Wild East - Soviet Action Films

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Published on Saturday, 12 February 2011 04:52

Written by L E Shannon

The Film Society of Lincoln Center presents Wild East: The Best of Soviet Action Films running February 11-17, 2011 at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater in New York City.

With the eastern steppes of the USSR serving for the Great Plains of the US, Soviet Easterns took metaphors from the American Western to dramatize the Civil War in Central Asia in the 1920s and 30s against Islamic Turkic basmachi rebels. Parallels abound as gunfighters, bounty hunters, traveling settlers and the spread of the railroad across the vast wilderness are used to turn the “decadent” American genre on its head.

While most of the films were made between 1969 and 1988, two were from the 1950's and one from 1936.

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The Inaugural Athena Film Festival Kicks Off

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Published on Friday, 11 February 2011 02:40

Written by Brad Balfour

Starting tonight -- Thursday, February 10, 2011 -- with an opening reception and awards ceremony with MC Lynn Sherr, at 6:30 pm in the Diana Center of Barnard College (117th and Broadway), the First Annual Athena Film Festival kicks off. Running from February 10th through February 13th at the College, the Festival examines "the values women leaders share — vision, courage, resilience — and explore leadership across race, class, and culture."

In its inaugural season, the festival -- initially conceived and programmed by Women In Hollywoood's Melissa Silverstein -- features a number of local or national premieres as part of its program. And what a better place to stage this festival than Barnard College. Founded in 1889, Barnard was the only college in New York City, and one of the few in the nation, where women could receive the same rigorous and challenging education available to men. The idea was bold for its time.

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Berlinale 2011

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Published on Thursday, 10 February 2011 11:29

Written by Lynne Shannon

The 61. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (61st Berlin International Film Festival), aka Berlinale, runs February 10 - 20, 2011 in Berlin, Germany at the CinemaxX Potsdamer Platz and several other theaters in Berlin. All of these theaters have a rich past -- even the newer ones -- and while several date back to the 1920's, two opened in 1912 and 1913, and one even opened its doors in 1888!

This festival is not only the city’s largest cultural event, but also one of the select few most prestigious, must-attend events in the world of film.

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