TRIBECA DRIVE-IN OUTDOOR SCREENINGS

(part of the Tribeca Film Festival)

at World Financial Center Plaza

April 24 - 26, 2008

Thriller Night: Thriller & The Making of Thriller - Thursday, April 24th

oin filmmaker and Thriller video director John Landis for a special 25th anniversary screening of Michael Jackson's epic 1984 music video, plus the classic Making of Thriller. Learn the Thriller dance and take part in the world's largest zombie disco. Become a zombie at the Thriller face-painting station. Cast your ballot at our Michael Jackson look-alike contest. The evening kicks off the evening with a classic Solid Gold Dance Party. . . and bringing out the ghouls as soon as the sun goes down. » View the Film

Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins – Friday, April 25th

Moviegoers can take the Meerkat personality test, play Meerkat Manor trivia featuring challenges from all three seasons of the Animal Planet show and participate in the Meerkat dance-off challenge prior to the screening. Meerkat mayhem begins at at 7:30 p.m. with the screening starting at 8:00 p.m.

The film tells the story of wild African meerkats and in particular Flower and her family.  Whoopi Goldberg’s narration brings the movie alive.  As imaginative as any cartoon, it will have pet lovers begging for their very own baby meerkat (not recommended). Directed by Chris Barker and Mike Slee this will be one of the World Premieres at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.

Winner of Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival Fans’ Favorite Football Flick – Saturday, April 26th

The third and final night of the Drive-In will feature the winner of the Tribeca/ESPN Fans’ Favorite Football Flick competition. The tournament, which began on March 20, pits the top 16 football films in a head-to-head style tournament. Over the course of a four week period, fans had the chance to vote who should triumph in each match-up at TribecaESPN.com until April 17 when the ultimate champ was announced.

Tribeca Drive-In, the Film Festival’s classic outdoor screening series  opens its doors at 6:30 p.m. and seating for this free public event is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Programs will begin at 7:30 p.m. with screenings starting at approximately 8:00 p.m.

editor: April 2008

HORST PLATINUM

A Photographic Exhibition of the Work of Horst P. Horst
through March 15, 2008

  at

THE FORBES GALLERIES
60 Fifth Avenue at 12th Street

Ethereal elegance, statement-making style, unspoken glamour. Welcome to the fashion-forward world of photographer Horst P. Horst, whose iconic images graced the cover pages and editorial of Vogue from 1931-1991 and have now been revived for Horst Platinum, a special exhibit taking place at the The Forbes Galleries

Curated by Juan Carlos Arcila-Duque, Horst Platinum takes a breathtaking look at fifty of the most impressive photographs taken by Horst over the course of his legendary career. Viewed in retrospect, these images continue to provide inspiration and insight into the ever-evolving realms of fashion photography and print.

Spanning the themes of Horst¹s work, Horst Platinum includes timeless photographs of celebrities and Vogue fashion spreads amidst images from the artist¹s travels and still life subjects. Horst¹s most famous photograph Mainbocher Corset, the last he developed in Paris before World War II, will also be on exhibit alongside notables Round the Clock, Salvador Dali, Lisa as V.O.G.U.E. and Lisa with Harp.

HORST Horst, arguably the best known photographer of his time, was born in 1906 in Germany and enjoyed a long, successful career at Vogue Magazine. In the history of twentieth-century fashion and portrait photography, Horst's contribution figures as one of the most artistically significant and long lasting, spanning as it did the sixty years between 1931 and 1991. During this period, his name became legendary as a one-word photographic byline, and his photographs came to be seen as synonymous with the creation of images of elegance, style and rarefied glamour.

JUAN CARLOS ARCILA-DUQUE Based out of Miami, Florida, Juan Carlos Arcila-Duque is a Colombian-born decorator with notable clients throughout the world. A passionate photography collector at his former Miami A-D gallery, he has curated and displayed a number of exhibitions highlighting the work of Peter Beard, Helmut Newton, Araki, Sarah Moon, Albert Watson, Iran Issa Khan, and Horst P. Horst, amount others. His design work includes everything from private, upscale residences to trendsetting restaurants. He is currently the co-chairman of the Junior Host Committee for Art Basel Miami Beach.

THE FORBES GALLERIES The Forbes Galleries are located at 60 Fifth Avenue on the lobby level of the Forbes building. Gallery hours are 10:00AM ­ 4:00PM on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Thursday tours are available with a reservation. Admission is free. Please visit www.forbesgalleries.com for more information on Horst Platinum and other exhibits.

editor: March 2008

U2 goes 3D

from January 23, 2008

in Imax 3D and digital 3D theatres

Directed by Catherine Owens and Mark Pellington "U2 3D" is the latest in 'live performance'.  And this 85 minute film may be as good as the real thing .... if you are in the cheap seats at the live show......

As part of the U2 total experience, fans can now see a 3D presentation of U2's global "Vertigo" tour. Shot at seven different shows, this production employs the greatest number of 3-D cameras ever used for a single project. 

The feature length film, shot during U2’s visit to South America on the Vertigo Tour, is directed by Catherine Owens, with additional direction from Mark Pellington. The movie will arrives in specialist 3D cinemas in New York in February

Owens has collaborated with U2 on live-show visuals many times in the past but this movie has been the greatest challenge.   Its new and exciting format gives the audience access to a view from the stage with the band as well as a position from the back of the stadium... and ervything in between.

There is no comparison with a traditional concert film seen in 2D!

The shoot took place over seven shows in Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Argentina. 
The film was produced by 3ality Digital in Los Angeles, edited by Olivier Wicki with music produced by Carl Glanville. Peter Anderson was Director of 3D photography and the Director of photography was Tom Krueger.

It's as 'real' as it gets and even if you are not a fan of U2 go see the movie for a truly unique experience.

editor: January 2008

Paley Center DOCFEST07

October 27, 2007

The Paley Center for Media in New York,
25 West 52 Street, New York, NY,
between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.

photo credit is: Sundance Channel.

New York Premiere
Nimrod Nation
October 27 at 7:00 pm

Acclaimed filmmaker Brett Morgen's documentary series for the Sundance Channel is an affectionate paean to the quirky life of Watersmeet, a tiny hamlet on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Enchanted by the characters he met while making a sports commercial, Morgen uncovered a real-life Fargo or Northern Exposure, where a hunter community lives for its high school basketball team, the Nimrods. Morgen will discuss with his production team how they captured this unique culture of small-town America. (2007; three episodes, 25 min. each)

Q&A Filmmaker Brett Morgen; Adam Pincus, Exec. Prod.; Kevin Proudfoot, Exec. Prod.; Lynne Kirby, Exec. Prod., Sundance Channel (Senior VP, Original Programming and Development, Sundance Channel)

Concourse Theater Events:
· To Die in Jerusalem
· Sputnik Mania
· Larry Flynt: The Right to be Left Alone
· The Art of the Documentary Pitch
· The Full Frame Institute Presents Knee Deep
·· Resolved
· Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial
· 20 Years of P.O.V.: The Art of Personal Storytelling
· Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who
· Darfur Now
· Chicago 10

Goodson Theater Screenings:
· Saturdays Are for the Dead (Focus: Africa)
· Welcome to Nollywood (Focus: Africa)
· Uganda Rising (Focus: Africa)
· Afghanistan Unveiled
· The Struggle for Woman's Expression in Afghanistan: A Conversation with Jamila Emami
· Crude Impact

editor: October  2007

New York Musicals Festival

September 17, 2007 - October 7, 2007

The cost of producing musicals continues to escalates exponentially and it has become nearly impossible for any producer to take a risk on launching new material. Take for instance, in 1956 it cost $350,000 to produce My Fair Lady ($2.46 million, adjusting for inflation). In 1983, it cost $4 million to produce Cats ($7.7 million in 2006 dollars). Today, it would require at least $12 - $15 million to produce either show on Broadway. Likewise, as Broadway ticket prices soar over $110, audiences are taking fewer chances on what they choose to see. While regional theaters have taken the lead on developing new pieces in recent years, it's expensive and risky whether you're in Manhattan or Minnesota. Frighteningly, only a handful of musicals ever reach full production each year.

The gap between the cost of developing a new musical on the page and the cost of presenting it on stage is so wide that many promising shows and worthy artists will never have the opportunity to be discovered. Where will the next generation of musical theatre artists be heard? It is into this void that we felt The New York Musical Theatre Festival had to step.

Each year, during a three-week fall Festival, NYMF presents more than thirty new musicals at venues in the midtown theater district. More than half of these productions are chosen by leading theater artists and producers through an open-submission, double-blind evaluation process; the remaining shows are invited to participate by the Festival's artistic staff. In our first three years, seven shows transferred to off-Broadway commercial runs, four more were picked up by regional theaters and numerous others secured options or financing.

One such example is Virtuoso

Diane Seymour's play, Virtuosa, captures the extraordinary life of Clara Schumann and in the process creates the perfect marriage of words and music. Child prodigy, pianist extraordinaire, composer, muse and wife to one of the great geniuses of the Romantic era, Robert Schumann, inspiration to Johannes Brahms, mother of seven, businesswoman- Clara was a superwoman before the term existed. Diane's beautiful writing brings out the natural drama that was inherent in Clara Schumann's life in this one-woman, one pianist show in two acts.

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NYMF audiences have enjoyed premieres of new musicals from Australia, Britain, Canada and the United States, featuring a broad spectrum of contemporary musical styles including R&B, jazz, hip-hop, Broadway, emo-pop, rock, punk, ska, country and opera. NYMF premieres have ranged from original pieces like Altar Boyz, Gutenberg! The Musical!, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, and [title of show] (all of which have enjoyed subsequent off-Broadway productions), to adaptations of classic stories like The Portrait of Dorian Gray and Far From The Madding Crowd.

NYMF also presents a wide range of special events, readings and concerts of new music, explorations of musicals in TV and film, and unusual collaborations with other New York-based arts organizations. NYMF 2004 included a four-day celebration of movie musicals at the AMC Empire Theaters in Times Square; in 2005, the Festival featured a series of co-productions with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater exploring the nexus of improvisation and musical theater. And in 2006, NYMF premiered its Dance Series, celebrating the fusion of musical theatre and dance. In 2006, NYMF produced a number of concerts, from large star-studded evenings like "The Unauthorized Musicology of Ben Folds," to intimate events like our salon with Grammy Award nominee and Spring Awakening composer Duncan Sheik.

The Paley Center also participates in the New York Musical Theatre Festival with a sampler of famed musicals adapted for television and a salute to West Side Story on the fiftieth anniversary of its Broadway premiere.

Saturday, September 29
West Side Story at 50
12:30 pm
Includes the "balcony scene" with original cast stars Carol Lawrence and Larry Kert on The Ed Sullivan Show (1958); a 1958 episode of Look Up and Live, with director/choreographer Jerome Robbins and cast members; and a 1961 episode of the WCBS program American Musical Theatre, with Stephen Sondheim. (90 minutes)

The Best of Broadway: Panama Hattie
2:00 pm
Music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Herbert Fields and B.G. DeSylva (television adaptation by Herbert Baker and supervised by Jule Styne). With Ethel Merman, Art Carney, Ray Middleton, Jack E. Leonard, Janis Carter, Neil Hamilton, and Karin Wolfe. (1954; 60 minutes)

Applause
3:00 pm
Music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams, book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. With Lauren Bacall, Larry Hagman, Penny Fuller, Sarah Marshall, Robert Mandan, Harvey Evans, and Rod McLennan. (1973; 105 minutes)

Sunday, September 30
Hallmark Hall of Fame: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
3:00 pm
Music, lyrics, and book by Clark Gesner, based on the Charles Schulz comic strip. With Barry Livingston, Wendell Burton, Ruby Persson, Mark Montgomery, Noelle Matlovsky, and Bill Hinnant. (1973; 80 minutes)

Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Fantasticks
4:45 pm
Book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt. With Ricardo Montalban, Stanley Holloway, Bert Lahr, Susan Watson, and John Davidson (1964; 50 minutes)

editor: September  2007

From Berlin to Broadway
The Ebb Bequest of Modern German and Austrian Drawings

Alexej Jawlensky (1864–1941)
Savior’s Face with Open Eyes, 1923
Watercolor on wove paper
9 3/4 x 7 inches (250 x 177 mm)
The Pierpont Morgan Library, Bequest of Fred Ebb,
2005.137
Photography by Joseph Zehavi, 2006
© 2006 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/
VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2

April 20 through September 2, 2007

A extraordinary collection of forty-three early-twentieth-century German and Austrian drawings by some of the leaders of the German expressionist movement and the Vienna Secession is on view in From Berlin to Broadway. The exhibition is drawn from a collection formed by Broadway lyricist Fred Ebb (1928–2004) and includes drawings by Max Beckmann, Egon Schiele, Otto Dix, George Grosz, Oskar Kokoschka, and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. In total, twenty-two artists from the period are represented in the Ebb collection, which is shown in its entirety.

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938)
Figures on a Busy Street, 1914
India ink, watercolor, gouache, and reed pen on
wove paper
12 3/8 x 16 1/2 inches (313 x 420 mm)
The Pierpont Morgan Library, Bequest of Fred Ebb,
2005.140
Photography by Joseph Zehavi, 2006
© Ingeborg & Dr. Wolfgang Henze-Ketterer,
Wichtrach/Bern

Most of the drawings and watercolors date from 1910 to 1925, when expressionism dominated the avant-garde in Germany and Austria. The earliest work in the exhibition is a moving depiction of an old peasant woman by Paula Modersohn-Becker (ca. 1899). At the other end of the chronological span of the exhibition, the most recent work is a drawing created by Max Beckmann(1947), soon after his arrival in the United States, where he would spend the last three years of his life.

A particular strength of the Ebb collection is its large number of portraits, including a powerful self-portrait of Erich Heckel in his studio (1912) and another by Schiele (1910) in which the disembodied head of the artist, with typically tormented features, seems to be floating in a dramatic, spare composition. The largest number of works by a single artist in the Ebb bequest is the eight drawings by Schiele, four of which are portraits.

A fully illustrated catalogue documents the entire bequest and includes reminiscences of Fred Ebb by John Kander and an introduction by Isabelle Dervaux, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Drawings, The Morgan Library & Museum.

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884–1976)
Seated Nude, ca. 1915
Watercolor on laid paper
19 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches (503 x 404 mm)
The Pierpont Morgan Library, Bequest of Fred Ebb,
2005.164
Photography by Joseph Zehavi, 2006
© 2006 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/
VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

About the Morgan

In 1924 J. P. Morgan, Jr. gave his father's extraordinary library to the public. The most influential financier in this country's history, Pierpont Morgan was also a voracious collector. He bought on an astonishing scale, collecting art objects in virtually every medium, including the rare books, manuscripts, drawings, prints, and ancient artifacts that are the core of The Morgan Library & Museum's holdings.

Karl Hubbuch (1891–1979) The Film Star Spends Two Minutes in Her Parents’ Garden,
ca. 1932 Reed pen and India ink heightened with white on wove paper 25 1/4 x 20 7/8 inches (640 x 531 mm)
The Pierpont Morgan Library, Bequest of Fred Ebb, 2005.
136 Photography by Joseph Zehavi, 2006

A complex of buildings in the heart of New York City, The Morgan Library & Museum began as the private library of financier Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), one of the preeminent collectors and cultural benefactors in the United States. As early as 1890 Morgan had begun to assemble a collection of illuminated, literary, and historical manuscripts, early printed books, and old master drawings and prints.

Mr. Morgan's library, as it was known in his lifetime, was built between 1902 and 1906 adjacent to his New York residence at Madison Avenue and 36th Street. Designed by Charles McKim of the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, the library was intended as something more than a repository of rare materials. Majestic in appearance yet intimate in scale, the structure was to reflect the nature and stature of its holdings. The result was an Italian Renaissance-style palazzo with three magnificent rooms epitomizing America's Age of Elegance. Completed three years before McKim's death, it is considered by many to be his masterpiece. In 1924, eleven years after Pierpont Morgan's death, his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867–1943), known as Jack, realized that the library had become too important to remain in private hands. In what constituted one of the most momentous cultural gifts in U.S. history, he fulfilled his father's dream of making the library and its treasures available to scholars and the public alike by transforming it into a public institution.

Over the years—through purchases and generous gifts—The Morgan Library & Museum has continued to acquire rare materials as well as important music manuscripts, early children's books, Americana, and materials from the twentieth century. Without losing its decidedly domestic feeling, the Morgan also has expanded its physical space considerably.

In 1928, the Annex building was erected on the corner of Madison Avenue and 36th Street, Pierpont Morgan's residence. The Annex connected to the original McKim library by means of a gallery. In 1988, Jack Morgan's former residence—a mid-nineteenth century brownstone on Madison Avenue and 37th Street—also was added to the complex. The 1991 garden court was constructed as a means to unite the various elements of the Morgan campus.

The largest expansion in the Morgan's history, adding 75,000 square feet to the campus, was completed in 2006. Designed by Pritzker Prize–winning architect Renzo Piano, the project increases exhibition space by more than fifty percent and adds important visitor amenities, including a new performance hall, a welcoming entrance on Madison Avenue, a new café and a new restaurant, a shop, a new reading room, and collections storage. Piano's design integrates the Morgan's three historical buildings with three new modestly scaled steel-and-glass pavilions. A soaring central court connects the buildings and serves as a gathering place for visitors in the spirit of an Italian piazza.

editor: May 2007

April 25, 2007 for two weeks

Post 9/11, the Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff. After the attacks on the World Trade Center to help economically and culturally revitalize Lower Manhattan, the festival was launched as an annual celebration of film, music, and culture. The Festival’s mission is to assist filmmakers to reach the broadest possible audience, enable the international film community and the general public to experience the power of film.

One aspect of this year's festival which adds to the normal ingredients of  most international festivals is the addition of a dedicated sports element.

The Galas

The Gala Premiere of The Grand heralds the opening of The Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival on April 27.  The Grand is a mockumentary starring Woody Harrelson on a quest to win the Grand Championship of Poker to save his dead father’s hotel-casino from the clutches of a high-end real estate developer.

A second gala premiere features acclaimed director Michael Apted’s documentary The Power of the Game. Weaving together six storylines of triumph over adversity, the film chronicles the social impact of the 2006 World Cup on a global scale.

The films that follow cover a virtual smorsgasboard os sports related topics.

The Films Chops, a documentary directed by Bruce Broder (U.S.A.) features the prestigious Essentially Ellington Festival, a competition of high school jazz bands from across the country;

Doubletime, a documentary directed by Stephanie Johnes (U.S.A.) chronicles the world of competitive jump roping.

The Final Season, directed by David Evans, written by Art D’Alessandro (U.S.A.) is based on the true events of the final baseball season in a town in Iowa.

The First Saturday in May is a documentary directed by John and Brad Hennegan (U.S.A.) following two brothers on the holy grail of horse racing as they travel from Arkansas to Dubai and onto Churchill Downs to trace the paths of six rising equine stars.

The Hammer, directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, written by Kevin Hench (U.S.A.) is an underdog comedy about an aging boxer who is convinced by a wily coach to step back into the ring - after a 20-year hiatus - in a quest for a slot in the U.S. Olympic Boxing Team.

Hellfighters, a documentary directed by Jon Frankel (U.S.A.) features Harlem's only high school football team.

Chávez, a documentary marking Diego Luna’s directorial debut (Mexico) is about the life and career of his countryman, Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez.

King of Kong, a documentary directed by Seth Gordon (U.S.A.) takes a look inside this world of competitive gaming.

Planet B-Boy, a documentary directed by Benson Lee (U.S.A.) is about the vibrant global resurgence of break-dancing.

Sons of Sakhnin United, a documentary directed by Christopher Browne (U.S.A.) shows how Jews and Arabs strive for a common goal as they are united by sport.

Steep, a documentary directed by Mark Obenhaus (U.S.A.) traces the legacy of extreme skiing from its early pioneers to the death-defying daredevils of today.

The World Premiere of Unstrung - a documentary directed by Rob Klug (U.S.A.) - exposes the surprising dramas of the amateur tennis world.

April 25, 2007 for two weeks

Post 9/11, the Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff. After the attacks on the World Trade Center to help economically and culturally revitalize Lower Manhattan, the festival was launched as an annual celebration of film, music, and culture. The Festival’s mission is to assist filmmakers to reach the broadest possible audience, enable the international film community and the general public to experience the power of film.

One aspect of this year's festival which adds to the normal ingredients of  most international festivals is the addition of a dedicated sports element.

The Galas

The Gala Premiere of The Grand heralds the opening of The Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival on April 27.  The Grand is a mockumentary starring Woody Harrelson on a quest to win the Grand Championship of Poker to save his dead father’s hotel-casino from the clutches of a high-end real estate developer.

A second gala premiere features acclaimed director Michael Apted’s documentary The Power of the Game. Weaving together six storylines of triumph over adversity, the film chronicles the social impact of the 2006 World Cup on a global scale.

The films that follow cover a virtual smorsgasboard os sports related topics.

The Films Chops, a documentary directed by Bruce Broder (U.S.A.) features the prestigious Essentially Ellington Festival, a competition of high school jazz bands from across the country;

Doubletime, a documentary directed by Stephanie Johnes (U.S.A.) chronicles the world of competitive jump roping.

The Final Season, directed by David Evans, written by Art D’Alessandro (U.S.A.) is based on the true events of the final baseball season in a town in Iowa.

The First Saturday in May is a documentary directed by John and Brad Hennegan (U.S.A.) following two brothers on the holy grail of horse racing as they travel from Arkansas to Dubai and onto Churchill Downs to trace the paths of six rising equine stars.

The Hammer, directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, written by Kevin Hench (U.S.A.) is an underdog comedy about an aging boxer who is convinced by a wily coach to step back into the ring - after a 20-year hiatus - in a quest for a slot in the U.S. Olympic Boxing Team.

Hellfighters, a documentary directed by Jon Frankel (U.S.A.) features Harlem's only high school football team.

Chávez, a documentary marking Diego Luna’s directorial debut (Mexico) is about the life and career of his countryman, Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez.

King of Kong, a documentary directed by Seth Gordon (U.S.A.) takes a look inside this world of competitive gaming.

Planet B-Boy, a documentary directed by Benson Lee (U.S.A.) is about the vibrant global resurgence of break-dancing.

Sons of Sakhnin United, a documentary directed by Christopher Browne (U.S.A.) shows how Jews and Arabs strive for a common goal as they are united by sport.

Steep, a documentary directed by Mark Obenhaus (U.S.A.) traces the legacy of extreme skiing from its early pioneers to the death-defying daredevils of today.

The World Premiere of Unstrung - a documentary directed by Rob Klug (U.S.A.) - exposes the surprising dramas of the amateur tennis world.

editor: April 2007

editor: April 2007

NEW YORK'S LEFT BANK

Art and Artists off Washington Square North, 1900-1950 

Snug Harbor Cultural Center

March 10 - June 10, 2007

Why not take the famous Staten Island Ferry and visit the Snug Harbor Cultural Center.
Its latest exhibit -  is an homage to: "New York's Left Bank: Art and Artists off Washington Square North, 1900-1950,"

The ascendance of the two blocks immediately north of Washington Square as a creative center is the focus of this exhibition.

The show surveys artists' studios and institutions dedicated to the visual arts in the two blocks just north of Washington Square in Greenwich Village during the first half of the twentieth century. Converted from stables and town houses, these artists' spaces evoked something of the atmosphere of the Latin Quarter in Paris and became a source of endless fascination for the public. Here some of America's most important artists - among them Daniel Chester French, Edward Hopper, Gaston Lachaise, Paul Manship, Isamu Noguchi, and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney - lived, socialized, and created numerous works.

The exhibition was curated by Virginia Budny, research assistant in the Department of European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and consultant to the Lachaise Foundation. A 56-page catalogue by Budny that accompanies the show contains an essay and 36 illustrations.

As part of the exhibition, "Visual Variations on Noguchi," an experimental film by Marie Menken made in 1945 in Noguchi's Greenwich Village studio, will be shown on March 10, at 5 pm, and March 24, April 7, and 21, at 3 pm.

Snug Harbor Cultural Center occupies the site in Staten Island of Sailors' Snug Harbor, a home for retired seamen. Many of the artists' spaces featured in New York's Left Bank were owned by that philanthropic institution.

Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art

Snug Harbor Cultural Center

1000 Richmond Terrace

Staten Island, NY 10301

call 718 448 2500 for more information

editor: March 2007

The 79th Academy Award nominations for outstanding film achievements

............in 2006

Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®.   

Sunday, February 25, 2007

the nominations

THE BEST OF THE BEST

Best motion picture of the year

  “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

An Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production

Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers

  “The Departed” (Warner Bros.)

A Warner Bros. Pictures Production

Nominees to be determined

  “Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)

A DreamWorks Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures Production

Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, Producers

  “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)

A Big Beach/Bona Fide Production

Nominees to be determined

 "The Queen" (Mirimax, Pathe and Granada)

A Granada Production

Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, Producers

Adapted screenplay

  “Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” (20th Century Fox)

Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer

Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips

  “Children of Men” (Universal)

Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby

  “The Departed” (Warner Bros.)

Screenplay by William Monahan

  “Little Children” (New Line)

Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta

  “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)

Screenplay by Patrick Marber

Original screenplay

  “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

Written by Guillermo Arriaga

  “Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)

Screenplay by Iris Yamashita

Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis

  “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)

Written by Michael Arndt

  “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse)

Written by Guillermo del Toro

  “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)

Written by Peter Morgan

 Achievement in directing

  “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Alejandro González Iñárritu

  “The Departed” (Warner Bros.) Martin Scorsese

  “Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.) Clint Eastwood

  “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Stephen Frears

  “United 93” (Universal and StudioCanal) Paul Greengrass

ACTING 

Performance by an actor in a leading role

  Leonardo DiCaprio in “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)

  Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson” (THINKFilm)

  Peter O’Toole in “Venus” (Miramax, Filmfour and UK Council)

  Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness” (Sony Pictures Releasing)

  Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

  Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)

  Jackie Earle Haley in “Little Children” (New Line)

  Djimon Hounsou in “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)

  Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)

  Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed” (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role 

  Penélope Cruz in “Volver” (Sony Pictures Classics)

  Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)

  Helen Mirren in “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)

  Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada” (20th Century Fox)

  Kate Winslet in “Little Children” (New Line)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

  Adriana Barraza in “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

  Cate Blanchett in “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)

  Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)

  Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)

  Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

BEST OF THE REST

 Best foreign language film of the year

  “After the Wedding” A Zentropa Entertainments 16 Production

Denmark

  “Days of Glory (Indigènes)” A Tessalit Production

Algeria

  “The Lives of Others” A Wiedemann & Berg Production

Germany

  “Pan’s Labyrinth” A Tequila Gang/Esperanto Filmoj/Estudios Picasso Production

Mexico

  “Water” A Hamilton-Mehta Production

Canada

Best documentary feature

  “Deliver Us from Evil” (Lionsgate)

A Disarming Films Production

Amy Berg and Frank Donner

  “An Inconvenient Truth” (Paramount Classics and Participant Productions)

A Lawrence Bender/Laurie David Production

Davis Guggenheim

  “Iraq in Fragments” (Typecast Releasing)

A Typecast Pictures/Daylight Factory Production

James Longley and John Sinno

  “Jesus Camp” (Magnolia Pictures)

A Loki Films Production

Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady

  “My Country, My Country” (Zeitgeist Films)

A Praxis Films Production

Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer

Best animated feature film of the year

  “Cars” (Buena Vista) John Lasseter

  “Happy Feet” (Warner Bros.) George Miller

  “Monster House” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Gil Kenan  

MUSIC

 Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

  “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Gustavo Santaolalla

  “The Good German” (Warner Bros.) Thomas Newman

  “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight) Philip Glass

  “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Javier Navarrete

  “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Alexandre Desplat

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

  “I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth”

(Paramount Classics and Participant Productions)

Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge

  “Listen” from “Dreamgirls”

(DreamWorks and Paramount)

Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler

Lyric by Anne Preven

  “Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls”

(DreamWorks and Paramount)

Music by Henry Krieger

Lyric by Siedah Garrett

  “Our Town” from “Cars”

(Buena Vista)

Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

  “Patience” from “Dreamgirls”

(DreamWorks and Paramount)

Music by Henry Krieger

Lyric by Willie Reale

 TECHNICAL

 Achievement in cinematography 

  “The Black Dahlia” (Universal) Vilmos Zsigmond

  “Children of Men” (Universal) Emmanuel Lubezki

  “The Illusionist” (Yari Film Group) Dick Pope

  “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Guillermo Navarro

  “The Prestige” (Buena Vista) Wally Pfister

Achievement in film editing

  “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise

  “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)

Steven Rosenblum

  “Children of Men” (Universal)

Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón

  “The Departed” (Warner Bros.)

Thelma Schoonmaker

  “United 93” (Universal and StudioCanal)

Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson

Achievement in sound editing

  “Apocalypto” (Buena Vista)

Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar

  “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)

Lon Bender

  “Flags of Our Fathers” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount)

Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

  “Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)

Alan Robert Murray

  “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)

Christopher Boyes and George Watters II

Achievement in sound mixing

  “Apocalypto” (Buena Vista)

Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara

  “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)

Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock

  “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)

Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton

  “Flags of Our Fathers” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount)

John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin

  “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)

Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff

Achievement in visual effects 

  “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)

John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall

  “Poseidon” (Warner Bros.)

Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier

  “Superman Returns” (Warner Bros.)

Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum

Achievement in costume design

  “Curse of the Golden Flower” (Sony Pictures Classics) Yee Chung Man

  “The Devil Wears Prada” (20th Century Fox) Patricia Field

  “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount) Sharen Davis