In Victoria Linchong's short film, DOUBLE DEALING, the enigmatic artist known only by her initials, A.K.A. grapples with extreme xenophobia just before a big art opening, as her best friend grapples with his not-so- secret jealousy of her success. A finalist in the 2nd Annual 72 Hour Film Shootout sponsored by Asian Cinevision and MTV, DOUBLE DEALING screened at the 2005 Asian- American International Film Festival.

Riffing on questions of authenticity, we follow the screening with a reading of Naomi Iizuka's 36 VIEWS, in which the discovery of a Heian era pillow book turns the Asian academic world upside down. Positing that love and art are partly based on a willingness to see what isn't there, 36 VIEWS asks what is the difference between the real thing and a very good fake? And what is the anxiety that propels people to privilege authenticity over other values?

36 VIEWS will be directed by Joseph Ward and feature Edward Vassallo, Nancy Wu, Theo Stockman, Jenne Vath, Victoria Linchong, and three time Obie Award winner George Bartenieff as Owen Mathiassen.

Tuesday, June 10th at Teneleven
171 Avenue C (b/t 10th and 11th Street)
6-6:30 - Happy hour mixer
6:30 - Screening
7:00 - Reading
FREE!

Full-length and short theater and film scripts: Send first 10 pages with full contact information (name, address, telephone and email) and a letter of interest.

Full-length and short films: Send DVD with full contact information (name, address, telephone and email) and a letter of interest.

Send Materials to: Victoria Linchong c/o Direct Arts 647 East 11th Street, #2 NYC 10009

Eric Lockley who performed in TAP THAT at Take Two 11/13 developed LAST LAUGH, a provocative one- man play over at the Experimental Theater Wing at NYU, which then was produced at La Mama and is now coming to P.S. 122 for the Solo Nova Arts Festival. Two black performers begin to confuse performance and reality as they attempt to please the public, pay the bills, battle stereotypes, and somehow remain true to their selves. We've heard amazing things about it and it sure seems to have legs! June 18, 20, 21, and 23 - buy tickets today and save $5 by typing in the code SOLO.

Friday, June 27th, Satochi Kon will be at Lincoln Center for a discussion after a screening of his film PAPRIKA, a film noir anime about the theft of a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams. American cartoons don't come anywhere near to the level of profundity and sophistication of Japanese anime - Kon is one of the most imaginative masters of the art and we're excited to meet the man who sees the nightmare in a row of waving blank-faced Hello Kitties.

TAKE OUT, a new film by Sean Baker and Shih Ching Tsao looks amazing, a cinema verite day-in-the-life of a Chinese delivery guy in dire need of $800 in order to make a payment on his smuggling debt. A Q&A with the filmmakers and lead actors will follow several screenings on Sunday, June 8th.