11 FLOWERS (Wang Xiaoshuai, 2011) Quad Cinema, 34 West 13th St., 212-255-2243 Film Society of Lincoln Center, Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Francesca Beale Theater, 144 West 65th St. between Broadway & Amsterdam Ave., 212-875-5601 Opens Friday, February 22 firstrunfeatures.com/11flowers Sixth Generation Chinese director Wang Xiaoshuai (Beijing Bicycle, Shanghai Dreams) reaches back into his childhood […]
Japan Society 333 East 47th St. at First Ave. Saturday, December 10, 7:30, and Sunday, December 11, 2:30, $28 212-715-1258 www.japansociety.org Japan Society is hosting the North American premiere this weekend of a rather unique retelling of the favorite mukashi banashi folktale Hanasaka Jiisan (The Old Man Who Made Flowers Bloom), a wild and wacky […]
FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI (HAI SHANG HUA) (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1998) MoMA Film, Museum of Modern Art 11 West 53rd St. between Fifth & Sixth Aves. Friday, June 17, 7:30, and Wednesday, June 29, 7:30 Series runs June 16-30 Tickets: $12, may be applied to museum admission within thirty days 212-708-9400 www.moma.org Taiwanese New Wave master Hou […]
DRIFTING FLOWERS (PIAO LANG QING CHUN) (Zero Chou, 2008) New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium 40 Lincoln Center Plaza (111 Amsterdam Ave. & 66th St.) Thursday, June 23, free, 6:30 Series continues Thursday nights at 6:30 through June 30 www.nypl.org “Breaking the Waves: The […]
Macy’s Herald Square 151 West 34th St. at Broadway Through Sunday, April 10, free 212-494-4495 www.macys.com/flowershow twi-ny slideshow Macy’s annual breath of fresh air in the springtime, the Flower Show, concludes this Sunday, just as the weather is threatening to actually warm up at least a little bit. This year’s theme is “Tower of Flowers,” […]
548 West 22nd St. between Tenth & Eleventh Aves. March 3-6, free www.independentnewyork.com Winner of the 2010 Rob Pruitt Award for Alternative Project of the Year, the Independent art fair is back in the old Dia space in Chelsea, with more than fifty galleries spread out over the second, third, and fourth floors. Founded by […]
DOUBT: A PARABLE Todd Haimes Theatre 227 West Forty-Second St. between Broadway & Eighth Ave. Tuesday – Sunday through April 14, $68-$344 212-539-8500 www.roundabouttheatre.org “What do you do when you’re not sure? That’s the topic of my sermon today. You look for God’s direction and can’t find it,” Father Flynn (Liev Schreiber) says at the […]