05/08/2014
Tomorrow, at 2:00. Make sure to grab a seat before it will be sold out... ;-)
Between Politics and Aesthetics: Revolutionary Film Series April 11 - May 9
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A film series on revolution organized by the NYU French, Italian, Comparative Literature, and Psychology departments
This film series looks at the revolutionary film as a particular genre of cinema. There is a conspicuous lack of attention given to revolutionary films among film scholars and theorists, a lack which is all the more surprising when one considers that the revolutionary genre presents a number of general theoretical questions concerning narrative, history, the revolutionary event, and the political
05/08/2014
05/07/2014
We try to convince you with some British accent now. What an extraordinary thing!
The Act of Killing - the Guardian Film Show review The Act of Killing - the Guardian Film Show review Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD In an episode from this week's Guardian Film Show,...
05/05/2014
Prof. Cristina Vatulescu from NYU Comparative Literature will moderate the Q&A with the "The Act of Killing" director Joshua Oppenheimer, who will also present for us his film via Skype.
Prof. Vatulescu's current project is a "cross-cultural exploration of the interplay of documents and fictions in twentieth century cinema, literature, as well as in legal texts and practices."
Her most recent installment of the project was published in "Law and Literature", with the title "The Face to Face Encounter of Art and Law:’ Abbas Kiarostami’s Close-up."
Date: Friday May 9
2:00 --> Screening of the director's cut version of "The Act of Killing"
5:00 --> Presentation and Q&A with Joshua Oppenheimer
Location: 19 University Place, Room 102.
Wine, Beer & Food will be offered, before, during and after the screening.
04/18/2014
Rendez-vous at the square today...
Bretty gud clip from the documentary "The Square" A song by Ramy Essam
04/16/2014
Friday's speech before the shorts on the Egyptian Revolution is by Alya El Hosseiny. Be prepared...
Michael Collins Speech Michael Collins Speech
04/15/2014
You're probably all wondering what, after all, is the point of Revolution....
17 Marat/Sade - What's the Point of a Revolution without General Copulation Clip 17 of 19 "What's the point of a revolution without general copulation?"
04/11/2014
Did you know there is 70% chance of rain this evening?
Delicious snacks neatly arranged on the table and drinks chillin' in the fridge... It's movie time! We're starting in 10 mins.
04/11/2014
Prof. David Forgacs from Italian Studies NYU will briefly introduce the screening of "The Battle of Algiers" today at 5:00.
Prof. Forgacs was one of the contributors of the "Interventions" special issue (Volume 9, issue 3, November 2007) dedicated to Pontecorvo's masterpiece. His article is entitled "Italians in Algiers."
He is the editor of "The Antonio Gramsci Reader" (NYU, 2000) and his last book is the forthcoming "Italy's Margins: Social Exclusion and Nation Formation since 1861" (Cambridge, May 2014).
04/11/2014
Why are you attending today's screening of "The Battle of Algiers" ?
04/10/2014
"And you get juice."
Drinks and snacks at tomorrow screening of "The Battle of Algiers", don't forget!
04/09/2014
"Esprit de foi dans le développement naturel de l'histoire" JR
Scene From La Marseillaise (1938) A short scene from the great 1938 film about the French Revolution "La Marseillaise", directed by Jean Renoir. La Garde nationale begins their march to Paris...
04/08/2014
Don't tell us about revolution
Giu.la.testa - revolution «Rod Steiger and James Coburn will blow you apart in A Fistful of Dynamite (Duck You Sucker) by the master of adventure Sergio Leone»
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