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A Retrospective of Pawel Pawlikowski’s films

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

Since making his first film nearly 30 years ago, Academy Award–winning director Pawel Pawlikowski has established himself as one of the most accomplished and adventurous filmmakers working today. Born in Warsaw, Poland, he emigrated to England as a teenager, and made his first films there—documentaries with peripatetic themes and titles (From Moscow to Pietushki: A Journey with Benedict Yerofeyev, Dostoevsky's…

Fort Extravagant: A Workshop with Béatrice Coron

Albertine 972 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Join us for a fun and creative workshop with Béatrice Coron to celebrate the publication of her magnificent new paper cutting book, Fort Extravagant (just out with Les Grandes Personnes, Gallimard). Inspired by the masterpieces of Pieter Brueghel The Elder and the manuscripts of the French kings, Coron re-creates daily scenes of the Middle Ages: from the castle’s kitchen to…

Christmas Dance Party

Bohemian National Hall 321 E 73rd St., New York, NY, United States

A night of festivities at our Gala Christmas Party. You will be dancing under mistletoe and holly to the merry tunes of the band Express. There will be a food buffet for a holiday feast and an open bar to help keep our guests merry and dancing. We will really have the jingle bells rocking at 9:00 pm when we…

The Legendary Wind of Provence

Albertine 972 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Join photographer Rachel Cobb as she presents her latest book, Mistral: The Legendary Wind of Provence (Artbooks), a portrait of Provence seen through its legendary wind, with excerpts from writings by Paul Auster, Lawrence Durrell, Jean Giono and Frédéric Mistral. Cobb spent years chasing the Mistral, which is the name of an incessant and capricious wind that inhabits the Provence region of France.…

Giulio Bianco

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

Di Zampogne, Partenze e Poesia A solo performance by poli-instrumentalist Giulio Bianco (Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino) presenting his latest project Di Zampogne, Partenze e Poesia, a collection of musical tales. The "narrator" is the Italian zampogna, an ancient instrument historically used by shepherds during livestock migrations, with a sound that evokes rural myths and legends. The music combines traditional southern Italian genres to…

Russian Elites and Western Sanctions: A Political Economy Under Strain?

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

Please join us on Tuesday, January 29th for “Russian Elites and Western Sanctions: A Political Economy Under Strain?”, a talk with Nigel Gould-Davies, Mahidol University (Thailand) and Chatham House. This event is part of the Occasional Series, sponsored by the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. Western financial and legal systems provide essential protection for Russian elite assets and…

1938 – Diversi

Calandra Italian American Institute at CUNY 25 W 43rd St #17, New York, NY, United States

Film screening and discussion with Giorgio Treves (filmmaker), Ernest Ialongo (Hostos Community College, CUNY) and Nina Valbousquet (Fordham University) 1938 – Diversi (2018), By Giorgio Treves Produced by Tangram Film/Roberto Levi and Carolina Levi, in collaboration with Sky Arte, Piemonte Film Fund, MiBACT, AB Groupe e AAMOD “Fascism can still return under the most innocent appearance. Our duty is to unmask…

Winter Flies: Window to Europe Film Series

Bohemian National Hall 321 E 73rd St., New York, NY, United States

Two mischievous adolescent boys embark on a journey of imaginative misadventure and coming-of-age self-discovery, in Olmo Omerzu's road-trip comedy celebrating the need to indulge the innocence, impulsiveness, and irrepressibility of youth. On a bright, wintry day, cherubic and ingenuous Heduš (Jan František Uher) catches doe-eyed friend Mára (Tomáš Mrvík) and his stolen car in his BB gun’s crosshairs. He spontaneously…

Toscanini Against Fascism

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

A Conversation with the Minds Behind "Maestro" This event is part of Giorno della Memoria under the auspices of the Consulate General of Italy and in collaboration with Centro Primo Levi. Additional information available at www.primolevicenter.org. On the occasion of the Off-Broadway run of Ensemble for the Romantic Century's theatrical concert Maestro, starring John Noble as Arturo Toscanini. Running January…

Film Screening & Discussion. The Leading Role (U.S. Premier)

Deutsches Haus Columbia 420 West 116th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Please join the Ukrainian Film Club at Columbia University for the New York premier of The Leading Role (2016) directed by Serhiy Bukovsky. Professor Yuri Shevchuk will introduce the film and mediate the discussion. Russian language with English subtitles. In his latest feature documentary, Serhiy Bukovsky, paragon of Ukrainian documentary filmmaking, pays tribute to his mother and actress Nina Antonova. A natural…