DOWNTOWN CALLING - NYC 7/28

If you live and participate in NYC culture, this is a MUST SEE - DOWNTOWN CALLING (narrated by DEBBIE HARRY from BLONDIE). Trailer and info are below.

Downtown Calling
9:00 PM Wed, Jul 28
SVA Theater Screen 1
23rd Street Bet. 8th and 9th Ave.,

LINK TO TIX:
http://nylatino.bside.com/2010/films/downtowncalling_shannicholson_nylatino2
010#screenings

INFO:

In the late 1970s, the "greatest city in the world" was teetering on the edge of total chaos. A failed economy, crime and en masse housing corruption gave way to a city in crisis. Yet out of the economic and social strife that held the "Big Apple" hostage, a family of homegrown
cultures that would forever change the world began to emerge.

Downtown Calling not only documents, in detail, the evolution of New York City's fertile music and art subculture during this period, but how its collective output continues to play a prominent, driving roll international fashion, art and music industries today.

TRAILER LINK:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHd1lvwRbRQ

Dirty Old Town

For those lucky enough to catch last night's sneak preview of Dirty Old Town, a feature film produced by LL's Stephanie Porto, you probably found this independent movie to be as charming as its producer.

Synpopsis: The Bowery becomes a nexus of shattered dreams when a merchant has 72 hours to pay his rent. Facing extinction, his ramshackle tent of antiquities lures a troop of misfits, freaks and renegades who form a tableaux vivant full of carnival pageantry, white lies and victimless crime in a fleeting glimpse of Downtown New York.

Check out the trailer below and visit: http://www.dirtyoldtownmovie.com

Hopefully it will be coming to a theater or channel near you!

DIRTY OLD TOWN from Blowback Productions on Vimeo.

A Film by Jenner Furst, Daniel B. Levin and Julia Willoughby Nason. From Blowback Productions and Executive Producer Marc Levin. Presented By Abel Ferrara.

PARALLEL ADELE SCREENING at Laemmle's Sunset 5

Join LLNY's Adele Pham (above) as she screens her documentary "Parallel Adele" today in Los Angeles.

**PARALLEL ADELE SCREENING**

SAT, MAY 02 - 02:30 PM | Laemmle's Sunset 5 | LA Asian Pacific Film Festival

1991: The Year Punk Broke

Monday, May 4, 2009 at 8:15pm

Film Comment Selects Presents
1991: The Year Punk Broke

Featuring live tunes by
Sonic Youth
Nirvana
Dinosaur Jr.
Ramones
Gumball
Babes in Toyland

Stay for the after-party!
Music provided by Viva Radio.

More info & tickets at Film Society of Lincoln Center: http://www.filmlinc.com/wrt/fcs/1991punk.html

NY African Film Festival

New York African Film Festival (NYAFF) starts tomorrow (April 8th) and runs through April 16th.

More details on schedule and program here: http://www.africanfilmny.org/

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains

Film Comment Selects screening:

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

Tonight!
Wed Feb 25 at 8:30
@ Lincoln Center

Before anyone had heard of Diane Lane or Laura Dern, the two teen actresses put on flaming eye shadow and fishnet stockings to star in this backstage satire, a valentine to the faded glory of punk. Anticipating Riot Grrrl by a decade, the story chronicles the rise and fall of an all-female band, whose members hide their lack of talent and tone-deaf lead singer behind bursts of angst and energy. With veteran record producer Lou Adler directing and members of The Sex Pistols and The Clash dropping in for cameos, this late-night cable classic awaits rediscovery as an essential post-punk time capsule.

Followed by a post-punk afterparty with DJs Dan Selzer (Acute Records) & Aileen Brophy (Corita).

Via: Film Society of Lincoln Center

Unhooked. Undressed. Unhinged...Unzipped

Ladies grab all your girlfriends and get undone tonight with Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford and Isaac Mizrahi. LBD Pop Up Boutique is at it again this week with another movie+a makeover. There will be a slew of things to do including beauty services like blow-outs and curls, makeup applications and brow-shaping. What's a movie+ a makeover without gourmet treats and cocktails courtesy of Grey Goose Vodka.

Date: 10/9

Time: 7PM ­ 9PM

RSVP ­ movie@lbdevents.com

Location: LBD Pop Up Boutique 8570 West Sunset Blvd (at Alta Loma) West Hollywood

Movie + A Makeover

Ladies, what better way to spend your Thursday night than watching a movie and getting a makeover. Well... LBD is making that happen for you! For the next two weeks (10/2 and 10/9) LBD will be featuring a Fashion Movie, providing Gourmet Treats and Cocktails Courtesy of Grey Goose Vodka. If that isn't enough to tickle your fancy they will also be providing services such as hair touch-ups, makeup applications and brow shaping.

Join LBD tonight, celebrating fashion, film and beauty!

Tonight's Film: Zoolander ­
Time: 7PM ­ 9PM
LBD Pop Up Boutique: 8570 West Sunset Blvd (at Alta Loma) West Hollywood

RSVP ­ movie@lbdevents.com

Dark Matter Film --Angel An!

Fellow LL'er Angel An has been been (lovingly) laboring over a movie for the last six months, DARK MATTER, which is finally out in theaters. Inspired by a true story, it’s a pointed cross-cultural drama about the travails of a Chinese graduate student in America. Starring the amazing Chinese actor Liu Ye, Aidan Quinn, and Meryl Streep, the movie opened in New York last week to some exciting reviews:

New York Times - “a movie of ideas that does an exemplary job of translating scientific speculation into layman’s language.”

indieWIRE - “director Chen Shi-Zheng’s style is nothing if not assured, presenting Liu Xing’s newfound American home as a wonderland of color and possibility, and occasionally soaring into intergalactic flights of fancy.”

Salon.com - “director Chen Shi-Zheng gets full credit for slamming head-on into any number of hot-button topics in American society.”

Film Comment - “an elegant debut feature by the distinguished opera director Chen Shi-Zheng was the strongest of the fiction films I saw [at Sundance 2007].”

New York Press – “Chen Shi-Zheng and co-writer Billy Shebar’s “cinematic math appropriately employs the actors’ humanity to illuminate the casualness of racial, cultural, institutional and personal injustice.”

Daily News - “Chen Shi-Zheng’s film has a graceful energy, and three strong performances help make this serene drama-and its shocking conclusion-quietly moving.”

New Yorker – “Chen Shi-Zheng’s first feature is a good, old-fashioned downbeat B melodrama, full of frustrated passion and grim forebodings.”

To Angel, DARK MATTER tells an unique story from an unheard perspective, and she hope it will be a revelatory experience for all of you. Please come support it at a theater near you, and spread the word!

Now playing - NEW YORK CITY - Village East Cinemas
Now playing - BOSTON - Landmark Kendall Square
4/18 - AUSTIN, TEXAS - Regal Arbor Theatre at Great Hills
4/18 - LOS ANGELES - Laemmle Sunset 5
4/18 - PASADENA - Laemmle Playhouse 7
4/18 - IRVINE, CA - Edward's University Town Center 6
4/25 - MADISON, WI - Sundance Cinemas
5/2 - SAN FRANCISCO - Landmark Lumiere
5/2 - BERKELEY, CA - Landmark Shattuck
5/16 - CHICAGO, IL - Facets Cinematheque

For more info please visit: http://www.darkmatterthefilm.com