Events: October 10, 2012
Selected by J. Hoberman
October 10, 2012, 7 pm
‘The Ancient Law’
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn
It’s The Jazz Singer’s Austrian counterpart, albeit silent and here accompanied by multimedia artist Thomas Köner performing live.
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Selected by Mark Ford
March 27, 2012 – October 14, 2012
‘The Robinson Institute,’ Patrick Keiller
Tate Britain, London
A must for fans of Keiller’s brilliant condition-of-England films which all chart the eccentric journeys made by his wandering outlaw-scholar, Robinson.
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Selected by J. Hoberman
September 28, 2012 – October 14, 2012
The New York Film Festival
Walter Reade Theater, New York
New York’s festival of festivals gives local premieres to the most feted movies last May at Cannes (Michael Haneke’s Amour, Leos Carax’s Holy Motors, Abbas Kiarostami’s Like Someone in Love, Christian Mungiu’s Beyond the Hills) along with som
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Selected by Nathaniel Rich
Ongoing
Alligator Chomp Chomp!
Mimi's in the Marigny, New Orleans
Swamp Pop, Dancehall Cajun, Cajun Contemporary, Crescent City Soul, Hillbilly, Rockabilly, Low-Country Swing, Bayou Boogaloo, Swamp Stomp, Creole Caterwaul—they can all be heard at this biweekly dance party held in the upstairs lounge at Mimi’s.
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Selected by Martin Filler
Ongoing
Tea Tasting at the Onomea Tea Company
The Onomea Tea Company, Papaikou
For an exquisite experience on the big island of Hawaii near Hilo, visit the Onomea Tea Company’s jewel-like plantation overlooking the Pacific and Onomea Bay.
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Selected by J. Hoberman
Ongoing
‘Wuthering Heights’
Film Forum, New York
Andrea Arnold’s boldly miserablist, verité-style adaptation evokes the violence of Emily Brontë’s imagination.
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Selected by Nathaniel Rich
Ongoing
Bug Appétit
The Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium, New Orleans
Three times a day, chefs from such New Orleans restaurants like Brennan’s and Dooky Chase hold cooking exhibitions in the Bug Appétit room of the Tiny Termite Cafe, serving insect dishes with a Cajun twist.
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Selected by Dominique Nabokov
October 10, 2012 – November 30, 2012
A Celebration of Harold Pinter
The Irish Repertory Theatre, New York
In this homage to Harold Pinter, the English actor Julian Sands, who worked with the playwright, honors him with a grace, a warmth, a moving kindness, a sense of humor and also a precision that is surely an act of love.
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