Fests and events, 5/6.

Kevin Lee has a "NYC Chinese Cinephile alert: Jia Zhangke's new short film and others playing this Friday - FREE!"

Peter Bowen at FilmInFocus: "To understand how the Whitney Biennial fits into the film world at large, we spoke to Henriette Huldisch, who, along with Shamim M Momin, curated the 2008 Biennial." Through June 1.

Double feature: Godard's British Sounds and Paul Schrader's Blue Collar. Owen Hatherley and infinite thøught have details on the next Kino Fist, set for June 1 at London's E:vent Gallery.

"Film Independent's Los Angeles Film Festival will open with Timur Bekmambetov's actioner Wanted starring James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie." And Michael Jones has the rest of the lineup at the Circuit. June 19 through 29.

More from Boston at Not Coming to a Theater Near You: Katherine Follett on Second Skin and Rumsey Taylor: "Transsiberian makes suspenseful and sometimes violent gestures, but it's all decoration."

Posted by dwhudson at May 6, 2008 1:41 PM