2007
February 2007
Friday 2 February 2007
Fri 2 Feb, 7:30 pm. 2006, 86 mins., video. Directed by Tanuj Chopra. With Misu Khan, Nina Edmonds. Made on the streets (and basketball courts) of Elmhurst, Queens, Tanuj Chopra’s acclaimed debut, which premiered at Sundance, is a powerful Asian-American youth drama made with a distinctive visual style. The film follows the struggles of Mameet, a South Asian teenager, after the death of his brother during a hold-up at the family store. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the director. 35 Avenue at 36 Street, Astoria, 11106. 718-784-0077, membership@movingimage.us. Museum of the Moving Image - [events]
Friday 16 February 2007
Fri 16 Feb, 7:30 pm. Orson Welles 1974, 85 mins., 35mm. This playful con game of a movie is about hoaxes, including Elmer de Hory’s forgeries of Picasso, Clifford Irving’s “biography” of Howard Hughes, and Welles’s “War of the Worlds.”. 35 Avenue at 36 Street, Astoria, 11106. 718-784-0077, membership@movingimage.us. Museum of the Moving Image - [events]
Saturday 17 February 2007
Sat 17 Feb, 7:30 pm. Orson Welles 1974, 85 mins., 35mm. This playful con game of a movie is about hoaxes, including Elmer de Hory’s forgeries of Picasso, Clifford Irving’s “biography” of Howard Hughes, and Welles’s “War of the Worlds.”. 35 Avenue at 36 Street, Astoria, 11106. 718-784-0077, membership@movingimage.us. Museum of the Moving Image - [events]
Sunday 18 February 2007
Sun 18 Feb, 2 pm. An Afternoon with Ron Van Clief Ron Van Clief, one of the first African-American martial-arts film stars, will discuss his career in a program accompanied by clips from the movies and TV shows in which he starred, choreographed, or served as stunt man including: Black Dragon, Super Weapon, Way of the Black Dragon, The Squeeze, Kung Fu Fever, Bamboo Trap, Fist of Fear, Touch of Death, Fight to Death, Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon, Oz, Colorz of Rage, The Sopranos, Blazin, Coalition. Grandmaster Van Clief has trained in and taught martial arts for over 40 years and is a five-time World Champion. 35 Avenue at 36 Street, Astoria, 11106. 718-784-0077, membership@movingimage.us. Museum of the Moving Image - [events]
Friday 23 February 2007
Fri 23 Feb, 7:30 pm. France, 1969, 145 mins., 35mm. With Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret. One of the year’s major rediscoveries, beautifully restored by Rialto Pictures, this Melville masterpiece about betrayal and bravery among the underground French Resistance is suffused with the director’s steely film noir sensibility. 35 Avenue at 36 Street, Astoria, 11106. 718-784-0077, membership@movingimage.us. Museum of the Moving Image - [events]
Saturday 24 February 2007
Sat 24 Feb, 4:30 pm. Turkey/France, 2006, 101 mins., 35mm. Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylon. With Ebru Ceylon, Nuri Bilge Ceylon. Evoking Antonioni with its poetic use of landscape, the new film from Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylon (Distant) was a hit at the Cannes and New York Film Festivals. In this delicate rumination on the unraveling and aftermath of a long-term love affair, the main characters are portrayed with startling honesty by the director and his wife. 35 Avenue at 36 Street, Astoria, 11106. 718-784-0077, membership@movingimage.us. Museum of the Moving Image - [events]
Sat 24 Feb, 6:30 pm. France, 1969, 145 mins., 35mm. With Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret. One of the year’s major rediscoveries, beautifully restored by Rialto Pictures, this Melville masterpiece about betrayal and bravery among the underground French Resistance is suffused with the director’s steely film noir sensibility. 35 Avenue at 36 Street, Astoria, 11106. 718-784-0077, membership@movingimage.us. Museum of the Moving Image - [events]
Sunday 25 February 2007
Sun 25 Feb, 4:30 pm. Turkey/France, 2006, 101 mins., 35mm. Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylon. With Ebru Ceylon, Nuri Bilge Ceylon. Evoking Antonioni with its poetic use of landscape, the new film from Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylon (Distant) was a hit at the Cannes and New York Film Festivals. In this delicate rumination on the unraveling and aftermath of a long-term love affair, the main characters are portrayed with startling honesty by the director and his wife. 35 Avenue at 36 Street, Astoria, 11106. 718-784-0077, membership@movingimage.us. Museum of the Moving Image - [events]
Sun 25 Feb, 6:30 pm. France, 1969, 145 mins., 35mm. With Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret. One of the year’s major rediscoveries, beautifully restored by Rialto Pictures, this Melville masterpiece about betrayal and bravery among the underground French Resistance is suffused with the director’s steely film noir sensibility. 35 Avenue at 36 Street, Astoria, 11106. 718-784-0077, membership@movingimage.us. Museum of the Moving Image - [events]