Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Date: Fridays, July 13, 20, 27 & August 3, 2012 Time: 5:30PM to 8:00PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000, between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan Free Admission Registration only accepted per session each week, and limited to only two reservations per session. Starts Monday, at 1PM. There is no on-site admittance without prior … Read more
Date: Fridays, Aug 2, 9, 16 & 23, 2013 Time: 5:30PM to 8:00PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000, between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan Free Admission Registration available each Monday the week of each screening, starting at 9:30AM. No on-site admittance without prior registration and confirmation by e-mail or phone. Please do not … Read more
Outsourced (USA, 2007) Running Time: 103 Minutes Todd Anderson (Josh Hamilton-Kicking and Screaming, The Bourne Identity) gets the bad news from his boss: his job has been outsourced. Adding insult to injury, Todd must travel to India to train his own replacement. Through a series of hilarious misadventures, this charming, critically acclaimed romantic comedy reminds … Read more
A Simple Life (Hong Kong, 2012) Running Time: 118 Minutes Roger (Andy Lau) is a successful movie producer. Ah Tao (Deanie Ip) has worked for Roger’s family as a nanny and maid over the course of four generations. When Roger comes home to find Ah Tao’s suffered a severe stroke and is unable to care … Read more
The Vertical Ray of the Sun (Vietnam, 2001) Running Time: 112 Minutes In this critically acclaimed Vietnamese drama, three sisters living in modern-day Hanoi – Lien (trān nū yēn khē, Cyclo), Suong (nguyēn nhū quȳnh, The Chinese Botanist’s Daughters) and Khanh (lēkhanh) – prepare a banquet for the anniversary of their mother’s death. Upon the … Read more
Life of Pi (USA, 2012) Running Time: 123 Minutes Embark on the adventure of a lifetime in this visual masterpiece from Oscar winner Ang Lee, based on the best-selling novel. After a cataclysmic shipwreck, young Pi Patel finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the only other survivor – a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard … Read more