IVAN’S CHILDHOOD is filled with unforgettable imagery
IVAN’S CHILDHOOD (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1962)
Rubin Museum of Art
Cabaret Cinema
150 West 17th St. at Seventh Ave.
Friday, March 25, free with $7 bar minimum, 9:30
212-620-5000
www.rmanyc.org/cabaretcinema
Ivan’s Childhood (aka My Name Is Ivan) is a magnificent work about a fearless young boy (Nikolai Burlyayev) who spies for the Russians during World War II. But for all of his outward toughness—battling fearlessly with the other soldiers to prove his military value, dirt seemingly entrenched on his face—he is still a young boy who dreams of another, safer life, wrapped in his mother’s arms. Based on a short story by Vladimir Bogomolov, this award-winning masterpiece, which marked Andrei Tarkovsky’s feature-film debut, is filled with unforgettable images that will stay with you long after the film is over. Ivan’s Childhood is screening March 25 at the Rubin Museum in conjunction with the Brainwave series of talks and will be introduced by NYU assistant professor Michael Kunichika. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s The Red Shoes follows on April 8, introduced by Benjamin Millepied, and Luis Buñuel’s The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie on April 15, introduced by Kurt Andersen.