Sophia Loren has confirmed her attendance for this week-long, citywide extravaganza. Have you? See the Day&Night section for movies and times; a-ha surprise Kyiv with an Oct. 28 date at Ukraine Palace; the Hiram Bullock Trio flexes its muscles at Art Club 44 on Oct. 26.
have been set for all major and some minor cinemas citywide, beginning with Polish director Jerzy Hoffman’s “When the Sun was God” at Budynok Kino (by invitation only, unfortunately). Thankfully, most films will be open to the public, with festival retrospectives focusing on the silent screen era as well as on Italian bombshell Sophia Loren, who has confirmed her attendance at the festival.
Begins Saturday, Oct. 25 at various theaters. Please see pages 36C and 37C for more details.
A-ha.
This Swedish pop band first hit the limelight back in 1985 with their No. 1 hit (and accompanying video) “Take On Me.” Since then, the trio has added a James Bond title track (“The Living Daylights”) to their credits and several albums, including their latest, “How Can I Sleep With Your Voice In My Head,” recorded live in London, Zurich, Paris and Frankfurt. Kyiv will be one of five stops on their six-concert “Russian Tour 2003.” Russian? Whatever.
Ukraine Palace (103 Chervonoarmiyska, 247-2476). Tuesday, Oct. 28, 7 p.m. Tickets Hr 200 to Hr 1,500.
Friday, Oct. 24
Andriyivska Church Music Nights.
Talented young singers Olena Hrebenuk and Serhy Kovnir, both recent Andriyivska Church performers during the Golden Pages of Vocal Art Festival, will sing well-known arias by Rossini, Verdi, Tchaikovsky and Dvorak. The pair is set to represent Ukraine at the 38th annual Dvorak International Vocalist Competition in the Czech Republic Nov. 7-14. What might amount to a warm-up for these two in advance of the competition will also be a treat for Kyivan music lovers.
Andriyivska Church (23 Andriyivsky Uzviz, 228-0482). 7:30 p.m. Tickets from Hr 10 to Hr 35.
Saturday, Oct. 25
“Ukrainians-Ukrainians.”
This photo project by Ihor Hayday consists of 120 photographs of Ukrainians, taken at various times since photography was invented. As you’d expect from the exhibit’s title, the sitters’ ethnic identity is a prominent theme throughout the collection; so is each pictured Ukrainian’s social status. Subjects include a village woman from near Poltava, prominent politician Viktor Yushchenko, Orthodox Christian priests and summer cottagers. Hayday attempts to create a collective portrait of Ukrainians, and to discern how they’re representative of cultural and national identity in Ukraine.
Center for Contemporary Art (2 Skovorody, 238-2446). Through Nov. 23.
Ukrainian First Division soccer.
After a trying match before a packed house against London’s Arsenal on Oct. 21, Dynamo will face a test of a different sort against Metalurh from Donetsk. This year’s surprise team in Ukraine’s top flight, Metalurh were recently eliminated from UEFA Cup contention by Parma, from Italy, but they’ll be hungry for domestic success. Dynamo, in their turn, must show that they can focus their attention against all levels of opponents in all competitions, and remain on top.
Metalurh (Donetsk) vs. Dynamo (Kyiv). UT-1, 6:30 p.m., or TV Ukraina, 6:55 p.m.
Markscheider Kunst.
A prominent St. Petersburg club band that plays a vibrant mix of Latin jazz, reggae and other jazzy and ethnic strains of music (including Congolese soukous), this septet of erstwhile geology students follows its own richly rhythmical path, with its one-man brass section and funked-out guitar riffs. Though now missing soulful composer and singer Seraphim (Selege Makangila) of Zaire, the group is still worth every kopek. The name, by the way, means “the art of discerning frontiers.”
Baboon (39 Bohdana Khmelnytskoho, 235-5980). Tickets Hr 45.
DJ Ravin.
The Buddha Bar sound of Parisian DJ Ravin, heard in clubs as far abroad as Italy, Cyprus, Venezuela and Dubai, returns to Kyiv for another night of trippy, down-tempo house and acid trance beats. The slightly ungainly slogan for the parties is “Because the music reaches into the soul, it reaches out into the sublime.” As he did in May, Ravin will appear as part of the ongoing “Camel Pleasure Party” series, which will include DJ Eddy Good from the Netherlands.
Opium Dance Club (1G Saksahanskoho, 205-5393). 10 p.m. Please call for ticket information.
“I Love Techno ‘03”
A veritable who’s who of local deejays take to the table, spinning techno house in Kyiv’s new throwback techno hangout, Cinema club. Cinema has been instrumental in reviving one of electronic music’s dying genres, and will here bring together artists from across Kyiv and Ukraine. Among others in “Area 0.0” will be DJs Kxit, Techneek, Sukhar, Mays (Odessa) and Valta (Dnipropetrovsk); in “Area 0.1” Fun2Mass, Manyak (Uzhgorod), Volk.of (Dnipropetrovsk), Djust (Kharkiv), Veronika (Lviv) and more. Live acts will also play.
Cinema club (1 Entusiastiv, 555-5854). 10 p.m. Tickets Hr 25 before 11 p.m., Hr 20 with flyer. Hr 30 after 11p.m., Hr 25 with flyer.
David Lean’s “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962)
“All men dream, but not equally.” Winner of the Best Picture Oscar in 1962, “Lawrence of Arabia” is the sweeping tale of British author, soldier and adventurer T.E. Lawrence (played by Peter O’Toole) during his time as a British military liaison to the Arabs during their WWI revolt against the Ottomans. This is widescreen movie-making at its best, and perhaps the greatest of the old-style studio epics. O’Toole turned in a legendary performance, bringing out Lawrence’s subtle creepiness as well as his dash and heroism. Also starring Alec Guinness, Omar Sharif and Anthony Quinn. The score is stunning.
1+1, 11:15 p.m. (part one). Part two airs Mon., Oct. 27, 12:30 a.m.
Hiram Bullock Trio.
This past summer, singer/songwriter/blues guitarist Hiram Bullock released the latest of his 11 albums to date, “Try Livin’ It.” Since then, this charismatic and versatile musician has been expanding his musical repertoire, which incorporates funk, jazz and rock. Bullock has played with David Sanborn, Paul Simon, Miles Davis and Al Green, not to mention Paul Shaffer’s “Late Night with David Letterman” band. A night of great jazz.
Art Club 44 (44 Khreshchatyk, 229-4137). 10 p.m. Please call for ticket information.
Afro-Latino house party.
Not “house” as in “house music,” but as in “bringing down the house.” Kyiv audiences don’t often have the chance to hear hip-hop, reggae, Latin and soul-R’n’B all under one roof, but they will here. Headlining this rump-shakin’ booty call of a party will be DJ Soul, accompanied by MC Adam.
Tusetye (3 Leontovycha, 234-7494). 9 p.m. Free admission.
Michael Curtiz’s “Casablanca” (1942)
The greatest movie ever? Either way, “Casablanca” is a masterfully interwoven story of lost love, honor, duty, self-sacrifice and romance. Humphrey Bogart is, of course, iconic as Rick, the hardbitten American living in Morocco during WWII. Then there’s Ingrid Bergman, Peter Lorre, a superb score, and lines of dialogue that have so imprinted themselves on the collective filmgoing consciousness that they’ve become cliches. The script, by the way, was written on the fly as filming proceeded. We can’t wait to hear Bogey grunt “Play it again, Sam,” in Ukrainian.
Novy Kanal, 1:25 a.m. To be replayed at 3:25 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 28
North European Basketball League.
Ukraine may have been eliminated too early from the European Championships this year in Sweden, but the season’s just begun for local heroes BC Kyiv, who host Espo from Finland in a single-game lock-up in this major European league. As the season starts out, BC Kyiv will be looking to improve upon last season, when they finished out of the play-offs despite a flurry finish.
BC Kyiv vs. Espo (Finland). Meridian Sport Club (11V Heroyiv Sevastopolyu). 7 p.m. Free admission.
Thursday, Oct. 30
Victor Salva’s “Jeepers Creepers 2” (2003)
Starring Ray Wise, Jonathan Breck, Travis Schiffner, Nicki Lynn Aycox, Drew T. Bell and Billy A. Brown.
Stranded on a lonely road, a school bus full of high school basketball players, their coaches and their cheerleaders have to defend themselves from the Creeper – an ancient flesh-eating beast that resurfaces every 23 years to feed. Meanwhile, a farmer and his son set out on a personal mission to hunt the Creeper down. Okay, it’s neither “Casablanca” nor “Lawrence of Arabia,” but it’s perfect Halloween-season gore, and for anyone who hasn’t seen a campy horror flick in a good long while.
Various cinemas. See p. 37 for theater information.
