“Cloud in Pants:” A Video-Poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky in Russian and English (with Vadim Astrakhan)

Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia 19 University Place, 2nd Floor, New York City, NY, United States

In 1915 Vladimir Mayakovsky shocked the Russian poetry scene with his epic poem “Cloud in Pants.” One hundred years later Vadim Astrakhan has not only translated the poem into English in his trademark “modernizing / universalizing” fashion, but also put it on film.  In this film he recites the poem in both Russian and English against a vibrant and unique visual background that…

Efratia Gitai: Correspondance 1929–1994

Museum of Modern Art 11 West 53rd St., New York, NY, United States

Centro Primo Levi Editions is pleased to announce the English language publication of Efratia Gitai: Correspondence 1929–1994, with a stage reading of a selection of the letters featuring Barbara Sukowa, Ronald Gutman and pianist Yali Levi Schwartz. Born in 1909 in Haifa to Russian Zionist parents, Efratia Gitai was “the eldest daughter” of the Second Aliyah, the second wave of Jewish immigrants to Ottoman Palestine.  Her…

Screening Of Bernadette: Notes on a Political Journey

Glucksman Ireland House NYU One Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

Screening of Bernadette: Notes on a Political Journey NYU’s Center for Applied Liberal Arts draws on an Irish example in their international film series “Your Voices Your Votes: Activism around the World” with a screening of Bernadette: Notes on a Political Journey (Dir. Lelia Doolan, Ireland, 2011). Free RSVP at TINYURL.COM/CALASP20FILM Director, Lelia Doolan, will be present at the event for Q&A. Please note…

From Internationalism to Cosmopolitanism: Literature and Cinema between the Second and Third World (with Rossen Djagalov, New York University)

Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia 19 University Place, 2nd Floor, New York City, NY, United States

Would there have been a Third World without the Second? Perhaps, but it would have looked very different. Although most histories of these geopolitical blocs and their constituent societies and cultures are written in reference to the West, the interdependence of the Second and Third Worlds is evident not only from a common nomenclature but also from their near-simultaneous disappearance…

Britt-Marie Was Here /Britt-Marie Var Har New Nordic Cinema: Female-Focused

Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

Based on the bestselling novel by author Fredrik Backman (A Man Called Ove), this comedic drama follows the journey of 63-year-old Britt-Marie as she works to find a new purpose in life after discovering her husband’s infidelity. For most of her life, Britt-Marie has been fastidious about order, compulsively making sure that her life and home are routine and organized.…

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Lo squadrone bianco

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City, NY, United States

(The White Squadron, 1936) In conjunction with the exhibition Propaganda: The Art of Political Indoctrination On view at Casa Italiana March 4 - April 17, 2020 Lo squadrone bianco (Italy, 1936, b/w, 94 min.) In ITALIAN with ENGLISH subtitles Directed by Augusto Genina Starring Fosco Giachetti, Antonio Centa, Fulvia Lanzi Introduced by Alberto Zambenedetti, University of Toronto From the Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo. 

Film Screening: Closeness

203 Mathematics Hall

Please join the Harriman Institute and the Russian Film Club for a screening of the 2017 film Closeness, directed by Kantemir Balagov. This event is part of the Russian Cinema Between Protests Film Series, organized by Mark Lipovetsky (Slavic Department) and Daria Ezerova (Harriman Institute). The film has a run time of 118 minutes and will be presented with English subtitles. A film of arresting beauty, Closeness is the story of…

Film: Hiroshima, my love (Hiroshima mon amour)

La Maison Française (Columbia) Buell Hall, 515 West 116th Street, New York City, NY, United States

A French actress filming an anti-war film in Hiroshima has an affair with a married Japanese architect as they share their differing perspectives on war. A classic black-and-white story of love, war, suffering and forgetfulness, which was sweated out of an affair between a French actress (Emmanuelle Riva) and a married Japanese architect (Eiji Okada) in the titular bomb-ravaged city.

Aurora New Nordic Cinema: Female-Focused

Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

FRI—March 13—7 PM $12 ($7 ASF Members) Series Pass $84 ($49 ASF Members) 106 minutes. In Finnish and Farsi with English subtitles. Purchase Tickets Purchase Series Pass Hard-partying Aurora dreams of escaping her rote life in Finnish Lapland for Norway, working as a nail technician while couch-crashing with a friend to save money. Meanwhile, Iranian refugee Darian is hoping to…

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Film Screening & Discussion. Bird Talk (Mowa ptaków)

Museum of the Moving Image 36-01 35th Avenue, Astoria, New York

Please join the Museum of the Moving Image and the Harriman Institute for the U.S. premiere of the 2019 film Bird Talk(Mowa ptaków), with director Xawery Żuławski and DP Andrzej J. Jaroszewicz in person. This event is part of the First Look 2020 festival. Tickets available on the Museum of the Moving Image website. Film runtime: 138 minutes. In Polish with English subtitles. Dir. Xawery Żuławski. DCP. With Sebastian Fabijański,…

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