Okay so Javier is going to be in New York next week (week of 11/26) doing a few special appearances. I'll probably be at one or both of these if anyone wants to stop by and say hi.


Monday, November 26th @ 7:00 pm
at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
Screening of "Before Night Falls" (2000)
followed by a conversation with Javier Bardem and Julian Schnabel (director)
WHAT: Javier Bardem Retrospective and Conversation with Bardem and director Julian Schnabel

WHERE: BAMcinématek (30 Lafayette Avenue, between Ashland Place & St. Felix, Brooklyn)

WHEN: Friday, November 23 - Monday, November 26

COST: $11.00

TICKETS: 718.777.FILM (theater ID# 545) or BAM.org

WHY: Born into a family of actors and filmmakers in Spain, the chameleon-like Javier Bardem never plays the same role twice and has worked with some of the most fascinating directors in the world. This retrospective has been curated by BAMcinématek. All films in English, or in Spanish with English subtitles.



Tuesday, November 27
Gotham Awards ceremony at Brooklyn's Steiner Studios
check out www.ifp.org for more details


Wednesday, November 28 @ 8 – 9:15 pm
at the Times Center
Javier Bardem: Transformation on Film
Hear Javier Bardem, the first Spanish actor to have been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor, discuss his work and his current film, No Country for Old Men, based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy and directed by the Coen Brothers. Moderated by Lynn Hirschberg.
For tickets, call (888) NYT-1870. General admission $25 -- $5 discount for IFP members. Use discount code: NYTMC