Music, Dance, Visual Arts, Workshops. Free to low cost events! To shine the spotlight on The Year of the Snake, Flushing Town Hall hosts a month long celebration of dance, music, interactive workshops and the visual arts, « more »
he Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today the lineup for the upcoming 13th edition of FILM COMMENT SELECTS (February 18-28), Film Comment magazine’s essential and eclectic film festival. Featuring a lineup of the coming soon and the never-coming-back, the rare and the rediscovered, the unclassifiable and the underrated, these films are hand-picked by the magazine’s editors and contributors from their travels around the international festival circuit. This annual feast of cinephilia of all stripes has something for everyone. « more »
The film, entitled “The Lanterns” features London’s iconic Houses of Parliament and Big Ben with Chinese lanterns flying overhead wishing all its Asian customers globally a happy and prosperous New Year. « more »
In a bold bet on the digital future of entertainment, Time Warner Inc. has named Kevin Tsujihara as chief executive of its Warner Bros. studio — ending a fiercely fought battle for one of the most powerful jobs in Hollywood. « more »
On January 27th, the ‘Linsanity’ documentary will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, one of the most known and prestigious festivals for independent filmmakers to showcase their projects. « more »
The New York Times Travel Show hosted a Trade Day for travel industry professionals on Friday, January 18, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The Trade Day will feature travel industry seminars and a preview of the Travel Show exhibition, which is open to the general public January 19 and 20. « more »
Google has removed a “Make Me Asian” app — that let players change their appearance — following an uproar by Asian American activists who said the game promoted derogatory stereotypes. « more »
Japanese film maker Nagisa Oshima, responsible for writing and directing a number of controversial and provocative movies in his lifetime, passed away on Tuesday afternoon at the age of 80. He died at a hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture after struggling with pneumonia for some time, along with paralysis after a stroke late in his life. « more »
