Showing tonight in NYC
Today in New York
Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema (Tonight through Feb. 16)
Krzysztof Zanussi
In December, Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project released a boxed set of six neglected international films through the Criterion Collection. None of those films were from Poland, but Mr. Scorsese has more than offset that with this feast of 21 films, which he handpicked from a collection of digitally restored titles from 1957 to 1987. Some — like Andrzej Wajda’s 1981 Cannes Film Festival prizewinner “Man of Iron” and Krzysztof Kieslowski’s accurately titled “A Short Film About Killing” (Thursday at 8:30 p.m.) — are known the world over. Others, like Krzysztof Zanussi’s 1972 animation-documentary hybrid “The Illumination” (Friday at 2:30 p.m. and Thursday at 6:30 p.m.), promise rare glimpses from one of the world’s leading film ecosystems. Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, Lincoln Center, 144 West 65th Street, 212-875-5600, filmlinc.com; $13. (Grode)
Krzysztof Zanussi, a celebrated Polish filmmaker and public intellectual, will be speaking today at the Harriman Institute & East Central European Center at Columbia University. This evening, his film Camouflague will be shown at Lincoln Center at 7:30 pm.
The Revolution in Ukraine and Its Challenges to Europe
When: Friday, February 7, 2014, 12:00 PM
Where: 1512 International Affairs Building,
420 W 118th Street, Columbia University
