana Unanue 2009.32 |
* Alexander Arrechea >> TWISTED HORIZON >> Marzo 1 - Abril 7 >> Magnan Metz Gallery.
* Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art > Hasta Mayo 14 >> MOMA.
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| Diego Rivera. Indian Warrior. 1931. Fresco on reinforced cement in a metal framework, 41 x 52 ½” (104.14 x 133.35 cm). Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts. Purchased with the Winthrop Hillyer Fund SC 1934:8-1. © 2011 Banco de México Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, México, D.F./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York |
In December 1931, two years after its founding, The Museum of Modern Art inaugurated a major exhibition of work by the Mexican artist Diego Rivera. Only the second retrospective presented at the young Museum, the show was wildly popular, breaking attendance records in its five-week run. Rivera’s international celebrity was based on his fame as a muralist, but murals—by definition made and fixed on site—were impossible to transport. To solve this problem, MoMA brought the artist to New York from Mexico six weeks before the opening and provided him with makeshift studio space in an empty gallery. Working around the clock with three assistants, Rivera produced five “portable murals”—freestanding frescoes with bold images commemorating events in Mexican history. After the opening, to great publicity, Rivera added three more murals, now taking on New York subjects through monumental images of the urban working class and the social stratification of the city during the Great Depression. All eight were on display for the rest of the show’s run.
* Of Dreams and Hurricanes: Maria Berrio and Frances Gallardo >> febrero 9 - Marzo 17 >> Praxis Art.
* PS3* Pedro Sanchez3 : On the Outer Edge > Hasta Marzo 17 > Abrons Arts Center > PS3.
* content > Solo Exhibition: Andrés Michelena > February 23 - March 15 >> One Art Space.
A metalinguistic proposal that explores the possible limits of perception and the assimilation of the artistic fact through what could be defined as visual haikus, or even visual koans.
OUTSIDE OF NYC:
* The Art of the Ancient Americas > Hasta Mayo 20 > Walters Museum of Baltimore > AMERICAS.
An exhibition of 135 artworks from cultures that rose and fell in Mexico, Central America and Andean South America from 1200 BCE–1530 CE. Drawn from the collection of John Bourne recently gifted to the Walters, this exhibition, on view February 12–May 20, 2012, expresses each culture’s distinctive aesthetics, worldview and spiritual ideologies.
Exploring Art of the Ancient Americas touches on the performative nature of politics and religion—performance being a key mechanism for strengthening bonds of community and religious belief. The exhibition features the imaginative musical instruments used during these events and emotive portrayals of performers—from kings to commoners.
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)’s extraordinary life and iconic biographical paintings have earned her international renown in the world of modern art. Upon Kahlo’s death in 1954, more than 6,500 personal photographs and items belonging to her and husband/artist Diego Rivera were sealed and put in storage. For more than half a century this great collection of personal memorabilia remained hidden from the public. In 2007 this collection was opened and Mexican photographer and curator Pablo Ortiz Monasterio inventoried and catalogued 240 images to create the Frida Kahlo: Her Photos exhibition.
NY ESSENTIALS : MUSICA Y PERFORMANCES EN MARZO
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Marzo comienza con mucho Flamenco tanto en el Instituto Cervantes como en el City Center . El Teatro Thalia nos ofrece
Tango y The Armory Show nos trae a Neon Indian!.
* Flamenco Festival New York 2012 series of
concerts > Since its creation in 2001, Flamenco Festival USA has
become the most important showcase for Spanish culture outside Spain and
a vital point of encounter between the American public and Spanish
artists. Flamenco Festival will be presented at the most important
venues of USA: NC City Center in New York; Adrienne Arsh Center in Miami
and the Lisner Auditorium in Washington DC.
Eventos en el Instituto Cervantes >> Febrero 24 a Marzo 11 >
>> Instituto Cervantes.
* Flamenco Festival 2012 > City Center Main Stage > Marzo 1 al 4 > Celebrating the tradition of great female flamenco choreographers, will showcase four of today’s best: Rafaela Carrasco, Manuela Carrasco, Carmen Cortés and Olga Pericet, each presenting new works in her own unique style and outlook >> Flamenco.
* The Armory Party 2012 > Con Neon Indian > March 7 > MOMA.
* Federico Aubele > Joe's Pub > Marzo 8.
Federico Aubele returns to a smoky realm of acoustic guitar licks, heavy rhythms and sinister dub atmospherics for his fourth studio album, Berlin 13. The record pulls from the personal transformation Aubele experienced in his time living in Berlin and the vibe of a city strongly associated with electronic music.
* Muchachito Bombo Infierno > >> March 10 > SOB's.
After 37 years without acting in New York. Muchachito, a Catalan artist originally from Santa Coloma, outskirts of Barcelona is a composer and performer and will show us his particular show to the purest one man band. Muchachito plays guitar, drums and bass box while sings their self-published three albums and some older covers of their favorit.
* VESTUSTA MORLA > Highline Ballroom > Marzo 13 >
VESTUSTA MORLA es un sexteto de
rock originado a finales de los 90 que trata de ir más allá de los estereotipos
del género. Primeramente en un sentido estético, añadiendo timbres y patrones rítmicos
ajenos a la tradición del rock, integrándose en él sin pretender la fusión ni
el mestizaje. Su intenso directo y unas letras que prefieren la sugerencia de
imágenes al mensaje unívoco e invitan a la participación activa del oyente, son
los otros dos anclajes artísticos de su música. Ambas características contribuyen
a una sensación de pertenencia (totalmente real, por otro lado) que nace en
quien les escucha > VETUSTA.
* Quique González > Joe's Pub > Marzo 13.
Quique González premiers this new project with all the songs that could not have their own space at the ‘Daiquiri Blues’ tour.This show will be presented in a minimalist format for reduced venues and based on a repertoire of b sides, versions, rarities, his last album songs and mostly non edited songs. It is a good opportunity to enjoy songs scarcely performed in the artist’s last tours > Quique.
* Quique González > Joe's Pub > Marzo 13.
Quique González premiers this new project with all the songs that could not have their own space at the ‘Daiquiri Blues’ tour.This show will be presented in a minimalist format for reduced venues and based on a repertoire of b sides, versions, rarities, his last album songs and mostly non edited songs. It is a good opportunity to enjoy songs scarcely performed in the artist’s last tours > Quique.
* TANGO 5 SENTIDOS > Ends March 18 >> Thalia Theatre.
* Henry Cole and his Afro-Beat Collective > Joe's Pub > Marzo 20.
Established on the jazz scene but breaking out his own compositions for the first time, quicksilver Puerto Rican drummer Henry Cole and his Afro-Beat Collective are celebrating the release of Cole's debut album, Roots Before Branches. The ensemble shows how Fela Kuti's legacy can unite the diverse Caribbean sounds of Cole's island home, and how jazz can revel in the rootsy sounds of bomba and plena > Cole.
* Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra with Special guest Kali Mutsa > Marzo 23 > SOB's.
Altered States of the Altiplano: Kali Mutsa’s Electro Gypsy Cumbia Bumps Bolder than Bollywood > Whispering in your ear in Romany, dancing to glitchy electronics and booming tubas, Kali turns a hundred years of Chilean history into dancefloor-riffling songs with a sensual twist that make other pop divas pale in comparison.
COMING IN APRIL:
* Chick Corea > Solo Performance > April 5 > HIGHLINE BALLROOM.
NY ESSENTIALS: TEATRO EN MARZO
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El Repertorio Español continúa con Mariela en el Desierto y El Teatro Sea presente el musical DC-7, The Roberto Clemente Story en el Puerto Rican Traveling Theater. Además:
* March Is Music series >> This year’s headliners are world-class exponents of contemporary percussion—Line C3, jazz fusion—Sabrina Lastman, Latin jazz—Bobby Sanabria, and Afro-Latino musicality—BAILE CANGREJERO, an original ensemble play by Pregones >> March 7 - 31 >> Pregones.
* Mariela En El Desierto > Nueva Producción >> Marzo 2, 4, 11, 18 y 24 >> Repertorio Español.
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| Mariela en el Desierto. Photo Michael Palma. |
Mariela
and José were once the golden couple of the Mexican artist
inner-circle. Together they built a family and an artist colony to host
friends like Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, and Rufino Tamayo. But now their
daughter has grown and run away, Frida and Diego are too famous to
call, and artistic inspiration has been strangled by isolation and
mendacity. Set in an empty artists’ colony in the Mexican desert in
1950, this mystery play reveals what happens to relationships when a
long hidden family lie is exposed.
* En El Tiempo De Las Mariposas > Marzo 3 al 6, 10 >> En Repertorio Español.
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| En el tiempo de las mariposas. Photo Michael Palma. |
“In The Time of the Butterflies” is the story of the courageous Mirabal
sisters (Patria, Minerva and María Teresa) from the Dominican Republic.
The sisters inspired resistance cells throughout the country against the
dictatorial regime of Gen. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. The ‘butterflies’,
their secret code name, were brutally murdered by the regime in 1960.
Based on Julia Álvarez’s popular novel, the martyred butterflies come to vibrant life in a warm, brilliant, and dramatic production by the talented duo – playwright Caridad Svich and director José Zayas– that brought us the critically acclaimed production of Isabel Allende’s “The House of the Spirits” in 2009.
Based on Julia Álvarez’s popular novel, the martyred butterflies come to vibrant life in a warm, brilliant, and dramatic production by the talented duo – playwright Caridad Svich and director José Zayas– that brought us the critically acclaimed production of Isabel Allende’s “The House of the Spirits” in 2009.
* También en el Repertorio: Crónica de una muerte anunciada >> Marzo 3, 15, 23 y 31 >> En Repertorio Español.
* DC-7, The Roberto Clemente Story > El Teatro Sea y el Puerto Rican Traveling Theater >> En Cartelera >>
TEATRO SEA.
ROBERTO CLEMENTE ganó honores y gloria
para el pueblo puertorriqueño y el mundo hispano. Su inesperada y
trágica muerte en un accidente de aviación mientras se dirigía en una
misión humanitaria a Nicaragua, fue un golpe emocional inconsolable para
el pueblo hispano. La obra fue escrita y dirigida por LUIS CABALLERO,
cuyos créditos en el teatro incluyen: LA LUPE, LA GRINGA, EL OLOR DE LA
GUAYABA.
* Growing Up González > One man show by Felix Rojas >> Ends March 31 > The Jan Hus Playhouse >> GROWING.
The play is a bittersweet comedy of two brothers growing up in the Puerto Rican section of the Bronx, whose coming of age is marked by the untimely death of their father. One actor plays both parts. The play is filled with the hearty characters, flavors and textures of The Bronx in the 70's and displays a very witty understanding of life.
* TANGO 5 SENTIDOS > A World Premiere musical exploring the five SENSES with NEW MUSIC composed and arranged by Latin Grammy winner RAUL JAURENA > Ends March 18 >> Thalia Theatre.
* DC-7, The Roberto Clemente Story > El Teatro Sea y el Puerto Rican Traveling Theater >> En Cartelera >>
TEATRO SEA.
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| DC-7. PHOTO by Devin Delano |
* Growing Up González > One man show by Felix Rojas >> Ends March 31 > The Jan Hus Playhouse >> GROWING.
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| FELIZ ROJAS > Photo cortesia del sito web del artista. |
The play is a bittersweet comedy of two brothers growing up in the Puerto Rican section of the Bronx, whose coming of age is marked by the untimely death of their father. One actor plays both parts. The play is filled with the hearty characters, flavors and textures of The Bronx in the 70's and displays a very witty understanding of life.
* TANGO 5 SENTIDOS > A World Premiere musical exploring the five SENSES with NEW MUSIC composed and arranged by Latin Grammy winner RAUL JAURENA > Ends March 18 >> Thalia Theatre.
*Deadline > A READING > Written and Directed by Sabina Berman > Presented in partnership with CUNY > March 26 > Graduate Center.
* The Book Of Mormon > by Trey Parker, Robert López y Matt Stone. Teatro Eugene O'Neill >> MORMON.
* Fuerza Bruta > Continúa en el Union Square Theater >> FUERZA.
* Mujeres de Par en Par >> Marzo 2, 3, 31 / Abril 14, 20, 21 >> Teatro Bar Times Square (300 West 43th Street / 1-646-642-1286).
* El Encuentro de Juan Bobo y Pedro Animal (The Encounter)
March 3 & 10, 2012 >> NEW Teatro SEA >> TEATRO SEA.
* Mujeres de Par en Par >> Marzo 2, 3, 31 / Abril 14, 20, 21 >> Teatro Bar Times Square (300 West 43th Street / 1-646-642-1286).
TEATRO INFANTIL
* El Encuentro de Juan Bobo y Pedro Animal (The Encounter)
March 3 & 10, 2012 >> NEW Teatro SEA >> TEATRO SEA.
* Mi Bebé Es Un Héroe. Escrita y dirigida por Eduardo Navas
Un espectáculo bilingüe (inglés y español) >> 3 de Marzo >> REPERTORIO.
Un espectáculo bilingüe (inglés y español) >> 3 de Marzo >> REPERTORIO.
NY ESSENTIALS: CINEMA EN MARZO
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The Artist continua en cartelera, ahora con 5 Oscars® incluyendo Mejor Película, Mejor Actor y Major Director. Miss Bala,
un retrato de la realidad vivida a diario por miles de mexicanos y
latinoamericanos sigue en cartelera asi como la fantástica película animada Chico & Rita
del español Fernando Trueba (Belle Epoque) que no ganó el Oscar® pero que bien vale una ida al cine!. Neón Flesh, del español Paco Cabezas, una de las mejores producciones que ví en el pasado Tribeca Film Festival tambíen está en teatros.
* Queens World Film Festival > QWFF celebrates the independent filmmaking spirit by encouraging the novice and the student filmmaker, featuring filmmakers who take chances to bring us challenging stories and by providing screening opportunities for that overlooked, yet gem of a film > Marzo 1 - 4 > Queens.
With latino films like:
(Raúl Paz Pastrana, 11 min.)
* Queens World Film Festival > QWFF celebrates the independent filmmaking spirit by encouraging the novice and the student filmmaker, featuring filmmakers who take chances to bring us challenging stories and by providing screening opportunities for that overlooked, yet gem of a film > Marzo 1 - 4 > Queens.
1- THE ART OF REMEMBRANCE/ EL ARTE DE RECORDAR
2- A TORTURED LIFE ("DC" Coles, 29 min.)
3- I AM JULIA (David Capurso, 15 min.)
4- WRITER'S BLOCK (Ana Cuadra, 13min.)
5- SUBWAY FILM SERIES (Heather Spilkin, Richard Shpuntoff, Don Catp, Jack Feldstein, Peter Haas, Gabriel Rodriguez, 37 min.)
The films are a historic journey through a century (with
particular focus on the twenties and thirties). They bring to life the
work of some of its most famous actors and actresses (Antonio Moreno,
Raquel Meller, Catalina Bárcena), as well as the novelists who inspired
the Hollywood scripts (Blasco Ibáñez, Jardiel Poncela)> Hasta Marzo
7. Films include:
* 50 Years of the New York Film Festival on-going series >> including breakthrough films by Tarkovsky, Jackie Chan, Clint Eastwood, Michael Moore and a tribute to the late Raul Ruiz. A special appearance will be made by director Michael Moore at the ROGER & ME screening on Tuesday, April 24 > FilmLinc
* Family Films series with a French twist > March and April > The Film Society of Lincoln Center.
To coincide with the annual upcoming program Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the series will have a decidedly French point of view for the March and April lineup as it moves from winter to spring. With colorful films from France as well as some lively American musicals set in Paris there will be laughs, music and merriment >> FAMILY FILMS.
* 41st Annual New Directors/New Films > Dedicated to the discovery of new works by emerging and dynamic filmmaking talent, the film festival will screen 29 feature films (24 narrative, 5 documentary) and 12 short films representing 28 countries. > March 21–April 1 >> NDNF.
CHICO & RITA is an epic story of love, passion, and heartbreak. Cuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and desire unite them as they chase their dreams and each other from Havana to New York to Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas. With an original soundtrack by legendary Cuban pianist and five-timeGrammy®-winning composer Bebo Valdés, CHICO & RITA captures a defining moment in the evolution of history and jazz, and features the music of (and animated cameos by) Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, ColePorter, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Tito Puente, Chano Pozo, and others.
3- I AM JULIA (David Capurso, 15 min.)
4- WRITER'S BLOCK (Ana Cuadra, 13min.)
5- SUBWAY FILM SERIES (Heather Spilkin, Richard Shpuntoff, Don Catp, Jack Feldstein, Peter Haas, Gabriel Rodriguez, 37 min.)
* RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA 2012 > MARCH 1-11 > LINCOLN CENTER.
* Internationalist Cinema for Today > March 1-11 > ANTOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES > AFA.
This series pays tribute to a handful of still-undervalued internationalist filmmakers (René Vautier, Bruno Muel, Sarah Maldoror, Raymundo Gleyzer, Margaret Dickinson, Yolande du Luart, Masao Adachi via Philippe Grandrieux, Peter Whitehead) whose courage and generosity saved the honor of cinema in times of colonialism and the struggles for independence. It is also meant to honor some of the cinema’s present-day combatants (Frank Pineda, Florence Jaugey, John Gianvito, Laura Waddington, Florent Marcie, Edouard Beau, Olivier Dury, Paul Cronin…) who are renewing these ideals in different political contexts. “Within oneself, there are also the others” (Jean-Luc Godard, 1997).
–Nicole Brenez.
* Spaniards in Hollywood > A series of films selected by film historian Román Gubern that show the influence of Spanish filmmakers in the mecca of cinema.
EXPANDED LINEUP TO INCLUDE DOCUMENTARIES AND RARELY SEEN CLASSICS FOR NEW SIDEBAR, RENDEZ-VOUS +.
* Fitzcarraldo > Directed by Werner Herzog. With Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale (1982). Part of the BAMcinématek series Ode to the Dawn of Man: Film and Music >>
March 2 > BAMcinématek.* Fitzcarraldo > Directed by Werner Herzog. With Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale (1982). Part of the BAMcinématek series Ode to the Dawn of Man: Film and Music >>
* Internationalist Cinema for Today > March 1-11 > ANTOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES > AFA.
This series pays tribute to a handful of still-undervalued internationalist filmmakers (René Vautier, Bruno Muel, Sarah Maldoror, Raymundo Gleyzer, Margaret Dickinson, Yolande du Luart, Masao Adachi via Philippe Grandrieux, Peter Whitehead) whose courage and generosity saved the honor of cinema in times of colonialism and the struggles for independence. It is also meant to honor some of the cinema’s present-day combatants (Frank Pineda, Florence Jaugey, John Gianvito, Laura Waddington, Florent Marcie, Edouard Beau, Olivier Dury, Paul Cronin…) who are renewing these ideals in different political contexts. “Within oneself, there are also the others” (Jean-Luc Godard, 1997).
–Nicole Brenez.
* Spaniards in Hollywood > A series of films selected by film historian Román Gubern that show the influence of Spanish filmmakers in the mecca of cinema.
- Luis Buñuel: The Red Years.
- Dracula.
- Mamá.
- The White Gipsy.
- The Temptress.
- Angelina o el honor de un brigadier.
- >> Instituto Cervantes.
* Samba Beats (As batidas do samba) > Directed by Bebeto Abrantes >> CT's Music + Film Series: Janeiro in New York > 92Y Tribeca >> Marzo 8 > SAMBA.
The documentary Samba Beats (As batidas do samba)
explores the evolution of the Rio samba beat since the beginning of the
20th century. The film chronicles the introduction and transformation of
percussive instruments, which lead to the distinctive samba rhythm of
Rio de Janeiro.
* 50 Years of the New York Film Festival on-going series >> including breakthrough films by Tarkovsky, Jackie Chan, Clint Eastwood, Michael Moore and a tribute to the late Raul Ruiz. A special appearance will be made by director Michael Moore at the ROGER & ME screening on Tuesday, April 24 > FilmLinc
* Family Films series with a French twist > March and April > The Film Society of Lincoln Center.
To coincide with the annual upcoming program Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the series will have a decidedly French point of view for the March and April lineup as it moves from winter to spring. With colorful films from France as well as some lively American musicals set in Paris there will be laughs, music and merriment >> FAMILY FILMS.
* 41st Annual New Directors/New Films > Dedicated to the discovery of new works by emerging and dynamic filmmaking talent, the film festival will screen 29 feature films (24 narrative, 5 documentary) and 12 short films representing 28 countries. > March 21–April 1 >> NDNF.
*
CHICO & RITA
> De Fernando Trueba > Nominada al Oscar en la categoria de Animación >> En Cartelera > The Angelika.
CHICO & RITA is an epic story of love, passion, and heartbreak. Cuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and desire unite them as they chase their dreams and each other from Havana to New York to Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas. With an original soundtrack by legendary Cuban pianist and five-timeGrammy®-winning composer Bebo Valdés, CHICO & RITA captures a defining moment in the evolution of history and jazz, and features the music of (and animated cameos by) Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, ColePorter, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Tito Puente, Chano Pozo, and others.
* Miss Bala. De Gerardo Naranjo. México >> En Cartelera > The Angelika.
Esta no es una película con una visión
romántica de México ni mucho menos una oda al narcoterrorismo. Al
contrario, como lo expresa Gerardo Naranjo en el video que pueden ver
debajo, MISS BALA busca presentar de manera más fidedigna lo que está
sucediendo en en país vecino en donde la violencia desatada sobre
ciudadanos indefensos aumenta cada día, ante la incapacidad (o
complicidad) del Estado para protegerlos.
Con largas tomas y sólidas actuaciones,
MISS BALA nos introduce a este mundo sórdido desde el punto de vista de
una jóven, Stephanie Sigman, con sueños de reina de belleza.
* The Artist. De Michel Hazanavici
Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.
* NEON FLESH. De Pablo Cabezas. España > En Cartelera.
Full of style and wild humor, NEON FLESH is a high-energy crime thriller centered around Ricky and the underground world that he lives in. His prostitute mother, Pura, abandoned him when he was 12. Now a young man, he wants to honor her by opening up a brothel when she is released from prison. For help he enlists a pimp, his junkie girlfriend, and a transsexual who believes that she's royalty, but when he finally picks Mom up from the hospital, he's disappointed to learn that she's underwhelmed with his gift. Worse, the location Ricky chose for the brothel encroaches on ruthless thug El Chino's domain.
Full of style and wild humor, NEON FLESH is a high-energy crime thriller centered around Ricky and the underground world that he lives in. His prostitute mother, Pura, abandoned him when he was 12. Now a young man, he wants to honor her by opening up a brothel when she is released from prison. For help he enlists a pimp, his junkie girlfriend, and a transsexual who believes that she's royalty, but when he finally picks Mom up from the hospital, he's disappointed to learn that she's underwhelmed with his gift. Worse, the location Ricky chose for the brothel encroaches on ruthless thug El Chino's domain.
* VIDEOTECA DEL SUR >> Cine Latinoamericano >> Videoteca.
MAS ESTRENOS:
* FOOTNOTE > Written and Directed by Joseph Cedar. Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Nominee. Winner of the Best Screenplay Prize at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival > Opens March 9 .
FOOTNOTE is the story of insane academic competition, the dichotomy between admiration and envy for a role model, and the very complicated relationship between a father and son.
* BLACK BUTTERFLIES. Directed by Paula Van Der Oest > Opens March 2 in NYC.
Poetry, politics, madness and desire collide in the story of the woman hailed as South Africa's Sylvia Plath. In 1960s Cape Town, as Apartheid steals the expressive rights of blacks and whites alike, young Ingrid Jonker (Carice van Houten, “A Game of Thrones”) finds her freedom scrawling verse while frittering through a series of stormy affairs. Amid escalating quarrels with her lovers and her rigid father, a parliament censorship minister (Rutger Hauer), the poet witnesses an unconscionable event that will alter the course of both her artistic and personal lives.
MAS ESTRENOS:
* FOOTNOTE > Written and Directed by Joseph Cedar. Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Nominee. Winner of the Best Screenplay Prize at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival > Opens March 9 .
FOOTNOTE is the story of insane academic competition, the dichotomy between admiration and envy for a role model, and the very complicated relationship between a father and son.
* BLACK BUTTERFLIES. Directed by Paula Van Der Oest > Opens March 2 in NYC.
Poetry, politics, madness and desire collide in the story of the woman hailed as South Africa's Sylvia Plath. In 1960s Cape Town, as Apartheid steals the expressive rights of blacks and whites alike, young Ingrid Jonker (Carice van Houten, “A Game of Thrones”) finds her freedom scrawling verse while frittering through a series of stormy affairs. Amid escalating quarrels with her lovers and her rigid father, a parliament censorship minister (Rutger Hauer), the poet witnesses an unconscionable event that will alter the course of both her artistic and personal lives.
* DETACHMENT. Directed by
Tony Kaye (AMERICAN HISTORY X) >> Out March 16 in NYC > March 23 Los Angeles.
The long-awaited film DETACHMENT stars
Academy Award® winner Adrien Brody as Henry Barthes, a substitute
teacher who conveniently avoids any emotional connections by never
staying anywhere long enough to form a bond with either his students or
colleagues. A lost soul grappling with a troubled past, Henry finds
himself at a public school where an apathetic student body has created a
frustrated, burned-out administration. Inadvertently becoming a role
model to his students, while also bonding with a runaway teen who is
just as lost as he is, Henry finds that he’s not alone in a life and
death struggle to find beauty in a seemingly vicious and loveless
world.
Kaye
has molded a contemporary vision of people who become increasingly
distant from others while still feeling the need to connect. DETACHMENT
features a stellar ensemble cast, including Academy Award® winner Marcia
Gay Harden, Christina Hendricks, William Petersen, Bryan Cranston, Tim
Blake Nelson, Lucy Liu, Blythe Danner, James Caan, and newcomers Sami
Gayle and Betty Kaye.
TESPIS PICS >> NEW YORK IN PICTURES!
EN CONCIERTO: MUSICA LATINA EN NYC
