Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey
Profile of the guy behind Sesame Street‘s cute little red monster. Somewhere, Cookie Monster is seething over this. Cleveland Museum of Art’s Morley Lecture Hall. At 7 p.m. Wednesday, December 28.
Happy Times
The art museum’s holiday fest of recent Chinese movies continues with this comedy about a working-class guy who pretends he runs a swanky hotel to impress a lady. Cleveland Museum of Art’s Morley Lecture Hall. At 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 27.
The King of Masks
The art museum’s week-long Chinese fest kicks off with this 1997 tale of a street performer who adopts a kid on the black market to carry on his legacy. Cleveland Museum of Art’s Morley Lecture Hall. At 1:30 p.m. Monday, December 26.
Suzhou River
More contemporary Chinese fun: A moody love story about death, obsession, and two girls who look a lot like each other. Sorta like Vertigo, only in China. Cleveland Museum of Art’s Morley Lecture Hall. At 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 28.
This article appears in Dec 21-27, 2011.