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With his intense poetic style, Jerzy Skolimowksi has been one of the most distinctive voices in international cinema since he emerged as a leading figure in the 1960s Polish New Wave.

The Museum is housed in a building owned by the City of New York and its operations are made possible in part by public funds provided through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York City Economic Development Corporation, the New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Natural Heritage Trust (administered by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation). The Museum also receives generous support from numerous corporations, foundations, and individuals. For more information, please visit http://movingimage.us.

The Museum is housed in a building owned by the City of New York and its operations are made possible in part by public funds provided through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York City Economic Development Corporation, the New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Natural Heritage Trust (administered by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation). The Museum also receives generous support from numerous corporations, foundations, and individuals. For more information, please visit http://movingimage.us.

The Englert Theatre is excited to announce the first batch of shows for the Fall Season. The schedule includes Grammy award winning folk artist Janis Ian, An Evening with Judy Collins, Steve Earle and the Dukes (and Duchesses) featuring Allison Moorer, The Miles Davis Experience 1949 - 1959, and the Alloy Orchestra performing a live score to Fritz Lang's Metropolis.

Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) has announced the two world premiere plays which will be presented as part of the company's ninth annual Second Stage Theatre Uptown Series this summer: Michael Mitnick's Sex Lives of Our Parents, directed by Davis McCallum, and Anna Kerrigan's The Talls, directed by Carolyn Cantor.

David O. Russell will be the subject of the first director retrospective at the newly expanded Museum of the Moving Image. It will close February 6, 2011.

David O. Russell will be the subject of the first director retrospective at the newly expanded Museum of the Moving Image.

David O. Russell will be the subject of the first director retrospective at the newly expanded Museum of the Moving Image.

USA Network's Character Approved Blog (characterblog.com) has chosen Lady Gaga, Alexander McQueen, Foursquare, Food Trucks, eBooks and the feature film The Social Network among many others as some of the biggest cultural influencers, trends and ideas of 2010. Each of the eleven experts who contribute weekly updates to the blog handpicked ten people, places and/or things that have had the greatest impact in 2010 across architecture, art, design, fashion, film, food, music, social good, technology, theatre, and writing. The lists also include events whose effects reach far beyond their designated category, such as the freeing of Aung San Suu Kyi, the introduction of the text 'Haiti' campaign, the release of the documentary Waiting For Superman and the success of the nonprofit Making It Right New Orleans. The year-end content was announced today by Alexandra Shapiro, USA's senior vice president, brand strategy and digital.

Legendary actor Leslie Nielsen has passed away from complications of pneumonia at the age of 84, according to various news reports. Nielsen was surrounded by his wife and friends in a hospital near his Fort Lauderdale home.

The Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded $450,000 to 30 U.S. film festivals for the 2011 calendar year, Festival Grants Committee Chair Buffy Shutt announced today.

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) will begin previews for AFTER TE REVOLUTION on Thursday, October 21 at 7:30 PM. With an Opening Night set for November 10, the limited engagement will play through Sunday, November 28 at Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater (416 West 42nd Street). AFTER THE REVOLUTION will be the second production of the theater company's 40th Anniversary Season.

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced complete casting for the New York premiere of AFTER THE REVOLUTION, a new play by Amy Herzog (Missed Connections, 508 at Ars Nova, Hungry at EST). Directed by Carolyn Cantor (Essential Self-Defense at PH, Pumpgirl, Orange Water Flower), the production will begin previews Thursday, October 21 at 7:30 PM. With an Opening Night set for Tuesday, November 9 at 7PM, the limited engagement will play through Sunday, November 28 at Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater (416 West 42nd Street). AFTER THE REVOLUTION will be the second production of the theater company's 40th Anniversary Season.

The Ny International children's festival presents AZUR & ASMAR at IFC In English - Recommended ages 6 to adult

With such a glowing history, and as one of Disney's crown jewels, why would the studio now decide to re-release 'Beauty and the Beast' in 3D? Sure, Disney's theatrical history is built on the concept of re-releasing an animated classic into the movie houses every few years. However, 3D is already overused, and has some analysts speculating that the visual technology is losing steam, fast...

On Wednesday, June 16th, 2010, the University Club of Chicago Board of Directors will present their Annual Cultural Award to Chicago Opera Theater (COT) General Director Brian Dickie.

Yesterday, June 14, BJ Novack hosted the 14th Annual 'Webby Awards' at Cipriani, Wall Street in New York City. The 'Webby Awards' is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. The Webbys were established in 1996 during the Web's infancy. The Webbys are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, which includes a 750-member body of leading web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities, and associate members who are former 'Webby Award' winners and nominees and other internet professionals. BroadwayWorld brings coverage of the event below.

This play will take place at Pinecrest Gardens Banyan Bowl, 11000 SW 57 Avenue Miami FL 33156, May 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30, June 5 and 6 at 2:00 PM. Tickets can be purchased online at www.pinecrestrep.org through the Theatermania link.

New York's sexiest revue, EROTIC BROADWAY - Vintage Variety, will welcome Radio City Rockette Rachel Borgman, Andrew Fitch, Lynette Toomey, and Wicked's Jessica Walter for the May 27th show at 9:30PM.