January 12 - January 19, 2006
Two non-movie updates first:
NTDTV is presenting a celebration of Chinese New Year at Radio City Hall on 1/20 and 1/21 - acrobats, kung fu, ballet and music - what more could you want. Dragon Dancing you say - well they have that to. Details at this site:
http://www.gala.ntdtv.com/
And just in case you didn't know it and don't cable surf past channel 300 - ImaginAsian TV is now on Time Warner. It's way up at 560 but it's worth the ardous climb especially if you are into Chinese, Japanese and Korean TV shows - check out Bewitched in Tokyo - yes a Japanese version of our beloved Bewitched!
COMING SOON
BREAKING NEWS
(January 27)
Johnnie To's high caliber balancing act comes to the US, supposedly.
THE FILMS OF JOSEPHINE BAKER and ANNA MAY WONG
(February 18 - March 26, 2006)
A retrospective of two of Hollywood's first non-white stars out at the Museum of the Moving Image.
WITHOUT MAPS: DISCOVERING HIROSHI TESHIGAHARA
(Feb 24 - March 19)
One of Japan's leading avante garde filmmakers, and the son of Japan's no. 1 Ikebana (flower-arranging) expert, Hiroshi is getting a big BAM retro with all his major films; THE FACE OF ANOTHER, WOMAN IN THE DUNES, SUMMER SOLDIERS and PITFALL.
THE WORLD OF JIA ZHANGKE
(March 16 - 19)
The Anthology Film Archives presents a retrospective of the Chinese director Jia Zhangke who has inspired more critical drooling than any other Chinese director in recent history. From his first film, THE PICKPOCKET, to his most recent, THE WORLD, all four of his movies are here.
KEKEXILI: THE MOUNTAIN PATROL
(April 21)
A wide release for the Chinese film about where your pashmina comes from - with AK-47's! KEKEXILI is beautiful, raw and depressing: everything you've ever wanted in a Spring movie.
read more:
http://www.subwaycinema.com/frames/nyaff05-kekexili.htm
AGAINST THE TIDE: REBELS AND MAVERICKS IN CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE FILM
(April 2006)
No details yet, but sure to be a kooky treasure chest full of face-scorching, mind-bending Japanese films.
AZUMI
(Sometime in Spring, 2006)
Everyone's favorite female samurai in a micro-mini and cape hacks n'slashes her way onto US screens this Spring.
read more:
http://www.subwaycinema.com/frames/nyaff04-azumi.htm
NOW PLAYING
ImaginAsian Theater
(239 East 59th Street, btwn 2nd and 3rd Ave)
ZINDA (India, 2006)
Daily @ 4PM, 7PM, 10PM
Bollywood remakes the Korean hit OLDBOY. Yes, Park Chan-Wook's stylized tale of revenge and dental violence (and live octopus eating) gets the Bollywood treatment in a movie that looks like it could be a shot-for-shot remake.
read a review:
http://www.indiafm.com/movies/review/12678/
Loew's State
BLUFFMASTER (India, 2005)
The Abhishek Bachchan comedy that many hailed as the best movie of 2005, and that others thought was old fashioned and nothing to write home about.
read a glowing review:
http://www.glamsham.com/movies/reviews/bluffmaster.asp
SHIKARI (India, ???)
I'm not sure what this movie is, but the only SHIKARI I could find (besides a 1962 Bolly version of KING KONG) was this one with Govinda and Karisma Kapoor. It's a crime thriller that, apparently, features a cheetah and a dog getting the axe early on (fake of course - our heroes are possibly hunters?). Apparently Govinda falls for the wife of the guy he murders?
read a review:
http://in.rediff.com/movies/2000/oct/06govin.htm
Museum of Modern Art
EARLY AUTUMN: MASTERWORKS OF JAPANESE CINEMA FROM THE NATIONAL FILM CENTER, TOKYO
September 14 - January, 2006
Full listings: http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/film_media/2005/japanese_cinema.html
Two non-movie updates first:
NTDTV is presenting a celebration of Chinese New Year at Radio City Hall on 1/20 and 1/21 - acrobats, kung fu, ballet and music - what more could you want. Dragon Dancing you say - well they have that to. Details at this site:
http://www.gala.ntdtv.com/
And just in case you didn't know it and don't cable surf past channel 300 - ImaginAsian TV is now on Time Warner. It's way up at 560 but it's worth the ardous climb especially if you are into Chinese, Japanese and Korean TV shows - check out Bewitched in Tokyo - yes a Japanese version of our beloved Bewitched!
COMING SOON
BREAKING NEWS
(January 27)
Johnnie To's high caliber balancing act comes to the US, supposedly.
THE FILMS OF JOSEPHINE BAKER and ANNA MAY WONG
(February 18 - March 26, 2006)
A retrospective of two of Hollywood's first non-white stars out at the Museum of the Moving Image.
WITHOUT MAPS: DISCOVERING HIROSHI TESHIGAHARA
(Feb 24 - March 19)
One of Japan's leading avante garde filmmakers, and the son of Japan's no. 1 Ikebana (flower-arranging) expert, Hiroshi is getting a big BAM retro with all his major films; THE FACE OF ANOTHER, WOMAN IN THE DUNES, SUMMER SOLDIERS and PITFALL.
THE WORLD OF JIA ZHANGKE
(March 16 - 19)
The Anthology Film Archives presents a retrospective of the Chinese director Jia Zhangke who has inspired more critical drooling than any other Chinese director in recent history. From his first film, THE PICKPOCKET, to his most recent, THE WORLD, all four of his movies are here.
KEKEXILI: THE MOUNTAIN PATROL
(April 21)
A wide release for the Chinese film about where your pashmina comes from - with AK-47's! KEKEXILI is beautiful, raw and depressing: everything you've ever wanted in a Spring movie.
read more:
http://www.subwaycinema.com/frames/nyaff05-kekexili.htm
AGAINST THE TIDE: REBELS AND MAVERICKS IN CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE FILM
(April 2006)
No details yet, but sure to be a kooky treasure chest full of face-scorching, mind-bending Japanese films.
AZUMI
(Sometime in Spring, 2006)
Everyone's favorite female samurai in a micro-mini and cape hacks n'slashes her way onto US screens this Spring.
read more:
http://www.subwaycinema.com/frames/nyaff04-azumi.htm
NOW PLAYING
ImaginAsian Theater
(239 East 59th Street, btwn 2nd and 3rd Ave)
ZINDA (India, 2006)
Daily @ 4PM, 7PM, 10PM
Bollywood remakes the Korean hit OLDBOY. Yes, Park Chan-Wook's stylized tale of revenge and dental violence (and live octopus eating) gets the Bollywood treatment in a movie that looks like it could be a shot-for-shot remake.
read a review:
http://www.indiafm.com/movies/review/12678/
Loew's State
BLUFFMASTER (India, 2005)
The Abhishek Bachchan comedy that many hailed as the best movie of 2005, and that others thought was old fashioned and nothing to write home about.
read a glowing review:
http://www.glamsham.com/movies/reviews/bluffmaster.asp
SHIKARI (India, ???)
I'm not sure what this movie is, but the only SHIKARI I could find (besides a 1962 Bolly version of KING KONG) was this one with Govinda and Karisma Kapoor. It's a crime thriller that, apparently, features a cheetah and a dog getting the axe early on (fake of course - our heroes are possibly hunters?). Apparently Govinda falls for the wife of the guy he murders?
read a review:
http://in.rediff.com/movies/2000/oct/06govin.htm
Museum of Modern Art
EARLY AUTUMN: MASTERWORKS OF JAPANESE CINEMA FROM THE NATIONAL FILM CENTER, TOKYO
September 14 - January, 2006
Full listings: http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/film_media/2005/japanese_cinema.html
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