Upcoming events in the NY area!
November 18th – April 26th
The Museum of Modern Art presents – Tim Burton Retrospective
This major career retrospective on Tim Burton, consisting of a gallery exhibition and a film series, considers Burton’s career as a director, producer, writer, and concept artist for live-action and animated films, along with his work as a fiction writer, photographer and illustrator.
Film exhibition: 11/18 – 4/26
Gallery exhibition: 11/22 – 4/26
MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street
(bet. Fifth and Sixth Aves.)
NYC
www.moma.org
November 27th – 29th
Museum of the Moving Image presents – Thanksgiving Family Fun
The Museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. during Thanksgiving weekend with hourly screenings of short animated films from Pixar, the most acclaimed animation studio of our time, and two different hands-on workshops for children
Screening: Short Films from Pixar
In Tut’s Fever Movie Palace
November 27-29
Daily at 11 a.m., 12, 1, 2, 3, and 4 p.m.
Pixar, the most acclaimed animation studio of our time, is best known for feature films including Toy Story, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, and UP. These delightful short films from the studio’s catalog chart two decades of technological advances—and reveal the humor and personality that characterize Pixar’s work. Suitable for all ages.
Moving Pictures Workshop
November 27-29
Daily at 12 p.m.
45 mins. Children discover what makes moving images move and make their own Thaumatrope—a nineteenth-century optical toy—to take home. Ages 6-12. Materials fee: $5 per child / Free for Museum members. Space is limited; register when you arrive at the Museum.
Stop-Motion Animation Workshops
November 27-29
Daily at 1 and 3 p.m.
60 mins. Children make their own stop-motion animations and share them online. Click here to view a sample animation created by a workshop participant. $10 materials fee / $5 for Members. Space is limited. Register when you arrive at the Museum.
Museum of the Moving Image
35th Avenue at 36th Street, Astoria
(take the N or W subway)
www.movingimage.us
December 1st, Tuesday 6:00pm
The Paley Center for Media presents – Revisiting Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol
Join us for a screening of the first animated Christmas special, which premiered on NBC in 1962. With music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill, and the voices of Jim Backus, Jack Cassidy, Jane Kean and Morey Amsterdam, this 52-minute adaptation of Dickens—cleverly presented as a play within a play (with the nearsighted Magoo playing Scrooge on Broadway)—paved the way for a slew of animated holiday specials. Following the screening, a panel including animator Darrell Van Citters, author of a new book on Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol; and Judy Levitow, daughter of Magoo’s director Abe Levitow, will examine the making of the program and its place in television history. Jack Doulin, casting director of the New York Theatre Workshop, will moderate the conversation. In addition, surprise guests will be on-hand to ring in the holidays. Children ages 6 and up are welcome.
IN PERSON
Darrell Van Citters, Animator and Author, Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol: The Making of the First Animated Christmas Special
Judy Levitow, Daughter of Magoo Director Abe Levitow
Marie Matthews, Voice of “Young Scrooge”
Moderator: Jack Doulin, New York Theatre Workshop
Paley Center Members: $15
General Public: $20
The Paley Center for Media
25 West 52 Street
(bet. 5th & 6th)
NYC
www.paleycenter.org
December 5th & 6th
The Museum of Modern Art presents – Mad Monster Party
Part of the Film exhibition: Tim Burton and the Lurid Beauty of Monsters
With the voices of Boris Karloff, Phyllis Diller. This Rankin/Bass stop-motion-animated musical features a campy cavalcade of classic horror characters, including Dracula, the Mummy, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as they plot to gain control of Baron von Frankenstein’s secret weapon during a monster convention. The film’s pun-filled humor was an obvious influence on Tim Burton’s cartoon drawings of the early 1980s.
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 5:45 p.m.
Theater 1 (The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1), T1
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 5:30 p.m.
Theater 1 (The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1), T1
MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street
(bet. Fifth and Sixth Aves.)
NYC
www.moma.org
December 7th, Monday 5:00 & 7:40pm
Jacob Burns Film Center presents – Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Part of the Jacob Burns Film Center’s monthly series, The Wide World of Animation – exploring the limitless possibilities of art animation.
All that remains of Japan is a city under attack by giant creatures seeking to eradicate humankind—and it’s up to a lonely teenage boy to defend it. Anime audiences around the world rave about Hideaki Anno’s dazzling reworking of his Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997), with all the latest CGI bells and whistles. This action-packed, award-winning blockbuster is the first in his projected series of four.
The Jacob Burns Film Center
364 Manville Road
Pleasantville, NY
www.burnsfilmcenter.org
December 12th & 13th
Brooklyn Academy of Music presents – Sesame Street: A Celebration!
Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street with this weekend of films and clips from the beloved TV series. Co-programmed by Muppet historian and vice president of the Jim Henson legacy, Craig Shemin. This program is open to children of all ages.
BAM Rose Cinemas
Brooklyn Academy of Music
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
www.bam.org
December 12th & 13th
The Independent Film Center presents – Pom Poko
NYICFF is very excited to present this rarely screened gem from Japan’s famed Studio Ghibli (Ponyo, Spirited Away) by Ghibli co-head and master animator Isao Takahata. The forests are filled with groups of magical tanuki, mischievous raccoon-like animals from Japanese folklore that are capable of shape-shifting from their standard raccoon form to practically any object. They spend their idle days playing in the hillsides and squabbling over food, until the construction of a huge new Tokyo suburb clears the nearby forest and threatens to destroy their way of life. In an effort to defend their home, the tanuki learn to transform into humans and start playing tricks to make the workers think the construction site is haunted – ending in a spectacular night-time spirit parade, with thousands of ghosts, dragons and spirit creatures descending on the city.
Audiences will revel in Ghibli’s trademark brilliant animation, with its humorous and wondrously inventive characters and sumptuous hand-painted backgrounds given loving attention to detail. But what makes Pom Poko special is the depth of emotional expression – a joyous, playful comedy containing a heartfelt plea to stop human destruction lest the Earth’s animals, spirits, and magic become things of the past.
Sat, Dec 12 at: 11:00 AM
Sun, Dec 13 at: 11:00 AM
The IFC Center
323 Sixth Avenue
NYC
www.ifccenter.com
December 16th – 29th
The Film Forum presents – A Town Called Panic
Horse, Cowboy and Indian have a strange and wonderful ménage à trois. Animating generic plastic toys, these Belgian directors fashion an absurdist world that has plenty of room for friendship and love, birthday presents, online shopping, music lessons, and home improvements. Their francophone universe — recognizable to anyone who has ever been intimidated by a Parisian waiter — is filled with equal parts hilarity and anxiety. Horse is the most “mature” of the three and Cowboy and Indian are intent on winning his favor. Meanwhile, Horse — barely aware of their efforts — concentrates on wooing Madame Longray, the village’s sexy equine music teacher. This is animation for both adults and kids, in fact for anyone who has ever enjoyed the company of a plastic figurine on a rainy day. A TOWN CALLED PANIC is the only stop-motion animated feature to have been shown in the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival.
Note: Occasional bad language in the subtitles, but otherwise entirely appropriate for children.
The Film Forum
209 W. Houston Street
Bet. 6th Ave and Varick(7th Ave)
NYC
www.filmforum.org
www.atowncalledpanic.com
December 19th & 20th
The Independent Film Center presents – Winter Wondershorts
The weather outside is frightful, but these shorts are so delightful! Experience all of the splendor and magnificence of winter without the chattering teeth and frostbitten fingers. Grab your friends, your family, and your hot cocoa and come curl up in front of the big screen as the New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival presents three beautiful animated short films celebrating snow, ice and all of winter’s exciting wonders!
The program includes:
LEON IN WINTERTIME – Animation, Canada, Pierre-Luc Granjon and Pascal Le Notre, 2007, 27 min
SPOT & SPLODGE IN SNOWSTORM – Animation, Sweden, Uzi Geffenblad and Lotta Geffenblad, 2008, 7.5 min
CHOO-CHA – Animation, Russia, Garry Bardin, 1997, 25 min
Sat, Dec 19 at: 11:00 AM
Sun, Dec 20 at: 11:00 AM
The IFC Center
323 Sixth Avenue
NYC
www.ifccenter.com
