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

New People: Free Screening of Death Note

NEW PEOPLE is super amazing. It's 4 floors of films, art, fashion and retail brands from Japan and is the creative vision of the J-Pop Center Project and VIZ Pictures, a distributor and producer of Japanese live action film. Each floor is totally different and equally fun.

Join NEW PEOPLE for a VIP screening of Death Note this Thursday, December 10th.

RSVP now for the VIP Reception. They’ll have a DJ spinning hits while the Red Bull Mixologists serve up cool Red Bull Cocktails & Mocktails plus a few nibbles for your enjoyment.

The VIP reception is from 6 to 7:15 and is open to all RSVP’s. The private screening of Death Note will be open to the first 125 folks who check in at the VIP Reception so get there early!

RSVP here - http://www.newpeopleworld.com/home/redbull_dec_rsvp/

"DEATH NOTE is based on the bestselling supernatural action mystery manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. With over 15 million copies sold, the hit comic has finally been adapted into two live-action feature films: DEATH NOTE and Death Note: The Last Name.

Directed by Shusuke Kaneko, known for the popular “Gamera” monster film series, DEATH NOTE was first released in Japan in 2006, becoming an instant smash hit.

The story begins when ace student Light Yagami finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue "Shinigami" death god named Ryuk. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies. Upset with the justice system, Light takes matters into his own hands and vows to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of all evil."

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

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

A Screening Near You

Did you know New York has the 4th highest rate of cervical cancer in the country? Since the introduction of the Pap smear in the 1940s, the death rate for cervical cancer has dropped more than 70%. Studies show cervical cancer is usually caused by the human papilloma virus, or HPV -- a common STD. However, only a few high risk strains (there are more than 100!) cause cervical cancer.

January is cervical cancer screening month: If one of your resolutions was to take better care of yourself, getting screened is a great start to better health. Your reproductive health affects overall health!

Click here to find out more about Pap smears and cervical cancer screening or here to learn about the HPV test.


Source: Montefiore Medical Center