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Holidays 1.30

Holidays

Bloody Sunday (a.k.a. Bogside Massacre Anniversary Day; Northern Ireland)

Cash Register Day

Change Your Voicemail Greeting Day

Congressional Brawl Day

CTE Awareness Day

Customs Officers Day (Azerbaijan)

Day of Azerbaijani Customs (Azerbaijan)

Day of Saudade (Brazil)

Day of Solidarity with Poland

Denise D’Ascenzo Day (Connecticut)

Draw A Dinosaur Day [ website ]

Escape Day

Felix IV, pope (Roman Catholic)

Festival of Peace

Franklin D. Roosevelt Day (Kentucky; Virgin Islands)

Fred Korematsu Day (California, Florida, Hawaii, Virginia)

Hellebore Day (French Republic)

Help America Vote Day

Hippolytus of Rome (Christian Orthodox)

Hi-Yo, Silver Day

Inane Answering Message Day

Indonesian Primate Day (Indonesia)

International Day of Electronic Technicians

Jazz Record Day

Ka Moloka’i Makahiki (Hawaii)

Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi

Martyrs' Day (India)

National Cleanliness Day (India)

National Comics Day (Brazil)

National Escape Day

National Flirt A Little Bit Day

National Maxwell Day

National Write to Congress Day

Primate Day (Indonesia)

Saudade Day (Brazil)

School Day of Non-Violence and Peace (Spain)

Season for Nonviolence begins [thru 4.4]

Social Media Day (UN)

Teacher’s Day (Spain)

Women’s Peerage Day (UK)

World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day

Yodel For Your Neighbors Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Croissant Day

5th & Last Tuesday in January

A.F.R.M.A. Fancy Rat & Mouse Day [Last Tuesday]

National Plan for Vacation Day [Last Tuesday]

Up Helly Aa Day (Scotland) [Last Tuesday]

Independence & Related Days

Republic of Westland (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]

Festivals Beginning January 30, 2024

Iowa AG Expo (Des Moines, Iowa) [thru 2.1]

Key Western Fest (Key West, Florida) [thru 2.3]

Lerwick Up Helly Aa (Lerwick, Scotland)

Feast Days

Adelelmus of Burgos (Christian; Saint)

Aldegondes (Christian; Saint)

Anthony the Great (Coptic Church)

Armentarius of Pavia (Christian; Saint)

Barbara Tuchman (Writerism)

Barsimaeus (Christian; Saint)

Balthildes (Christian; Saint)

Bernardo Bellotto (Artology)

Charles, King (Various Provinces of the Anglican Communion; Martyr)

Day of Pax (Pagan)

Dianic Wicca Day (Everyday Wicca)

Exercise Your Brain Day (Pastafarian)

Feast of Sr. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and St. John Chrysostom (Roman Catholic)

Februalia begins (Purification Festival; Ancient Rome) [through 2.2]

Feriae Sementiva (Feast of Spring; Ancient Rome; Everyday Wicca)

Fox, Chicken & Bear (Muppetism)

Gelett Burgess (Writerism)

Hippolytus of Rome (Christian; Saint)

Hyacintha Mariscotti (Christian; Saint)

Imbolc Potato Chowder Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Ice T Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lloyd Alexander (Writerism)

Martina (Christian; Virgin, Martyr)

Matthias of Jerusalem (Christian; Saint)

Mutien-Marie Wiaux (Christian; Saint)

Pax (Ancient Roman Festival of Peace)

Puce and Ochre Day (Shamanism)

Richard Brautigan (Writerism)

Sadeh Festival (Ancient Iranian Midwinter Festival; Tajikistan)

Saraswati Day (Goddess of Knowledge; Bali)

Savina (Christian; Martyr)

Three Holy Hierarchs (Eastern Orthodox)

Tyrtæus (Positivist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because Hitler was elected.)

Premieres

Ali Baba (Ub Iwerks Comicolor Cartoon; 1936)

The Americans (TV Series; 2013)

Ancient History (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1953)

The Animal Fair (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1959)

Around the World in 80 Days (Novel; 1873)

The Bean and the Bean, featuring Barney Bear (MGM Cartoon; 1948)

Blue Suede Shoes, recorded by Elvis Presley (Song; 1956)

Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame, by Charles Bukowski (Poetry; 1974)

Cats and Bruises (WB MM Cartoon; 1965)

City Lights (Film; 1931)

The Colossus of Maroussi, by Henry Miller (Travelogue; 1941)

The Darktown Strutters’ Ball, recorded by The Original Dixieland Jazz Band (Song; 1917)

The Double: A Petersburg Poem, by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Novel; 1846)

Experience and Education, by John Dewey (Science Book; 1938)

A Florentine Tragedy, by Alexander Zemlinsky and Oscar Wilde (Opera; 1917)

Great Expectations (Film; 1998)

The Guns of August, by Barbara W. Tuchman (History Book; 1962)

Honey, recorded by Bobby Goldsboro (Song; 1968)

I Fall to Pieces, by Patsy Cline (Song; 1961)

I Gopher You (WB MM Cartoon; 1954)

The Lone Ranger (Radio Show; 1933)

Music For Everybody (Disney Animated TV Special; 1966)

Olive Oil for President (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1948)

Outrageous Fortune (Film; 1987)

Pigs Is Pigs (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)

The Plumber (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1933)

Posse Cat (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1954)

Red Hot, recorded by Billy Lee Riley (Song; 1956)

Rooftop Concert, by The Beatles (Live Concert; 1969)

Taken (Film; 2009)

Underwater Eyeball or The Deep Blue See (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 147; 1962)

Underwater Moose or The Aqua-Lunk (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 148; 1962)

The Witch of Pickyoon, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S1, Eps. 34 & 36 1965)

The Yogi Bear Show (Animated TV Series; 1961)

Today’s Name Days

Gerd, Gerhard, Josef, Valerius (Austria)

Tvrtko, Valerije, Zdeslav, Zdravko (Croatia)

Zdislava (Czech Republic)

Valerius (Denmark)

Valmo, Valter (Estonia)

Valtteri (Finland)

Gildas (France)

Gerd, Gerhard, Josef (Germany)

Varsamia (Greece)

Adél (Hungary)

Aquilino, Costanzo, Valerio, Vitale (Italy)

Aivars, Valērijs (Latvia)

Aivaras, Girkantas, Valerijus, Žibutė (Lithuania)

Herdis, Hermann, Hermod (Norway)

Franciszek Salezy, Gilda, Hanna, Walerian, Waleriana, Waleriusz, Zdzisław (Poland)

Ignatie (Romania)

Gašpar (Slovakia)

Valerio, Valero (Spain)

Diana (Sweden)

Gilda, Goldie, Sheldon, Shelley, Shelly, Shelton, Ophrah, Oprah (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 30 of 2024; 336 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 5 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 10 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Yi-Chou), Day 20 (Gui-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 20 Shevat 5784

Islamic: 19 Rajab 1445

J Cal: 30 White; Lastday [30 of 30]

Julian: 17 January 2024

Moon: 79%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 2 Homer (2nd Month) [Tyrtæus)

Runic Half Month: Elhaz (Elk) [Day 6 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 41 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 9 of 28)

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Holidays 1.30

Holidays

Bloody Sunday (a.k.a. Bogside Massacre Anniversary Day; Northern Ireland)

Cash Register Day

Change Your Voicemail Greeting Day

Congressional Brawl Day

CTE Awareness Day

Customs Officers Day (Azerbaijan)

Day of Azerbaijani Customs (Azerbaijan)

Day of Saudade (Brazil)

Day of Solidarity with Poland

Denise D’Ascenzo Day (Connecticut)

Draw A Dinosaur Day [ website ]

Escape Day

Felix IV, pope (Roman Catholic)

Festival of Peace

Franklin D. Roosevelt Day (Kentucky; Virgin Islands)

Fred Korematsu Day (California, Florida, Hawaii, Virginia)

Hellebore Day (French Republic)

Help America Vote Day

Hippolytus of Rome (Christian Orthodox)

Hi-Yo, Silver Day

Inane Answering Message Day

Indonesian Primate Day (Indonesia)

International Day of Electronic Technicians

Jazz Record Day

Ka Moloka’i Makahiki (Hawaii)

Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi

Martyrs' Day (India)

National Cleanliness Day (India)

National Comics Day (Brazil)

National Escape Day

National Flirt A Little Bit Day

National Maxwell Day

National Write to Congress Day

Primate Day (Indonesia)

Saudade Day (Brazil)

School Day of Non-Violence and Peace (Spain)

Season for Nonviolence begins [thru 4.4]

Social Media Day (UN)

Teacher’s Day (Spain)

Women’s Peerage Day (UK)

World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day

Yodel For Your Neighbors Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Croissant Day

5th & Last Tuesday in January

A.F.R.M.A. Fancy Rat & Mouse Day [Last Tuesday]

National Plan for Vacation Day [Last Tuesday]

Up Helly Aa Day (Scotland) [Last Tuesday]

Independence & Related Days

Republic of Westland (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]

Festivals Beginning January 30, 2024

Iowa AG Expo (Des Moines, Iowa) [thru 2.1]

Key Western Fest (Key West, Florida) [thru 2.3]

Lerwick Up Helly Aa (Lerwick, Scotland)

Feast Days

Adelelmus of Burgos (Christian; Saint)

Aldegondes (Christian; Saint)

Anthony the Great (Coptic Church)

Armentarius of Pavia (Christian; Saint)

Barbara Tuchman (Writerism)

Barsimaeus (Christian; Saint)

Balthildes (Christian; Saint)

Bernardo Bellotto (Artology)

Charles, King (Various Provinces of the Anglican Communion; Martyr)

Day of Pax (Pagan)

Dianic Wicca Day (Everyday Wicca)

Exercise Your Brain Day (Pastafarian)

Feast of Sr. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian, and St. John Chrysostom (Roman Catholic)

Februalia begins (Purification Festival; Ancient Rome) [through 2.2]

Feriae Sementiva (Feast of Spring; Ancient Rome; Everyday Wicca)

Fox, Chicken & Bear (Muppetism)

Gelett Burgess (Writerism)

Hippolytus of Rome (Christian; Saint)

Hyacintha Mariscotti (Christian; Saint)

Imbolc Potato Chowder Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Ice T Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lloyd Alexander (Writerism)

Martina (Christian; Virgin, Martyr)

Matthias of Jerusalem (Christian; Saint)

Mutien-Marie Wiaux (Christian; Saint)

Pax (Ancient Roman Festival of Peace)

Puce and Ochre Day (Shamanism)

Richard Brautigan (Writerism)

Sadeh Festival (Ancient Iranian Midwinter Festival; Tajikistan)

Saraswati Day (Goddess of Knowledge; Bali)

Savina (Christian; Martyr)

Three Holy Hierarchs (Eastern Orthodox)

Tyrtæus (Positivist; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because Hitler was elected.)

Premieres

Ali Baba (Ub Iwerks Comicolor Cartoon; 1936)

The Americans (TV Series; 2013)

Ancient History (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1953)

The Animal Fair (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1959)

Around the World in 80 Days (Novel; 1873)

The Bean and the Bean, featuring Barney Bear (MGM Cartoon; 1948)

Blue Suede Shoes, recorded by Elvis Presley (Song; 1956)

Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame, by Charles Bukowski (Poetry; 1974)

Cats and Bruises (WB MM Cartoon; 1965)

City Lights (Film; 1931)

The Colossus of Maroussi, by Henry Miller (Travelogue; 1941)

The Darktown Strutters’ Ball, recorded by The Original Dixieland Jazz Band (Song; 1917)

The Double: A Petersburg Poem, by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Novel; 1846)

Experience and Education, by John Dewey (Science Book; 1938)

A Florentine Tragedy, by Alexander Zemlinsky and Oscar Wilde (Opera; 1917)

Great Expectations (Film; 1998)

The Guns of August, by Barbara W. Tuchman (History Book; 1962)

Honey, recorded by Bobby Goldsboro (Song; 1968)

I Fall to Pieces, by Patsy Cline (Song; 1961)

I Gopher You (WB MM Cartoon; 1954)

The Lone Ranger (Radio Show; 1933)

Music For Everybody (Disney Animated TV Special; 1966)

Olive Oil for President (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1948)

Outrageous Fortune (Film; 1987)

Pigs Is Pigs (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)

The Plumber (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1933)

Posse Cat (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1954)

Red Hot, recorded by Billy Lee Riley (Song; 1956)

Rooftop Concert, by The Beatles (Live Concert; 1969)

Taken (Film; 2009)

Underwater Eyeball or The Deep Blue See (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 147; 1962)

Underwater Moose or The Aqua-Lunk (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 148; 1962)

The Witch of Pickyoon, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S1, Eps. 34 & 36 1965)

The Yogi Bear Show (Animated TV Series; 1961)

Today’s Name Days

Gerd, Gerhard, Josef, Valerius (Austria)

Tvrtko, Valerije, Zdeslav, Zdravko (Croatia)

Zdislava (Czech Republic)

Valerius (Denmark)

Valmo, Valter (Estonia)

Valtteri (Finland)

Gildas (France)

Gerd, Gerhard, Josef (Germany)

Varsamia (Greece)

Adél (Hungary)

Aquilino, Costanzo, Valerio, Vitale (Italy)

Aivars, Valērijs (Latvia)

Aivaras, Girkantas, Valerijus, Žibutė (Lithuania)

Herdis, Hermann, Hermod (Norway)

Franciszek Salezy, Gilda, Hanna, Walerian, Waleriana, Waleriusz, Zdzisław (Poland)

Ignatie (Romania)

Gašpar (Slovakia)

Valerio, Valero (Spain)

Diana (Sweden)

Gilda, Goldie, Sheldon, Shelley, Shelly, Shelton, Ophrah, Oprah (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 30 of 2024; 336 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 5 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 10 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Yi-Chou), Day 20 (Gui-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 20 Shevat 5784

Islamic: 19 Rajab 1445

J Cal: 30 White; Lastday [30 of 30]

Julian: 17 January 2024

Moon: 79%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 2 Homer (2nd Month) [Tyrtæus)

Runic Half Month: Elhaz (Elk) [Day 6 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 41 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 9 of 28)

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Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Is there anything more idealistic than a monster movie? The human race coming together in the face of a force bigger than themselves. In the face of a government that is actively ignoring every single iota of scientific fact surrounding climate change, human rights, and sustainability, a monster movie is the exact kind of wish fulfillment fantasy that feels like the perfect escapism in these dark times. And, as the title indicates, Godzilla is the King of the Monsters. Is he worthy of the title in this follow up to 2014′s Godzilla? Well…

I mean. Yeah. He’s fucking Godzilla. 

So not that you really need a plot summary, because if you want to see a Godzilla movie does it even matter what happens in it? I think not. But anyway, the basic story here is that Godzilla hasn’t been seen in 5 years since the events of 2014′s film. Dr. Emma Russell (Vera Farmiga), working for the monster-studying organization Monarch, has invented a technology that can allow humans to talk to and somewhat control the giant monsters that have been chilling inside the earth this whole time, like Mothra and Godzilla and whatnot. But she and her daughter Madison (Millie Bobby Brown) get kidnapped by a mysterious bad guy (Charles Dance, aka Tywin Lannister and you know if he shows up he’s gonna be a mysterious bad guy) and it’s up to Emma’s estranged husband Mark (Kyle Chandler, who is at peak Dad Capacity here) to get them back. Oh and also there’s the eensy, tiny complication of all the giant monsters waking up and just fucking. shit. up. all over the world. 

Some thoughts:

It’s refreshing to know that secretive government monster-hunting organizations allow “take your daughter to work day,” because that’s a real good opportunity for women in STEM, you know?

There is a group of Very Good wolves who are just doing their best. Shout out to the wolves.

So I’m about 5 years late to this party, but I just started watching Silicon Valley on HBO and I am currently deep, deep in the depths of a very severe Thomas Middleditch Situation. SO apart from giant kaiju beating the shit out of each other, I was mainly showing up for him playing Sam Coleman, the Monarch director of technology, and he did not disappoint. He’s mainly used for comic relief, but he still gets to be smart and brave and there’s a really excellent beard happening and he’s wearing a lot of suits and sometimes running in the rain, and it’s all just really good. Good shit, good shit. 

Kyle Chandler plays essentially the same character in everything he’s ever done, and Mark here is no exception. He is 1) The Most Dad and 2) he hates Titans. Whatever you’re imagining that looks like, that’s exactly what it looks like, and you know what? It works! If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. 

I could honestly go on and on about every member of the cast. This movie is big and this cast is bigger - diverse, interesting, amazing. 

Special shout out to Millie Bobby Brown, who gets to be the young brave plucky scientist teen that in years past would have been played by a boy. While no role in the movie is really revolutionary, she’s giving it her all and she’s a world-class crier, so I was very proud of her.

Like most giant CGI action-fests, the color saturation is through the roof here. It can get to be a little eye-searing at certain moments, but the overall spectacle is exactly as it’s meant to be - spectacle.

I call bullshit on literally everything that happens in Antarctica though. Everyone’s hanging out with no hats on, their faces exposed - you would all have frostbite in minutes. This should honestly have become a sequel to Face/Off real damn quick.

During Vera Farmiga’s big speech, did she like…put together a montage? Did she have access to PowerPoint while she was kidnapped? Where did she find the time? She’s got the embedded videos and dissolving screenwipes and everything, that shit takes a minute to put together. 

Lazy screenwriting note: whenever a character says “I couldn’t be more sane,” it pretty much always means they’re not. Maybe find another way to tell us this.

Another entry in the somewhat-related-to-climate-change pantheon where the villain isn’t wrong, but like…it’s still murder.

How the fuck is your plan to defeat Rodan - who literally has skin made of magma - to shoot him with fire? This monster organization is really pretty fly-by-the-seat-of-their-pants and kind of terrible at their jobs. Oh you’re gonna leave your one of a kind world changing monster Doppler radar unattended? Of course, who could possibly forsee any consequences there. I mean, get your shit together.

One really cool sequence that I appreciated was the specific calling out of the difference between Eastern/Western conceptions of dragons and monsters and how that affects our larger cultural responses to Godzilla et al. For an increasingly globalistic film market, I thought this was an interesting conversation and I would love to see more content like this in future global blockbusters!

Can we talk about Godzilla and his character design? I just love him. I love crotchety old grumpy Godzilla. I love that his face looks like my pit bull’s face when he’s smiling. I love how sassy he is, all “I was taking a nap, minding my own damn business when y’all motherfuckers come wake me up, make me do your dirty work and clean up YOUR MESS.” Sassy Godzilla for president.

Did I Cry? A little bit during Ken Watanabe’s big showstopping scene. 

The credits for this movie are some of my favorite I’ve seen all year. They do a good job of setting up next year’s Kong vs. Godzilla, and also list credits like “Godzilla - Himself” and “Mothra - Herself” which I fucking love. Plus there IS a post-credits scene, so make sure to stick around for that!

I enjoy big-budget action movies, especially monster movies. The action sequences here really are something to behold, and there are fewer things I love more than a cold theater on a hot day with a big, loud, fun spectacle unfolding before me. That’s exactly what you get here.

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Don’t Believe in Subversion

Subversion is in the content, in the style, in the form. It lies on the surface and the practice of the image, in the visuals and the principles ordering them as a sequence. Subversion is in thinking cinema, it is in sensing cinema.

The first major critical study of subversion in cinema is Film as a Subversive Art. It was 1974 when the first edition of Amos Vogel’s book came out – numerous editions and translations quickly followed (in French in 1977, in German in 1979), making the volume something of a classic in accounts of avant-gardism in cinema, a classic of subversion. This might sound contradictory: how can something subversive in and of itself, something overcoming the constraints of the canon, be a classic? This is one of the fascinating aspects of the relationship between cinema and the idea of subversion, and one of the questions this curatorial project addresses. Vogel’s book is then the anchor of this exhibition, not only because of its iconic status as a critical work but because it connects cinematic subversion in the former Eastern European sphere to international currents through the use of an image from Dušan Makavejev’s subversive masterpiece WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971) on the cover.

This exhibition aims at following such a two-fold path, by offering a synthetic survey charting international histories of cinematic subversion. The concept is focused on presenting classical examples from the ex-Yugoslav region and connecting them to their counterparts in other regions, putting them in dialogue with other international practitioners. Inspired by unexpected continuities, by visual, symbolic, and conceptual echoes, the moving image component of the exhibition forwards the idea of subversion by coupling a number of works on the basis of their shared, albeit profoundly multifaceted, radical attitude. Because we believe cinematic subversion overcomes medium-specific constraints the exhibition is cross-disciplinary, including not only films and videos, but also books, new media, and more. 

DON’T BELIEVE IN SUBVERSION

(an exhibition curated by Greg de Cuir Jr & Miriam de Rosa) 

The title of the exhibition references an early kino club film by Makavejev titled Don’t Believe in Monuments (1958, 5 min., film transferred to video, collection AFC Belgrade). This film was banned for a number of years due to its heavy eroticism and also the erroneous belief that the statue that the woman makes love to in the film depicted a wounded Partisan fighter. It did not – lending credence to Makavejev’s polemical title and also encouraging us to take a skeptical, self-critical stance to the very ideological construction of this exhibition. We have drawn a parallel to Makavejev’s film with fragments from the film Consumer Art (1972, 1974-1975, 16 min., 16mm transferred to video, courtesy of lokal_30, Warsaw) by the uncompromising Polish feminist artist Natalia LL. Her erotic images of various women (including herself) consuming edible items in overtly suggestive ways comments on the nature of consumer culture in Socialist Poland while also subverting the use value of everyday groceries.

The film Scusa Signorina (1963, 7 min., 16mm transferred to video, collection HFS Zagreb) by Mihovil Pansini is the anthemic example of antifilm, which Pansini initiated and theorized as subverting and ultimately negating the very idea of cinema and cinema aesthetics. We have linked Pansini’s work with the video Scanner Pack (2017, 7 min., video, courtesy of the artist) by the Ecuadorian-Spanish artist Karla Tobar Abarca. The artist was kind enough to accept our invitation and to edit a new cut of her video in direct response to Scusa Signorina. The installation of this video therefore serves as its premiere. These two works offer a complementary interpretation of the coordinates characterising the position of the camera in space, and its corporeality and relationship to the filmmaker’s body. Worn pointing backwards, Pansini’s camera explores the city of Zagreb, unveiling overlooked details, showing unfamiliar perspectives employed to frame the urban space. Conversely, Abarca’s Scanner Pack, also meant to be worn pointing backwards, but in fact subverting such an orientation, embodies a hacking system that disrupts the way in which we navigate that same urban space. The back pack employs a scanning technology device to focus on the physical contact, the materiality, and the surfaces of the city.

The film Blue Rider (1964, 12 min., 16mm transferred to video, collection AFC Belgrade) by Tomislav Gotovac is subversive cinema by way of subversive action. The artist’s legendary strategy of entering various cafes in Belgrade unannounced and confronting the clientele and staff with a film camera was a very risky affair. Film cameras did not often make intrusions into everyday life in Socialist Yugoslavia, and therefore the apparatus itself is the carrier of subversive potential, upsetting the status quo and transforming it into unique visible evidence. Gotovac’s film is compared with The Searchers (2016, 2 min., video, courtesy of the artist), a video by Kevin L. Ferguson that uses frame grabs summed in sequence to subvert and transform the visual style of John Ford’s canonical Western. Gotovac’s film features the usage of a readymade soundtrack lifted from the classical television series Bonanza. Sharing this Western background, Blue Rider and Ferguson’s The Searchers exemplify very differently what subversion may well mean: while the former tackles this topic by focusing on the combination of film and life, emphasising the everyday and spontaneity as counter-elements mitigating the pretentions of a scenario, the latter reshapes Ford’s film, offering a visual reinterpretation of filmic time and image which relies instead upon a sophisticated technical process based on a composition of frame grabs taken every 10 seconds. Ferguson’s work looks like a true visual tapestry whose threads are multilayered images thickening the digital grain of the film’s perceptive materiality.

Black Film (1971, 14 min., 16mm transferred to video, courtesy of the artist) by Želimir Žilnik takes an interventionist, socially-engaged stance toward subversion. The artist appears in this film on the street, investigating the homeless situation in Novi Sad, Serbia, eventually bringing a number of vagrants to his apartment so they can sleep for the night and figure out a solution to their condition. Of course, there is no solution. The ultimate message is not dissimilar to Makavejev’s subversive polemics: don’t believe in socio-critical film. Žilnik’s self-critical realism is a subversive act par excellence for artists who display a fervent, idealistic humanism in their work. The link here is with the film Batrachian’s Ballad (2016, 11 min., 16mm transferred to video, courtesy of Portugal Film) by Leonor Teles, which won the Golden Bear for Short Film at the Berlinale. Teles’ work is an anti-racist intervention into the status quo of Portuguese society – into the very places of business that structure Portuguese society. Her action consists of filming herself rushing into stores, stealing the green porcelain frogs that shopkeepers display to symbolize a warding off of the presence of Roma people, and smashing them on the concrete. This is literally a destructive cinema, an unruly and anarchic cinema, moving the act of subversion into ethically-questionable territory – which it should never be afraid to do, if we are to believe in subversion.

This exhibition also presents a literary section comprising the following key publications that chart the various contours of cinematic subversion: Vogel’s Film as a Subversive Art (French edition, 1977); the large-format anthology Film and Revolution Today, edited by Dušan Makavejev and Lazar Stojanović in connection with the curated film program Confrontation (Belgrade FEST, 1971); Želimir Žilnik’s manifestos ‘Black Film’ and ‘This Festival is a Graveyard’ (Belgrade Short and Documentary Film Festival/Sineast #13-14, 1971); Richard Porton’s Film and the Anarchist Imagination (1999); the catalog for Sergio Grmek Germani’s curated film program Socialism (Subversive Film Festival Zagreb, 2010); the online journal Now! A Journal of Urgent Praxis, which exemplifies the subversive elements of open access publication projects.

When interviewed by Scott MacDonald, Amos Vogel claimed that the ‘common denominator’ of the films he selected for his Cinema 16 screening space is that ‘they created a disturbance in the status quo […] they would disturb you in some way, would add to your knowledge and make you change’.[1] Inspired by the research that Vogel developed over many years of curating, the works in this exhibition represent that radical spirit. They offer new ways of seeing, unpredictable practices, unexpected actions, and alternative appraisals of the moving image and the discourses that surround it.

Miriam de Rosa & Greg de Cuir Jr

December 2017

The curators would like to acknowledge the support of Alex Johnston, NOW! A Journal of Urgent Praxis, Richard Porton, Miki Stojanović, Wanda Strauven, Verso, the Yugoslav Kinoteka Library, and all of the writers and artists.

Miriam de Rosa is Senior Lecturer in Media & Communications at Coventry University. She most recently organized the screening program Desktop Cinema at Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb.

Greg de Cuir Jr is Selector at Alternative Film/Video. He most recently organized the screening program Avant-Noir, Volume 3 at ICA London.

[1] Amos Vogel in conversation with Scott MacDonald, in Cinema 16: Documents toward a history of the film society, by Scott MacDonald. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2002: pp. 44, 51.

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Howdy all you Supercultists out there on the interwebz! I’m Bad Movie Professor Cameron Coker (BS in “Keanu Reeves” with a minor in “The Matrix is better if you watch Bill and Ted first”) and I’ll be posting my hype-tacular speeches every week along with some long-lost speeches from past Supercult Shows!

This week Supercult makes some soup, rummages around in the kitchen for 10 minutes to no avail, then eats the soup with a fork because THERE IS NO SPOON in The Matrix Trilogy! That’s right, we watched all 3 films back to back…because there are no half-measures in matters of the heart. You’re either all in or all out.

Computer programmer Thomas Anderson, known by his hacker alias “Neo”, feels that something is missing from his life. Before long Neo is being hounded by mysterious men in suits, approached by mysterious women in clubs, and swept up in a life or death struggle that begins with the question: What is the Matrix? Will you take the red pill or the blue pill? Suffer and struggle with the truth, or sink back into a comfortable lie? It’s the ultimate sci-fi epic of transformation, freedom, martial arts, and revolutionary special effects. What is the Matrix? No one can be told what the Matrix is. I can only show you the door. You must walk through it.

Now, Supercultists, I could easily spend 20 minutes rattling Matrix trivia, history, and box office statistics at you. You might enjoy it. You might learn something. But it won’t be anything that anyone hasn’t said or heard before. The Matrix was a groundbreaking film that fused western and eastern visual and philosophical influences with the disenfranchisement of the 90s that fueled films like Fight Club and slathered it all in the high-octane action that coursed through Hollywood at the time (The Matrix was released in 1999, within cultural spitting distance from T2: Judgement Day, Bad Boys Die Hard, Rush Hour, and Supercult Classics like Con Air, The Rock, and Face/Off). You know that. I know that. Let’s put it behind us. No, Supercultists, instead I want to talk about Keanu Reeves.

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Born September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon, Keanu Charles Reeves’ father abandoned the family when Keanu was 3 years old before his mother moved the family to Sydney, Australia, then New York, USA, and then finally Toronto, Canada. Reeves attended four different high schools in Toronto before dropping out without graduating at age 17, obtaining a green card, and moving to Los Angeles to joining the film industry full time. Early jobs included production assistant, stage work, and acting roles for commercials, TV episodes, and a few bit parts in movies. Keanu made a breakthrough in the 90s with films like Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure and Parenthood, but his popularity began to rise with his roles in Point Break, Speed, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

The Matrix was not Keanu’s first role. It was more like his 40th in 15 years. He was popular, but not a superstar. He wasn’t even the first pick for the starring role. Will Smith was approached for the role of Neo but passed to rejoin the director of Men in Black, Barry Sonnenfeld, for his next project: Supercult Classic Wild Wild West. Instead, Keanu was one of the hardest working dudes on set. Even though he suffered a spinal injury before production (forcing most of his fight choreography to focus on his arms) Keanu still trained just as long and hard as the rest of the crew for the physically demanding film.

The Matrix would propel Keanu from ‘that baby-faced kid who played Bill S. Preston’ to a genuine action star who could pull off lines like, “I know you’re out there. I can feel you now,” and steal fight choreography from Bruce Lee without batting an eye. Hugo Weaving, was an amazing actor before the Matrix and he was and still is an amazing actor. For Lawrence Fishburn the Matrix was a high point in an eclectic career spanning voice acting, Emmy Award winning Television, and Theatre. Carrie-Anne Moss has scored starring roles in many films throughout the 2000s and 2010s, but none of her recent work can hold a candle to the prominence she gained through the Matrix. Meanwhile Keanu gained internet attention through his charitable actions, his humble lifestyle, and his general meme-worthiness all while cranking out film after demanding film. The Keanusance kicked off by the John Wick franchise and evolving into roles in Toy Story 4 and the video game Cyberpunk 2077 can be traced back to Keanu’s near unparalleled perseverance and work ethic. When Tank exclaims ‘He’s a Machine’ during Neo’s virtual training regimen, he’s not just talking about Neo (or foreshadowing Neo’s role in the Machine plot to control humanity), he’s talking about Keanu’s non-stop pace that hasn’t slowed since the 80s.

Hmm? What’s that? You thought you came here to listen to me bash the Matrix sequels because they’re hilariously over-written, over-philosophized, existential rants punctuated by increasingly over-the-top computer-generated slug fests with plot holes the size of Wyoming? Look, Supercultists, you know all that. I know all that. Let’s put it behind us. Instead I’d like to talk about the Wichowski’s and how amaz- what? I’m out of time. Oh, sorry…

Supercult is proud to present, The Matrix Trilogy!

The Matrix Trilogy Howdy all you Supercultists out there on the interwebz! I’m Bad Movie Professor Cameron Coker (BS in “Keanu Reeves” with a minor in “The Matrix is better if you watch Bill and Ted first”) and I’ll be posting my hype-tacular speeches every week along with some long-lost speeches from past Supercult Shows!

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Saturday, December 8 & Sunday, December 9: Mansion Tours, Cookie Crawl, TubaChristmas + 99 More

What are your favorite free & cheap things to do during winter in NYC? Share your thoughts here.

Today’s Events—Saturday, December 8

2018 BUST Holiday Craftacular + School for Creative Living (Through Sunday, December 9) Brooklyn Expo Center, Brooklyn

2018 Gracie Mansion Holiday Open House Gracie Mansion, Manhattan

Choose From 50+ Cookie Varieties During 10th Annual St. Nicholas Cookie Walk (Through Sunday, December 9)

2018 SantaCon NYC

Open Bar SantaCon Brunch

2018 ARC Holiday Record & CD Sale (Through Sunday, December 23) The ARChive of Contemporary Music, Manhattan

2018 New York State Yo-Yo Contest + Afterparty Coney Island USA, Brooklyn

Free Coffee + Prizes 23rd St. & Broadway, Manhattan

Free Candy Buffet

Free Self-Care & Wellness Party with Massages, Music, Treats & More

2018 Wizard Fest Yule Ball Harry Potter Party Brooklyn Bazaar, Brooklyn

2018 Ice Theater of New York’s Free Winter Holiday Skating Celebration + Tree Lighting

Free Bourbon Cocktails + 2018 Paragon Sports WinterFest

PaleyLand 2018 with Vintage Holiday Shows, Games & Free Cocoa (Through Sunday, January 6) The Paley Center for Media, Manhattan

NYC Holiday Scavenger Hunt

Interactive Party Musical Inspired by Festivals of the Ancient World + Free Drinks Caveat, Manhattan

2018 Rubulad Holiday Revue—Performances, Holiday Karaoke & More

History of Riotous Pagan Holiday Saturnalia + Fav ’90s Singer-Songwriter Jill Sobule Caveat, Manhattan

Free Walking Tour: Gay & Lesbian Writers & Artists in the East Village Tompkins Square Library, Manhattan

Free Comics & Zines Workshop Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library Branch, Brooklyn

2018 Colored Girls Hustle Holiday Market New Women Space, Brooklyn

2018 Parklife Holiday Market (Through Sunday, December 9) Parklife, Brooklyn

2018 FAD Market Holiday Pop-Up in 2 Brooklyn Locations (Through Sunday, December 9) Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn

Cheap NYC Ghost Walking Tours (Saturdays Through December 30)

Tomorrow’s Events—Sunday, December 9

2018 Queens Holiday Historic House Tour—Shuttle Transportation & Treats Included

2018 Accordion Festival Museum at Eldridge Street, Manhattan

45th Anniversary of TubaChristmas HOLIDAYTUBAS Concert Rockefeller Center, Manhattan

Free Harlem Gospel Choir Concert

New York City’s 10th Annual Blessing of the Animals Christ Church NYC, Manhattan

2018 ‘Menorah Horah’ Hanukkah Burlesque Spectacular (Discounted Tix!)

‘Nutcracker’ Set in Old New York

South Africa’s Grammy-Winning Soweto Gospel Choir

2018 East Village Tree Lighting Ceremony Tompkins Square Park, Manhattan

2018 Ft. Greene Tree Lighting + Carols, Cocoa & Cookies Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn

2018 Shamanic & Indigenous Arts Market The Ark, Brooklyn

2018 Holiday Market At Bohemian Hall (Sundays Through December 16) Bohemian Hall, Queens

Holiday Wreathmaking (Weekends Through December 9) Queens County Farm, Queens

NYC Gospel Music History & Architecture Tours (Sundays Through December 29)

2018 Fulton Stall Market Deck the Stalls Holiday Market + Performances (Sundays Through December 23)

2018 Vintage Holiday Subway Rides (Sundays Through December 30)

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Ending This Weekend

Tour a Historic Hotel by Candlelight + Performances & Treats (Through Saturday, December 8) Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden, Manhattan

Speaking Truth to Power 2018—Screenings & Talks (Through Saturday, December 8) Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn

Cheap NYC Dessert Tours (Through Saturday, December 8)

99¢ Sandwiches at Carnegie Deli Recreation Pop-Up (Through Saturday, December 8)

Free Cocoa & Chocolate Bars at M&Ms Holiday Pop-Up (Through Sunday, December 9)

Free Drinks, Bites, Styling, Crafts & More at 2018 Thrillist Holiday Hideaway (Through Sunday, December 9)

2018 Lighting Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah + Live Music & Latkes (Through Sunday, December 9) Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn

2018 Lighting of the World’s Largest Menorah in Manhattan (Through Sunday, December 9) Grand Army Plaza Manhattan, Manhattan

1/2 Price Tickets to ‘A Christmas Carol’ (Through Sunday, December 9)

2018 Chelsea Market Holiday Handmade Cavalcade (Through Sunday, December 9) Chelsea Market, Manhattan

MONO NO AWARE XI Film Festival (Through Sunday, December 9)

Ongoing

See more ongoing & upcoming NYC events

$7 Admission to the Museum of Sex (Through Sunday, June 30) Museum of Sex, Manhattan

NYC Slavery & Underground Railroad Tours (Through Saturday, December 29)

Greenwich Village Haunted Walking Tours (Through Sunday, December 30)

1/2 Price Central Park Bike Tours (Through December 2018)

High Line Art Installation Examines Art & Public Space (Through March 2019) The High Line, Manhattan

Save $5.75 on Movie Tickets

‘Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color’ (Through Sunday, January 13) Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Manhattan

‘Underground Heroes: New York Transit in Comics’ (Through Sunday, January 6) New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn

‘Rebel Women’ Who Defied Victorian Era Expectations (Through Sunday, January 6) Museum of the City of New York, Manhattan

Discounted Tickets to Interactive M.C. Escher Exhibit in NYC (Through Sunday, February 3)

‘Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color’ (Through Saturday, January 5) Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Manhattan

‘Germ City: Microbes and the Metropolis’ (Through Sunday, April 28) Museum of the City of New York, Manhattan

‘Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power’ (Through Sunday, February 3) Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn

‘Before Projection: Video Sculpture 1974–1995’ (Through Monday, December 17) Sculpture Center, Queens

Jerome Robbins (‘West Side Story’) & New York (Through Saturday, March 30) New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium, Manhattan

Cheap Indoor Ice Skating in Brooklyn (Through Monday, December 24)

‘Harry Potter’ Exhibition Brings Rare Manuscripts & Magical Objects to NYC (Through Sunday, January 27) New-York Historical Society, Manhattan

‘Tablescapes: Designs for Dining’ (Through Tuesday, April 16) Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Manhattan

Velvet Underground NYC Experience (Through Sunday, December 30)

‘It’s Alive! Frankenstein at 200’ (Through Sunday, January 27) The Morgan Library & Museum, Manhattan

‘Yasumasa Morimura: Ego Obscura’ Questions Eastern & Westerns Notions of Gender (Through Sunday, January 13) Japan Society, Manhattan

Cheap Theatre Walking Tours of The Met (Through Friday, December 21)

$10 Big Apple Circus Tickets (Through Saturay, December 15)

Free NYC Circus Tickets—Human Cannonball, Acrobats & More (Through Sunday, December 16)

120th Anniversary Exhibition at The National Arts Club Displays Treasures from the Collection (Through Friday, January 4) The National Arts Club, Manhattan

The Contenders 2018: MoMA Film Favorites Screened (Through Tuesday, January 8) The Museum of Modern Art, Manhattan

2018 Gingerbread Lane, the World’s Largest Gingerbread Village (Through Monday, January 21) New York Hall of Science, Queens

2018 Holiday Fair at Grand Central (Through Monday, December 24) Grand Central Terminal, Manhattan

Andy Warhol Retrospective at the Whitney Reimagines the Iconic Artist (Through Sunday, March 31) Whitney Museum of American Art, Manhattan

2018 Holiday Train Show (Through Sunday, February 3) Grand Central Terminal, Manhattan

2018 Union Square Holiday Market (Through Monday, December 24) Union Square Park, Manhattan

Discounted Tickets to 2018 NYC Holiday Train Show (Through Monday, January 21)

2018 American Museum of Natural History Origami Holiday Tree on Display (Through Sunday, January 13) American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan

Check Out Charles Dickens’s Original Manuscript of ‘A Christmas Carol’ (Through Sunday, January 6) The Morgan Library & Museum, Manhattan

1st Ever WinterFest at BK Museum with Market, Performances, Tree Maze, Chocolate Tasting & More (Through Monday, December 31) Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn

2018 Columbus Circle Holiday Market (Through Monday, December 24)

2018 NYC Winter Lantern Festival with Huge Light Installations & Performances (Through Sunday, January 6)

Free Meals Paired with Art—Cook & Celebrate Together (Through Monday, December 31) Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn

NYC Christmas Sing-a-Long Adventure (Through Sunday, December 16)

2018 Vintage MTA Bus Rides for the Holidays (Weekdays Through December 21)

2018 Wreath Interpretations Exhibition (Through Thursday, January 3) Central Park Arsenal, Manhattan

Free Tickets to ‘Cleopatra’ Musical (Through Saturday, December 22)

2018 BKLYN Arctic Adventure VR Experience—Meet Santa & Have a Snowball Fight (Through Friday, December 14) City Point, Brooklyn

A Harlemettes Holiday 2018 (Through Sunday, December 16) Harlem School of the Arts, Manhattan

Holiday Classics Screened at Nitehawk (Through Saturday, December 29) Nitehawk Cinema, Brooklyn

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[massoud91]

9/24/23-looking good Mena 💫

[finejump20-blog]

Thursday, November 8: Film Fests, Roxane Gay, Visionary Women + This Weekend

Today’s Events

2018 DOC NYC Documentary Fest (Through Thursday, November 15)

2018 Video Art and Experimental Film Festival (Through Saturday, November 10)

Center for Performance Research 2018 Fall Movement Festival (Through Saturday, November 10)

The Contenders 2018: MoMA Film Favorites Screened (Through Tuesday, January 8) The Museum of Modern Art, Manhattan

The Other Art Fair Brooklyn 2018 (Through Sunday, November 11)

Feminism & Social Justice Talk with Roxane Gay & Katia D. Ulysse CUNY Graduate Center, Manhattan

Amy Goodman ('Democracy Now!'), Brea Baker, Ramon Contreras & Hebh Jamal + Concert Museum of the City of New York, Manhattan

Mediums, Mambos & Michael Jackson Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn

The Foods of Yunnan, China—Talk, Tasting & Tea Museum of Chinese in America, Manhattan

Visionary Women: How Jane Jacobs & Rachel Carson Changed our World

Hari Kondabolu ('The Problem with Apu')

Chef Anita Lo & Matt Rodbard Books Are Magic, Brooklyn

Feminist Goddesses & Rebel Saints Catland, Brooklyn

Pandora Boxx ('RuPaul's Drag Race')

The Blow Concert (le) poisson rouge, Manhattan

Drugs in Our Water Systems The Greene Space, Manhattan

Nifty NYC exists for the creators, changemakers, celebrators and curious creatures of our city. If you love the events I list, please donate to help me maintain the site. Every dollar is appreciated. :)

Free & Cheap NYC Events Coming Up—Veterans Day Weekend

Art Battle NYC Competition & Party

The Life of Visionary Fashion Designer Charles James The National Arts Club, Manhattan

Free Open Bar Party with a View

Free Wasabassco Burlesque Tickets

'Electoral Dysfunction' Political Comedy Talk Show (Saturdays Through November 10)

Cheap NYC Ghost Walking Tours (Saturdays Through December 30)

The New York Nightingales & The New Retro Orchestra—Jazz & Swing Night (Get Free Tickets ASAP!)

Democracy and Voting Rights in the United States: A Contested History (Saturdays Through November 10) Jefferson Market Library, Manhattan

'Bette Davis Ain't For Sissies'

'80s & '90s Rooftop Igloo Party + Free Appetizers & 2-for-1 Drinks

Free Quiet Karaoke Party

Stars Sing Broadway's Greatest Hits

NYC Gospel Music History & Architecture Tours (Sundays Through December 29)

2018 NYC Veterans Day Parade

Free Carnegie Hall Concert on Veterans Day

Janeane Garofalo & Janelle James Perform at Comedy Show to Benefit Haiti Healthcare Nonprofit

Ongoing

See more ongoing & upcoming NYC events

NYC Slavery & Underground Railroad Tours (Through Saturday, December 29)

Greenwich Village Haunted Walking Tours (Through Sunday, December 30)

'Day Drinking' Brunch Musical + 3 Drinks (Through Sunday, November 18)

Hilarious History of Drinking Paired with 3 Cocktails (Through Wednesday, November 21)

1/2 Price Central Park Bike Tours (Through December 2018)

High Line Art Installation Examines Art & Public Space (Through March 2019) The High Line, Manhattan

Save $5.75 on Movie Tickets

'Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color' (Through Sunday, January 13) Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Manhattan

'Empire Skate: The Birthplace of Roller Disco' (Through Sunday, November 25) The City Reliquary, Brooklyn

'Underground Heroes: New York Transit in Comics' (Through Sunday, January 6) New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn

'Rebel Women' Who Defied Victorian Era Expectations (Through Sunday, January 6) Museum of the City of New York, Manhattan

Discounted Tickets to Interactive M.C. Escher Exhibit in NYC (Through Sunday, February 3)

'Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color' (Through Saturday, January 5) Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Manhattan

'Germ City: Microbes and the Metropolis' (Through Sunday, April 28) Museum of the City of New York, Manhattan

'Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power' (Through Sunday, February 3) Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn

'Before Projection: Video Sculpture 1974–1995' (Through Monday, December 17) Sculpture Center, Queens

Jerome Robbins ('West Side Story') & New York (Through Saturday, March 30) New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium, Manhattan

Speaking Truth to Power 2018—Screenings & Talks (Through Saturday, December 8) Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn

Art & Design of the Women’s Movement in New York (Through Sunday, December 2) 41 Cooper Gallery, Manhattan

Cheap Indoor Ice Skating in Brooklyn (Through Monday, December 24)

'Harry Potter' Exhibition Brings Rare Manuscripts & Magical Objects to NYC (Through Sunday, January 27) New-York Historical Society, Manhattan

'Tablescapes: Designs for Dining' (Through Tuesday, April 16) Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Manhattan

Central Park Secrets (Through Sunday, December 2)

Velvet Underground NYC Experience (Through Sunday, December 30)

Cheap NYC Dessert Tours (Through Friday, December 21)

Super Cheap Tickets to NYC Dueling Pianos (Through Friday, November 30)

'It’s Alive! Frankenstein at 200' (Through Sunday, January 27) The Morgan Library & Museum, Manhattan

'Yasumasa Morimura: Ego Obscura' Questions Eastern & Westerns Notions of Gender (Through Sunday, January 13) Japan Society, Manhattan

Cheap Theatre Walking Tours of The Met (Through Friday, December 21)

The Rare Art of Dr. Suess, Including Never-Before-Seen Works (Through Thursday, November 15)

Free Circus Tickets—Circo Hermanos Vazquez with Human Cannonball & Acrobats (Through Monday, November 26)

120th Anniversary Exhibition at The National Arts Club Displays Treasures from the Collection (Through Friday, January 4) The National Arts Club, Manhattan

Free Tastings & More During 2018 Cider Week NYC (Through Sunday, November 11)

Large Canned Food Sculptures Displayed During Canstruction 2018 (Through Wednesday, November 14) Brookfield Place Plaza, Manhattan

Women at Work 2018 BAM Film Festival (Through Saturday, November 10) Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn

Catch Your Favorite Comedians During the 2018 New York Comedy Festival (Through Sunday, November 11)

2018 Brooklyn Tech Week with Talks & Hackathon (Through Saturday, November 10)

2018 Nitehawk Shorts Festival (Through Monday, November 12) Nitehawk Cinema, Brooklyn

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[bugbilly]

Ming from Danski Tang on Vimeo.

A Chinese woman's experience as a live figure model while abroad.A Chinese woman’s experience as a live figure model while abroad. "Ming" depicts the female Asian body as a site of abjection and investigates the psychological ramifications of the male gaze and constantly being labeled as exotic, as well as the clashing ideals of Eastern and Western standards of beauty and femininity. ______________________________________________ Jury Awards: Paris International Animation Film Festival Taichung International Animation Festival ______________________________________________ Official Selection: Annecy International Animated Film Festival, France Hiroshima International Animation Festival “Starts of Students”, Japan Krok International Animated Film Festival, Russia 56th Ann Arbor Film Festival, MI, USA GLAS Animation Festival, Berkeley, USA CutOut Fest International Animation Film Festival, Mexico Tricky Women Animation Festival, Austria Paris International Animation Film Festival, France Animac International Animation Festival, Catalonia San Diego Underground Film Festival, CA, USA Milwaukee Film Festival, WI, USA Tallahassee Film Festival, TN, USA Atlanta Film Festival, GA, USA Northwest Animation Festival, PO, USA 13th Korea Independent Animation Film Festival, Korea Busan International Short Film Festival, Korea Taichung International Animation Festival, Taiwan 9th international Animation short film Festival of Roanne (Cine court animé, France) LINOLEUM International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival, Ukraine Monstra Lisbon Animated Film Festival, Portugal DC Independent Film Festival, USA The Anim’est International Animation Film Festival, Romania Sommets du cinéma d'animation International Animation Film Festival, France This Human World International Human Rights Film Festival, Austria Newfimmakers Film Festival, NY, USA Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival, Catalonia Filmfort Film Festival, ID, USA Ivy Film Festival 2018, RI, USA Zone Animation Festival, France Bit Bang Animation Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina KuanDu International Animation Festival, Taiwan 11th Fest Anca International Animation Festival, Slovakia 20th Wiesbaden International Festival of Animation, Germany Insomnia Film Festival, University in Geneseo, NY Mecal Pro | 20º Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes y Animación de Barcelona, Spain Anchorage International Film Festival, AK, USA Manchester Animation Festival, UK Sunday Shorts Film Festival, London, UK Anifilm Animation Festival, Czech Republic REDCAT Experimental Animation Showcase, LA, USA Grafixx Independent Arts Festival, Belgium