Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Date: Fridays, July 11, 18, 25; August 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2008 Time: 5:30PM to 8:00PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000, between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan Free Admission Seating is extremely limited, and we are only able to accommodate up to 30 attendees per session. Registration will only be accepted … Read more
My Blueberry Nights (Hong Kong/China/France, 2007) Running Time: 90 Minutes Elizabeth (Norah Jones), a restless young woman, travels cross-country working a variety of waitressing jobs and connecting with an odd assortment of characters along the way, including policeman Arnie (David Strathairn), his unfaithful wife, Sue Lynne (Rachel Weisz), and a flighty young gambler (Natalie Portman). … Read more
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (Hong Kong, 2006) Running Time: 110 Minutes A twelve-year-old boy Kuankuan visits his aunt (Sequin Gowa) who is living alone after her retirement in Shanghai. Through his eyes his aunt appears stingy, out-of-date, loud, and ridiculous. Her neighbor (Lu Yan) also appears bizarre. But after a series of adventures … Read more
My Sassy Girl (South Korea, 2001) Running Time: 123 Minutes One night, Kyun-woo meets a terribly drunken girl. He is ashamed to help her, but once he does, a deep sense of responsibility has been developed within him; he decides to heal her pain. Even though she slaps him, pushes him into the pool, forces … Read more
Secret (Taiwan, 2007) Running Time: 90 Minutes Lun (Jay Chou) lives with his father, Chiu (Anthony Wong), the music teacher of Tamkang Secondary School. Both of them are very good at music and piano. This is the first day Lun admitted to Tamkang Secondary School. When he walks through the campus with his classmates, a … Read more
Chak De! India (India, 2007) Running Time: 153 Minutes Years after facing humiliating defeat on the field, former hockey star Kabir Khan (Shahrukh Khan) returns to the game as coach of the Indian women’s national hockey team, striving to shape a ragtag bunch of female athletes into a playing force to be reckoned with. But … Read more