The Polish Cultural Institute and BAMcinématek present a four-day, six-film series of new films from Poland. Lineup includes the New York premiere of Malgorzata Szumowska's Body, which won Best Director at the 2015 Berlinale, and Summer Solstice (trailer above), directed by Michał Rogalski. For a full lineup, visit the Polish Cultural Institute's website or buy tickets from BAM. Most films…
Pedro Lenz Xaver Bayer, Sibylle Berg, Iris Hanika, Vea Kaiser, and Christopher Kloeble will give a sampling of their work with the help of some local actors. Come for the writing, stay for the snacks.
Let's talk humor. The Festival Neue Literatur, with Vea Kaiser, Christopher Kloeble, Pedro Lenz and Jenny Offill bring you this conversation: Wry, mordant, acerbic, irreverent, witty, devastating, redemptive: There are so many adjectives to describe different sorts of humor in literature. And in conveying the funny or absurd aspects of human predicaments and relationships, writers can also illuminate profound truths.…