Film at Lincoln Center has closed the Walter Reade Theater and the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center as of 5 pm Et Thursday and is postponing the 49th New Directors/New Films in response to health concerns related to the coronavirus. The news comes as New York State moves to ban large gatherings and cultural institutions across the city shut down
Flc said New Directors/New Films as well as the 46th Chaplin Award Gala honoring Spike Lee will be rescheduled for later this fall.
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Performing arts institutions on the Lincoln Center campus including the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera and Lincoln Center Theater also suspended public performances. The theater, and all of Broadway, will be...
Flc said New Directors/New Films as well as the 46th Chaplin Award Gala honoring Spike Lee will be rescheduled for later this fall.
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Performing arts institutions on the Lincoln Center campus including the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera and Lincoln Center Theater also suspended public performances. The theater, and all of Broadway, will be...
- 3/12/2020
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
As with many veterans of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, which is being renamed Film at Lincoln Center to mark its 50th Anniversary this week, longtime former executive director Joanne Koch has some stories to tell.
“We tried to get Katharine Hepburn at the Chaplin Gala, and she wrote me and said she’d rather go to the South Pole,” Koch laughs. “But when we honored George Cukor in 1978, she was very nervous, but she came — and the audience went crazy.”
So did the Lincoln Center board chairman George Weissman in 1989, but for another reason. “The New York Film Festival was showing ‘Roger and Me,’ which attacked General Motors, a substantial donor to Lincoln Center. I remember [George] saying, ‘Are you really going to show this film?’ I said yes, and we did.”
Longtime former program director and Nyff selection committee chairman Richard Peña has a slightly different memory of the screening.
“We tried to get Katharine Hepburn at the Chaplin Gala, and she wrote me and said she’d rather go to the South Pole,” Koch laughs. “But when we honored George Cukor in 1978, she was very nervous, but she came — and the audience went crazy.”
So did the Lincoln Center board chairman George Weissman in 1989, but for another reason. “The New York Film Festival was showing ‘Roger and Me,’ which attacked General Motors, a substantial donor to Lincoln Center. I remember [George] saying, ‘Are you really going to show this film?’ I said yes, and we did.”
Longtime former program director and Nyff selection committee chairman Richard Peña has a slightly different memory of the screening.
- 4/29/2019
- by Gregg Goldstein
- Variety Film + TV
Margarethe von Trotta with Anne-Katrin Titze, on Ingmar Bergman: "He wanted to be the child all the time. Even when he was grown up." Photo: Gary Springer
On Columbus Day, following An Afternoon with Barry Jenkins (director of Oscar-winning Moonlight and the adaptation of James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk), a discussion led by Darryl Pinckney at Alice Tully Hall during the 56th New York Film Festival, Margarethe von Trotta joined me for a conversation on Searching For Ingmar Bergman.
In the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center green room, we discussed the interviews she conducted with Stig Björkman, Mia Hansen-Løve, Ruben Östlund, Olivier Assayas, Jean-Claude Carrière, Daniel Bergman, and Gaby Dohm. She also shared her thoughts on The Seventh Seal, Winter Light, Fanny and Alexander, The Serpent's Egg, From the Life of the Marionettes, the persona of Ingmar Bergman, a Rainer Werner Fassbinder connection, Eta Hoffmann, and the hour of the wolf.
On Columbus Day, following An Afternoon with Barry Jenkins (director of Oscar-winning Moonlight and the adaptation of James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk), a discussion led by Darryl Pinckney at Alice Tully Hall during the 56th New York Film Festival, Margarethe von Trotta joined me for a conversation on Searching For Ingmar Bergman.
In the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center green room, we discussed the interviews she conducted with Stig Björkman, Mia Hansen-Løve, Ruben Östlund, Olivier Assayas, Jean-Claude Carrière, Daniel Bergman, and Gaby Dohm. She also shared her thoughts on The Seventh Seal, Winter Light, Fanny and Alexander, The Serpent's Egg, From the Life of the Marionettes, the persona of Ingmar Bergman, a Rainer Werner Fassbinder connection, Eta Hoffmann, and the hour of the wolf.
- 10/12/2018
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Call Me By Your Name came to the 55th New York Film Festival last week and both screenings were met with rapturous applause and standing ovations (a rare occurrence at the fest). Director Luca Guadagnino participated a press conference with the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Dennis Lim, and also did a public Q&A at Nyff Live with actors Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Timothée Chalamet at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater.
In the press conference, Guadagnino discussed his collaboration with cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom (who also shot his upcoming Suspiria remake), Sufjan Stevens writing two original songs for the film when only one was requested, and avoiding romantic film cliches.
Hammer and Chalamet talked about the non-verbal sensuality of their character’s relationship at Nyff Live. Stuhlbarg discussed his character’s famous conversation with Elio in the film, and Guadagnino lists all the things he hates...
In the press conference, Guadagnino discussed his collaboration with cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom (who also shot his upcoming Suspiria remake), Sufjan Stevens writing two original songs for the film when only one was requested, and avoiding romantic film cliches.
Hammer and Chalamet talked about the non-verbal sensuality of their character’s relationship at Nyff Live. Stuhlbarg discussed his character’s famous conversation with Elio in the film, and Guadagnino lists all the things he hates...
- 10/11/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Sean Baker’s vivid new film The Florida Project is now playing in New York and Los Angeles and it recently played at the New York Film Festival, fulfilling the director’s long-time dream. While at the festival, he sat down with his producer Chris Bergoch and acting coach Samantha Quan at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater.
The trio took part in Nyff Live, a nightly event held during the festival to go deep into the process of making the films highlighted across every category of the fest. Baker and Bergoch talked about stumbling upon the ‘hidden homeless’ in south Florida that inspired The Florida Project. They also discussed casting breakout star Brooklyn Prince and The Little Rascals influence throughout Baker’s films. Throughout the talk, one gets a taste for Baker’s humanism and how it drives every storytelling decision across his oeuvre. He is gifting American...
The trio took part in Nyff Live, a nightly event held during the festival to go deep into the process of making the films highlighted across every category of the fest. Baker and Bergoch talked about stumbling upon the ‘hidden homeless’ in south Florida that inspired The Florida Project. They also discussed casting breakout star Brooklyn Prince and The Little Rascals influence throughout Baker’s films. Throughout the talk, one gets a taste for Baker’s humanism and how it drives every storytelling decision across his oeuvre. He is gifting American...
- 10/8/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Barbet Schroeder's The Venerable W. will screen with What Are You Up To, Barbet Schroeder? at the New York Film Festival Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Keeping Cultural Borders Open as part of the Nyff Live series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's 55th New York Film Festival will launch The Federation, founded by Tanya Selvaratnam, Laura Michalchyshyn (producer of Caroline Suh's documentary The 4%: Film's Gender Problem and Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno Live) and Laurie Anderson. Boom For Real The Late Teenage Years Of Jean-Michel Basquiat director Sara Driver and The Venerable W. and Amnesia director Barbet Schroeder will join Selvaratnam, Anderson, and other artists and activists for the event.
55th New York Film Festival at the Film Society of Lincoln Center Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
"The Federation is a coalition of individuals and organisations committed to keeping cultural borders open and recognising how essential artistic experiences are to fostering compassion,...
Keeping Cultural Borders Open as part of the Nyff Live series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's 55th New York Film Festival will launch The Federation, founded by Tanya Selvaratnam, Laura Michalchyshyn (producer of Caroline Suh's documentary The 4%: Film's Gender Problem and Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno Live) and Laurie Anderson. Boom For Real The Late Teenage Years Of Jean-Michel Basquiat director Sara Driver and The Venerable W. and Amnesia director Barbet Schroeder will join Selvaratnam, Anderson, and other artists and activists for the event.
55th New York Film Festival at the Film Society of Lincoln Center Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
"The Federation is a coalition of individuals and organisations committed to keeping cultural borders open and recognising how essential artistic experiences are to fostering compassion,...
- 10/1/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
When the Academy invited press for a hard-hat tour of its long-delayed, over-budget Museum of Motion Pictures, we heard Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti say nice things, as did new Academy president John Bailey, museum director Kerry Brougher, new chair of new board of trustees Ron Meyer, and museum committee chair Kathleen Kennedy. Yes, it’s great that, after 90 (!) years of planning, we’re finally getting a 300,000 square-foot Los Angeles movie museum at the corner of Fairfax and Wilshire to celebrate Hollywood past, present, and future.
However, that’s not what we came for. We wanted to know when it’s going to be finished and what it’s going to look like. (Notably, Academy CEO Dawn Hudson, who did much of the heavy lifting and controversy-dodging about museum funding and and construction, was on site but not part of the press conference. And Lacma director Michael Govan showed up late for the construction-site tour.
However, that’s not what we came for. We wanted to know when it’s going to be finished and what it’s going to look like. (Notably, Academy CEO Dawn Hudson, who did much of the heavy lifting and controversy-dodging about museum funding and and construction, was on site but not part of the press conference. And Lacma director Michael Govan showed up late for the construction-site tour.
- 9/28/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
When the Academy invited press for a hard-hat tour of its long-delayed, over-budget Museum of Motion Pictures, we heard Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti say nice things, as did new Academy president John Bailey, museum director Kerry Brougher, new chair of new board of trustees Ron Meyer, and museum committee chair Kathleen Kennedy. Yes, it’s great that, after 90 (!) years of planning, we’re finally getting a 300,000 square-foot Los Angeles movie museum at the corner of Fairfax and Wilshire to celebrate Hollywood past, present, and future.
However, that’s not what we came for. We wanted to know when it’s going to be finished and what it’s going to look like. (Notably, Academy CEO Dawn Hudson, who did much of the heavy lifting and controversy-dodging about museum funding and and construction, was on site but not part of the press conference. And Lacma director Michael Govan showed up late for the construction-site tour.
However, that’s not what we came for. We wanted to know when it’s going to be finished and what it’s going to look like. (Notably, Academy CEO Dawn Hudson, who did much of the heavy lifting and controversy-dodging about museum funding and and construction, was on site but not part of the press conference. And Lacma director Michael Govan showed up late for the construction-site tour.
- 9/28/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Faces Places/Visages villages co-director Agnès Varda at the Blum & Poe press preview for her exhibition of video installations, photography, and sculpture organised with Olivier Renaud-Clément in New York Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced the 55th New York Film Festival HBO Directors Dialogues program this afternoon. Zama director Lucrecia Martel will kick off the free series of conversations on October 1. Faces Places/Visages villages directors Agnès Varda & Jr; The Day After and On The Beach At Night Alone director Hong Sang-soo, and Philippe Garrel, director of Lover For A Day/L’Amant D’Un Jour round out the field.
HBO Directors Dialogues:- Lucrecia Martel on October 1 at 3:00pm
Agnès Varda & Jr on October 2 at 6:00pm
Hong Sang-soo on October 9 at 7:00pm
Philippe Garrel on October 10 at 8:00pm The talks will take place at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater at Lincoln Center.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced the 55th New York Film Festival HBO Directors Dialogues program this afternoon. Zama director Lucrecia Martel will kick off the free series of conversations on October 1. Faces Places/Visages villages directors Agnès Varda & Jr; The Day After and On The Beach At Night Alone director Hong Sang-soo, and Philippe Garrel, director of Lover For A Day/L’Amant D’Un Jour round out the field.
HBO Directors Dialogues:- Lucrecia Martel on October 1 at 3:00pm
Agnès Varda & Jr on October 2 at 6:00pm
Hong Sang-soo on October 9 at 7:00pm
Philippe Garrel on October 10 at 8:00pm The talks will take place at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater at Lincoln Center.
- 9/1/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
55th New York Film Festival Projections choices announced by Anne-Katrin Titze - 2017-08-19 22:50:10
Leviathan directors Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel's latest, Caniba, will screen in the 55th New York Film Festival Projections program Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced the 55th New York Film Festival Projections selections, which run from October 6 to October 9. The programme will screen eight feature films, including Kevin Jerome Everson's Tonsler Park, Neïl Beloufa's Occidental, Narimane Mari's Le Fort Des Fous, Rosalind Nashashibi's Vivian’s Garden, Xu Bing's Dragonfly Eyes, Luke Fowler's Electro-Pythagoras (A Portrait Of Martin Bartlett), Ben Russell's Good Luck, and Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor's Caniba. Zhou Tao's 48-minute The Worldly Cave will be shown on loop at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Amphitheater over the four days of Projections. There will also be eight programs of shorts and the newly restored work of Barbara Hammer and Mike Henderson preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced the 55th New York Film Festival Projections selections, which run from October 6 to October 9. The programme will screen eight feature films, including Kevin Jerome Everson's Tonsler Park, Neïl Beloufa's Occidental, Narimane Mari's Le Fort Des Fous, Rosalind Nashashibi's Vivian’s Garden, Xu Bing's Dragonfly Eyes, Luke Fowler's Electro-Pythagoras (A Portrait Of Martin Bartlett), Ben Russell's Good Luck, and Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor's Caniba. Zhou Tao's 48-minute The Worldly Cave will be shown on loop at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Amphitheater over the four days of Projections. There will also be eight programs of shorts and the newly restored work of Barbara Hammer and Mike Henderson preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
- 8/19/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
This interview with João Pedro Rodrigues was originally conducted in 2016 when his new feature, The Ornithologist, premiered at the Locarno Film Festival. We’re reposting today on the occasion of the film’s U.S. release via Strand Releasing. The Ornithologist opens today in New York at the IFC Center and the Elinor Bunin Monroe Film Center. The last few years have been truly a whirlwind period for Portuguese director João Pedro Rodrigues, with career retrospectives in the Us and Japan, filmmaker residencies at France’s prestigious Le Fresnoy and at the Harvard Film Archive, and even a competition slot at Locarno for […]...
- 6/23/2017
- by Jorge Mourinha
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
How big will Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” be?
Continuing to forge ahead after its record-breaking opening gross last weekend, the live-action remake should outgross three new releases by about 150 percent. It’s unfair to judge any of the new titles against juggernaut “Beauty,” which has already amassed $206 million (unprecedented for pre-May) in its first five days domestic, $428 million worldwide. This weekend “Beauty and the Beast” looks to fall somewhere in the $80-100 million range and should hit a staggering $300 million in its first ten days.
This makes it hard for any newcomers to make much impact.
Read More: ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Is a Technological Marvel, But for Its Actors, the Challenge Was Daunting
Lionsgate’s $100 million reboot of “Power Rangers” will easily outpace Sony’s latest outer space adventure “Life” as well as Warner Bros.’ remake of 1970s California Highway Patrol TV hit “Chips.”
After three straight...
Continuing to forge ahead after its record-breaking opening gross last weekend, the live-action remake should outgross three new releases by about 150 percent. It’s unfair to judge any of the new titles against juggernaut “Beauty,” which has already amassed $206 million (unprecedented for pre-May) in its first five days domestic, $428 million worldwide. This weekend “Beauty and the Beast” looks to fall somewhere in the $80-100 million range and should hit a staggering $300 million in its first ten days.
This makes it hard for any newcomers to make much impact.
Read More: ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Is a Technological Marvel, But for Its Actors, the Challenge Was Daunting
Lionsgate’s $100 million reboot of “Power Rangers” will easily outpace Sony’s latest outer space adventure “Life” as well as Warner Bros.’ remake of 1970s California Highway Patrol TV hit “Chips.”
After three straight...
- 3/23/2017
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– HBO has acquired the U.S. TV rights to “David Bowie: The Last Five Years,” directed and produced by Francis Whately. The film spotlights two critically acclaimed albums and the stage musical “Lazarus,” offering new insights into Bowie’s extraordinary creativity during the final five years of his life.
Featuring a wealth of rarely seen Bowie interviews, archival footage, audio from the recording sessions for “The Next Day” and “Blackstar,” and unprecedented access to Bowie’s closest friends and artistic collaborators, the film is a tribute to one of the greatest rock icons of all time.
Read More: Film Acquisitions Rundown: Sony Picks Up Tom Hanks’ ‘Greyhound,’ Lionsgate Acquires ‘Rally Car’ and More
– The Weinstein Company will...
– HBO has acquired the U.S. TV rights to “David Bowie: The Last Five Years,” directed and produced by Francis Whately. The film spotlights two critically acclaimed albums and the stage musical “Lazarus,” offering new insights into Bowie’s extraordinary creativity during the final five years of his life.
Featuring a wealth of rarely seen Bowie interviews, archival footage, audio from the recording sessions for “The Next Day” and “Blackstar,” and unprecedented access to Bowie’s closest friends and artistic collaborators, the film is a tribute to one of the greatest rock icons of all time.
Read More: Film Acquisitions Rundown: Sony Picks Up Tom Hanks’ ‘Greyhound,’ Lionsgate Acquires ‘Rally Car’ and More
– The Weinstein Company will...
- 2/17/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
The distributor has acquired theatrical rights to Linda Safire and Adam Schlesinger’s film that had its world premiere at last year’s New York Film Festival.
The film is an intimate portrait of prima ballerina Wendy Whelan as she prepares to leave the New York City Ballet (Nycb) after a record-setting three decades with the company.
Saffire and Schlesinger also produced Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan, while Diana Dimenna served as executive producer.
Abramorama has set a May 24 debut at Film Forum and the Elinor Bunin Theater at Lincoln Center, with Los Angeles and other markets to follow. In addition, the film will play at the Miami International Film Festival and Riverrun International Film Festival.
Karol Martesko-Fenster, Richard Abramowitz and Robert Marcus brokered the deal on behalf of Abramorama with the filmmakers, Steven Schechter on behalf of Got The Shot Films, and Cinetic Media’s John Sloss and Linzee Trough.
The film is an intimate portrait of prima ballerina Wendy Whelan as she prepares to leave the New York City Ballet (Nycb) after a record-setting three decades with the company.
Saffire and Schlesinger also produced Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan, while Diana Dimenna served as executive producer.
Abramorama has set a May 24 debut at Film Forum and the Elinor Bunin Theater at Lincoln Center, with Los Angeles and other markets to follow. In addition, the film will play at the Miami International Film Festival and Riverrun International Film Festival.
Karol Martesko-Fenster, Richard Abramowitz and Robert Marcus brokered the deal on behalf of Abramorama with the filmmakers, Steven Schechter on behalf of Got The Shot Films, and Cinetic Media’s John Sloss and Linzee Trough.
- 2/15/2017
- ScreenDaily
The distributor has acquired theatrical rights to Linda Safire and Adam Schlesinger’s film that had its world premiere at last year’s New York Film Festival.
The film is an intimate portrait of prima ballerina Wendy Whelan as she prepares to leave the New York City Ballet (Nycb) after a record-setting three decades with the company.
Saffire and Schlesinger also produced Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan, while Diana Dimenna served as executive producer.
Abramorama has set a May 24 debut at Film Forum and the Elinor Bunin Theater at Lincoln Center, with Los Angeles and other markets to follow. In addition, the film will play at the Miami International Film Festival and Riverrun International Film Festival.
Karol Martesko-Fenster, Richard Abramowitz and Robert Marcus brokered the deal on behalf of Abramorama with the filmmakers, Steven Schechter on behalf of Got The Shot Films, and Cinetic Media’s John Sloss and Linzee Trough.
The film is an intimate portrait of prima ballerina Wendy Whelan as she prepares to leave the New York City Ballet (Nycb) after a record-setting three decades with the company.
Saffire and Schlesinger also produced Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan, while Diana Dimenna served as executive producer.
Abramorama has set a May 24 debut at Film Forum and the Elinor Bunin Theater at Lincoln Center, with Los Angeles and other markets to follow. In addition, the film will play at the Miami International Film Festival and Riverrun International Film Festival.
Karol Martesko-Fenster, Richard Abramowitz and Robert Marcus brokered the deal on behalf of Abramorama with the filmmakers, Steven Schechter on behalf of Got The Shot Films, and Cinetic Media’s John Sloss and Linzee Trough.
- 2/15/2017
- ScreenDaily
Abramorama has acquired Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan, the documentary about the prima ballerina that bowed in the fall at the New York Film Festival. It will get a theatrical release beginning May 24 at Film Forum and the Elinor Bunin Theater at Lincoln Center in New York, with Los Angeles and other markets to follow. Directed and produced by Linda Saffire and Adam Schlesinger (Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry and Page One: Inside The New York Times), the pic centers on Whelan…...
- 2/15/2017
- Deadline
Denis Lavant as Louis-Ferdinand Céline with Bébert
Paolo Sorrentino begins his Best Foreign Language Film Oscar winner The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza) with a quote about imaginary travel from Louis-Ferdinand Céline's Journey To The End Of The Night. Céline's novels changed French literature forever and influenced writers all over the world since the early 1930s. Is it possible, Emmanuel Bourdieu's probing film asks, to reconcile the literary genius with his anti-Semitic pamphlets and statements?
Céline and Lucette (Géraldine Pailhas) with Milton Hindus (Philip Desmeules)
In the green room at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, the director of Louis-Ferdinand Céline and I discussed the terror of a genius, the score by Grégoire Hetzel, casting Denis Lavant of Léos Carax's Holy Motors fame, creating a tune for a William Blake poem, how Géraldine Pailhas helped with the costumes, bird sounds, and Bébert, the cat.
Paolo Sorrentino begins his Best Foreign Language Film Oscar winner The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza) with a quote about imaginary travel from Louis-Ferdinand Céline's Journey To The End Of The Night. Céline's novels changed French literature forever and influenced writers all over the world since the early 1930s. Is it possible, Emmanuel Bourdieu's probing film asks, to reconcile the literary genius with his anti-Semitic pamphlets and statements?
Céline and Lucette (Géraldine Pailhas) with Milton Hindus (Philip Desmeules)
In the green room at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, the director of Louis-Ferdinand Céline and I discussed the terror of a genius, the score by Grégoire Hetzel, casting Denis Lavant of Léos Carax's Holy Motors fame, creating a tune for a William Blake poem, how Géraldine Pailhas helped with the costumes, bird sounds, and Bébert, the cat.
- 1/30/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The drama prevailed in Saturday’s vote, earning best picture, director for Barry Jenkins, supporting actor for Mahershala Ali and cinematography for James Laxton.
Manchester By The Sea earned three prizes for Casey Affleck in the best actor race, Michelle Williams as best supporting actress and Kenneth Lonergan for his screenplay.
Isabelle Huppert was named best actress for Elle and Things To Come, while Toni Erdmann took best foreign-language honours and O.J.: Made In America prevailed in the non-fiction contest.
The Society held its 51st annual awards vote at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Center as guests of the Film Society Of Lincoln Center in New York.
The weighted voting system produced mostly runaway winners, although there were ties for second and third place in the lead actress and foreign-language categories.
Fifty-four members were eligible to vote and to qualify, entries must have opened in the Us during 2016.
Full Winners At National Society Of Film Critics 51st Annual...
Manchester By The Sea earned three prizes for Casey Affleck in the best actor race, Michelle Williams as best supporting actress and Kenneth Lonergan for his screenplay.
Isabelle Huppert was named best actress for Elle and Things To Come, while Toni Erdmann took best foreign-language honours and O.J.: Made In America prevailed in the non-fiction contest.
The Society held its 51st annual awards vote at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Center as guests of the Film Society Of Lincoln Center in New York.
The weighted voting system produced mostly runaway winners, although there were ties for second and third place in the lead actress and foreign-language categories.
Fifty-four members were eligible to vote and to qualify, entries must have opened in the Us during 2016.
Full Winners At National Society Of Film Critics 51st Annual...
- 1/7/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
-Orion Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn Films have acquireed “Youth in Oregon,” directed by Joel David Moore and written by Andrew Eisen. The film stars Frank Langella, Billy Crudup, Christina Applegate, Mary Kay Place, Josh Lucas, Nicola Peltz and Alex Shaffer. “Youth in Oregon” premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and will screen at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in January. The movie will be released theatrically and on demand in the U.S. on February 3, 2017.
Per the film’s official synopsis: “When 79-year-old curmudgeon Raymond (Langella) makes arrangements to be euthanized in Oregon, his family refuses to accept his decision. But when another family emergency arises, Raymond’s daughter Kate (Applegate) turns to her husband...
-Orion Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn Films have acquireed “Youth in Oregon,” directed by Joel David Moore and written by Andrew Eisen. The film stars Frank Langella, Billy Crudup, Christina Applegate, Mary Kay Place, Josh Lucas, Nicola Peltz and Alex Shaffer. “Youth in Oregon” premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and will screen at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in January. The movie will be released theatrically and on demand in the U.S. on February 3, 2017.
Per the film’s official synopsis: “When 79-year-old curmudgeon Raymond (Langella) makes arrangements to be euthanized in Oregon, his family refuses to accept his decision. But when another family emergency arises, Raymond’s daughter Kate (Applegate) turns to her husband...
- 12/23/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Abramorama has acquired North American rights to Mr. Gaga: A True Story of Love and Dance, the documentary about acclaimed Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin. The pic is directed by Tomer Heymann, and a February 1 theatrical release is in the works beginning at NYC’s Elinor Bunin Theaters at Lincoln Center and Film Forum. Naharin created the daring form of dance and "movement language" known as Gaga. The docu, eight years in the making, shines a spotlight on at…...
- 12/21/2016
- Deadline
New York — “Yeah, I very much felt like a guinea pig,” said Ang Lee toward the end of his Directors Dialogue discussion with New York Film Festival director Kent Jones at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center amphitheater the day after the world premiere of his latest film, “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.” That offhand comment points to the visually experimental nature of his latest film: a psychological drama about the titular Ptsd-stricken Iraq War veteran, shot at 120 frames per second and presented in that high frame rate as well as in 3D and 4K.
Continue reading Ang Lee Talks “Leap Of Faith” To High Frame Rates For ‘Billy Lynn,’ The Future Of Digital Cinema & More [Nyff] at The Playlist.
Continue reading Ang Lee Talks “Leap Of Faith” To High Frame Rates For ‘Billy Lynn,’ The Future Of Digital Cinema & More [Nyff] at The Playlist.
- 10/16/2016
- by Kenji Fujishima
- The Playlist
“It was important for me to spend time in Coney Island. It’s a beautiful place, very Fellini,” said Alice Rohrwacher in the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater at Lincoln Center. The Italian filmmaker spent the last month in New York because she was selected as the 2016 Filmmaker in Residence, a program co-founded by Film Society of Lincoln Center and Jaeger-LeCoultre to support filmmakers in early development. Previous filmmakers selected for the program include American Honey’s Andrea Arnold and Chevalier’s Athina Rachel Tsangari. Besides participating in a New York Film Festival talk about her career and working on the screenplay […]...
- 10/12/2016
- by Taylor Hess
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The Convergence section of the New York Film Festival is described as “immersive experiences that redefine the idea of cinematic storytelling.” For many festivals, this would simply be a catch all for the latest Vr experiences. And while Vr is definitely a key part, this year’s Convergence offers a much broader survey of the myriad ways storytelling is adapting to advances in technology and new media. Included are talks, screenings and scheduled interactive experiences, with free events throughout the weekend of October 1 in the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center at Lincoln Center.
Read More: The 2016 IndieWire Nyff Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival
The programming truly does vary; everything from adding augmented reality to a comic book, an interactive digital local newspaper co-created by Daniel Scheinert (“Swiss Army Man”), to a multi-panel presentation of a series of 24 hour documentaries about the lives of transit workers around the globe.
Read More: The 2016 IndieWire Nyff Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival
The programming truly does vary; everything from adding augmented reality to a comic book, an interactive digital local newspaper co-created by Daniel Scheinert (“Swiss Army Man”), to a multi-panel presentation of a series of 24 hour documentaries about the lives of transit workers around the globe.
- 9/30/2016
- by Jude Dry and Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
The Film Society of Lincoln Center announces today the list of filmmaker talks at the 54th New York Film Festival, which runs from September 30th through October 16th. These include the annual On Cinema master class, Directors Dialogues, as well as Meet The Makers, a series of talks with creators of projects in the festival’s Convergence session. On Cinema and Directors Dialogues are presented by HBO®.
Read More: Nyff Reveals Main Slate of 2016 Titles, Including ‘Manchester By the Sea,’ ‘Paterson’ and ‘Personal Shopper’
This year’s On Cinema will feature a conversation with legendary American independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and Nyff Director Kent Jones. Jarmusch, a Nyff veteran many times over, has two films in the festival this year: “Paterson” in the Main Slate section, and documentary “Gimme Danger,” about iconic punk rock band The Stooges, in the Special Events section. The in-depth discussion will explore Jarmusch’s indelible career,...
Read More: Nyff Reveals Main Slate of 2016 Titles, Including ‘Manchester By the Sea,’ ‘Paterson’ and ‘Personal Shopper’
This year’s On Cinema will feature a conversation with legendary American independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and Nyff Director Kent Jones. Jarmusch, a Nyff veteran many times over, has two films in the festival this year: “Paterson” in the Main Slate section, and documentary “Gimme Danger,” about iconic punk rock band The Stooges, in the Special Events section. The in-depth discussion will explore Jarmusch’s indelible career,...
- 9/8/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
The full truth behind the existence of literary wonder Jt LeRoy is finally being brought to the public’s attention. ‘Author: The Jt Leroy Story,’ the new documentary about the celebrated writer who turned out to just be an invention of another scribe’s imagination, opens this Friday in select theaters. Amazon Studios and Magnolia Pictures will distribute the film, which was written and directed by Jeff Feuerzeig, into Landmark Sunshine Cinema and Lincoln Center’s Elinor Bunin Munroe Theatre in New York City. ‘Author: The Jt Leroy Story’s theatrical release comes after it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January. The documentary’ then screened at such other festivals as the San [ Read More ]
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- 9/7/2016
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Quite early on in Catherine Corsini's embraceable French import Summertime, a group of young Parisian women run through the streets, laughing aloud while pinching male asses. Viva, Simone de Beauvoir! The buttocks-ravished men are both startled and outraged. How dare they be made into sexual objects. One gent even starts attacking a lass, but to her rescue comes farm-girl/tractor-driver/physically strapping Delphine (Izïa Higelin).
Please note the year is 1971 and feminism is a-brewing, pleasantly knocking the closeted, recent rural-escapee for a loop. Suddenly, she's not in a field with gaseous bovines but in a bus encircled by attractive, long-haired, rowdy, activist Amazons, who care not a whit whether one is into scissoring or the missionary position. All sex is good. All male subordination of the "fairer" gender is bad. They even sing, "Arise, enslaved woman."
Suddenly, our enthralled heroine is attending political conscious-raising groups, helping to cause havoc at anti-abortion lectures,...
Please note the year is 1971 and feminism is a-brewing, pleasantly knocking the closeted, recent rural-escapee for a loop. Suddenly, she's not in a field with gaseous bovines but in a bus encircled by attractive, long-haired, rowdy, activist Amazons, who care not a whit whether one is into scissoring or the missionary position. All sex is good. All male subordination of the "fairer" gender is bad. They even sing, "Arise, enslaved woman."
Suddenly, our enthralled heroine is attending political conscious-raising groups, helping to cause havoc at anti-abortion lectures,...
- 7/18/2016
- by Brandon Judell
- www.culturecatch.com
“Swiss Army Man” opens in limited release this Friday and nationwide on July 1. You’ve likely heard a lot about the film already, from the walkouts at its first Sundance screening all the way to star Daniel Radcliffe touring NYC with his stunt dummy.
Yet in a month of poorly reviewed sequels, “Swiss Army Man” stands alone as a full, pure, emotional experience. The film’s co-directors, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, combine a sense of absurdity and seemingly low-hanging-fruit fart jokes with pathos and soul. They have created a new, magical thing.
This week, IndieWire’s deputy editor and chief critic Eric Kohn sat down with the Daniels, as they liked to be called, at a panel at New York City’s Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center. Showing the audience clips from the film and their previous music videos, the Daniels talked about the collision of self-awareness and genuine...
Yet in a month of poorly reviewed sequels, “Swiss Army Man” stands alone as a full, pure, emotional experience. The film’s co-directors, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, combine a sense of absurdity and seemingly low-hanging-fruit fart jokes with pathos and soul. They have created a new, magical thing.
This week, IndieWire’s deputy editor and chief critic Eric Kohn sat down with the Daniels, as they liked to be called, at a panel at New York City’s Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center. Showing the audience clips from the film and their previous music videos, the Daniels talked about the collision of self-awareness and genuine...
- 6/21/2016
- by Russell Goldman
- Indiewire
Columbia University’s Digital Storytelling Lab (Dsl) is launching a monthly live event and podcast on the changing nature of storytelling in partnership with New York’s Film Society of Lincoln Center. “Convergent: Columbia Dsl Live at the Film Society of Lincoln Center” will explore new forms and functions of storytelling and pull back the curtain on what’s required to tell stories in the digital age. The initial program, to be held at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center on Tuesday, Feb. 23, will celebrate the Lab’s first annual “Digital Dozen: Breakthroughs in Storytelling” with a line\up of speakers that includes New […]...
- 2/17/2016
- by Lance Weiler
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Read More: 'Dheepan,' 'Disorder' and More Headline 2016 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Lineup Two weeks after announcing its official lineup, The Film Society of Lincoln Center and UniFrance have revealed the special events for the 21st edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema. The festival, which showcases the best in contemporary French film, runs March 3-13 at Lincoln Center. An outline of all special events, including free talks, a photo exhibit, and education programs, is below. Information provided by The Film Society of Lincoln Center and UniFrance Free Talks Free tickets will be distributed at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center box office on a first-come, first-served basis starting one hour prior to each talk. The line may form in advance of this time. Limit one ticket per person, subject to availability. Isabelle HuppertIsabelle Huppert, who co-stars alongside Gérard Depardieu in this year’s Opening Night film "Valley of...
- 2/11/2016
- by Bryn Gelbart
- Indiewire
The National Society Of Film Critics elected Tom McCarthy’s ensemble drama Best Picture of the Year 2015.
Michael B Jordan won best actor for Creed, Charlotte Rampling was named best actress for 45 Years and Todd Haynes won best director for Carol.
The 53-strong Society membership uses a weighted ballot system and held its 50th annual awards voting meeting on Sunday (Jan 3) at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Center as guests of the Film Society Of Lincoln Center.
Full results:
Best Actor
Michael B. Jordan (Creed) 29 pointsGeza Rohrig (Son Of Saul) 18Tom Courtenay (45 Years) 15
Best Actress
Charlotte Rampling (45 Years) 57Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn) 30Nina Hoss (Phoenix) 22
Best Supporting Actor
Mark Rylance (Bridge Of Spies) 56Michael Shannon (99 Homes) 16Sylvester Stallone (Creed) 14
Best Supporting Actress
Kristen Stewart (Clouds Of Sils Maria) 53Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina) 23Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs) 17
Elizabeth Banks (Love & Mercy) 17
Best Screenplay
Spotlight (Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy) 21Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman) 15
The Big Short (Charles Randolph, Adam McKay) 15
Cinematography...
Michael B Jordan won best actor for Creed, Charlotte Rampling was named best actress for 45 Years and Todd Haynes won best director for Carol.
The 53-strong Society membership uses a weighted ballot system and held its 50th annual awards voting meeting on Sunday (Jan 3) at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Center as guests of the Film Society Of Lincoln Center.
Full results:
Best Actor
Michael B. Jordan (Creed) 29 pointsGeza Rohrig (Son Of Saul) 18Tom Courtenay (45 Years) 15
Best Actress
Charlotte Rampling (45 Years) 57Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn) 30Nina Hoss (Phoenix) 22
Best Supporting Actor
Mark Rylance (Bridge Of Spies) 56Michael Shannon (99 Homes) 16Sylvester Stallone (Creed) 14
Best Supporting Actress
Kristen Stewart (Clouds Of Sils Maria) 53Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina) 23Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs) 17
Elizabeth Banks (Love & Mercy) 17
Best Screenplay
Spotlight (Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy) 21Anomalisa (Charlie Kaufman) 15
The Big Short (Charles Randolph, Adam McKay) 15
Cinematography...
- 1/3/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sarah Leonor Discovers a Great Man
By Terry Keefe
Writer/director Sarah Leonor is one of France's most exciting new cinematic exports. Her latest film, The Great Man (Le Grand Homme), is an extraordinary drama depicting the traumas of war and immigration, and how they ricochet, opens on Friday, August 14 in New York at the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Elinor Bunin Theater, then platforms wider on September 4. Starring Jérémie Rénier (The Dardenne Brothers' Palme D’or Winner L’Enfant), The Great Man is a powerful story about friendship and solidarity and takes a closer look at how men try to piece their lives back together when they’ve been shattered by war.
Hamilton (Jérémie Rénier) and Markov (Surho Sugaipov) are about to finish five years of service in the Foreign Legion. During their six-month posting in Afghanistan, they wind up amidst a crossfire while out on an impromptu and unauthorized leopard hunt.
By Terry Keefe
Writer/director Sarah Leonor is one of France's most exciting new cinematic exports. Her latest film, The Great Man (Le Grand Homme), is an extraordinary drama depicting the traumas of war and immigration, and how they ricochet, opens on Friday, August 14 in New York at the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Elinor Bunin Theater, then platforms wider on September 4. Starring Jérémie Rénier (The Dardenne Brothers' Palme D’or Winner L’Enfant), The Great Man is a powerful story about friendship and solidarity and takes a closer look at how men try to piece their lives back together when they’ve been shattered by war.
Hamilton (Jérémie Rénier) and Markov (Surho Sugaipov) are about to finish five years of service in the Foreign Legion. During their six-month posting in Afghanistan, they wind up amidst a crossfire while out on an impromptu and unauthorized leopard hunt.
- 8/14/2015
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
NYC-based movie buffs, take note: Film Society Lincoln Center is holding a series of talks with prominent artists and visionaries from now through July 16—and you don’t have to pay a penny! The society’s Free Talks series highlights the work of rising and established filmmakers. Past talkbacks have included John Lithgow and Marisa Tomei of “Love Is Strange,” Elijah Wood of “Grand Piano,” James McAvoy of “Filth,” and Jay and Mark Duplass of HBO’s “Togetherness.” Participants chat about their cinematic influences and approaches, as well as how their previous films have led to their current work. All talkbacks take place at the Amphitheater at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center. Julie Taymor, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” June 15 at 5:00 p.m.The latest spectacle from Academy Award nominee Taymor is a filmed version of her staging of Shakespeare’s most phantasmagorical play. As visually stunning as...
- 6/15/2015
- backstage.com
Read More: MoMA and Film Society of Lincoln Center Announce Complete New Directors/New Films Lineup This summer's the Film Society of Lincoln Center returns with their annual Free Film Society Talks series, sponsored by HBO. The events, free and open to the public, are held in the Amphitheater at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center. The featured directors will lead discussions, sharing rare insight on their recent releases. The format will consist of the discussion and a combination of clips, trailers, extended conversations and questions from the audience. The talks kick off June 15 with the director, writer, and producer Julie Taylor, who will discuss the filmed version of her critically acclaimed stage production, "A Midsummer Night’s Dream." On the following night, "Harry Potter" fans can take a walk down memory lane and come hear from Alan Rickman, in town to discuss "A Little Chaos," which he directed and stars in.
- 6/10/2015
- by Conor Soules
- Indiewire
David Rockwell is the founder and president of Rockwell Group, a Manhattan-based architecture and design firm that employs 250 people and does work around the world. He is the man principally responsible for the renovation of Grand Central Terminal, the Mohegan Sun Casino, the redesign of Fao Schwartz, the suites of MetLife Stadium, the Ted Theater, the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, the redesign of the Hotel Bel Air, the Dolby Theatre, the 81st and 82nd Academy Awards sets and Nobu restaurants worldwide, among many other beautiful spaces. And, to no one's surprise, he
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- 5/29/2015
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Join the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Unifrance Films as they celebrate the 20th anniversary of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the annual showcase of the best in contemporary French film, which will take place March 6 through 15, 2015. The 2015 slate consists of 22 feature films and four short film making their New York, United States or North American premieres. This year the festival takes place at the Walter Reade Theater and the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center both at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, at the IFC Center and at BAMcinématek. The opening night will be at the Alice Tully Hall at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Tickets are...
- 3/5/2015
- by Wendy Okoi-Obuli
- ShadowAndAct
Of the many cultural events occasioned by Black History Month, without a doubt one of the most rewarding, and indeed revelatory, is "Tell It Like It Is: Black Independents in New York, 1968-1986," the Film Society of Lincoln Center's series. It kicks off tonight and runs through February 19 at the Walter Reade Theater and the Elinor Bunin Monroe Film Center. This series focuses on an underseen period of film history, one in which black filmmakers in New York were making very radical, searching, boldly experimental, and fiercely independent work. These films existed far from the mainstream culture, and certainly far from Hollywood, which mostly offered either the occasional prestige picture or blaxploitation, both of which presented equally narrow and stereotypical representations of black people. These...
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- 2/7/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Yesterday, protests erupted across the country as part of #BlackoutBlackFriday, a nationwide retail boycott and day of action surrounding human rights. In New York, "Fruitvale Station" director and Blackout for Human Rights founder Ryan Coogler, along with "Newlyweeds" director Shaka King, held a screenplay reading of Spike Lee's 1988 second draft of "Do The Right Thing." Led by a 25-person cast that included "Fruitvale" stars Michael B. Jordan and Melonie Diaz, John Turturro, Frankie Faison, Yolonda Ross and others, the event was held free and open to the public at Lincoln Center's Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater in New...
- 11/29/2014
- by Jai Tiggett
- ShadowAndAct
Turn on the news this past week and you’ll see people from around the country amassing in protest of the recent decision that police officer Darren Wilson would not be indicted for the murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. The inaction provoked conversation of race and authority in present day America, with politicians, human rights groups, and driven individuals rallying for reconsideration on the case and justice for all who’ve suffered in similar situations. This includes many in the entertainment industry, who will join forces with the Blackout for Human Rights network this Friday, Nov. 28, to keep the conversation going. In New York, a group of leading indie directors and actors will stage a special screenplay reading of Spike Lee’s "Do The Right Thing," which celebrates its 25th Anniversary in 2014. Blackout for Human Rights presents the event, organized by filmmakers Ryan Coogler ("Fruitvale Station") and Shaka King ("Newlyweeds"). John Turturro,...
- 11/26/2014
- by Matt Patches
- Hitfix
There was an inauspicious start to the New York Film Festival’s inaugural Projections sidebar, a weekend showcase of experimental film and video, which, for 17 years prior as “Views from the Avant-Garde,” had been curated by Mark McElhatten and Gavin Smith. Nearly an hour before the first screening, a long line extended along the exterior glass wall of the Eleanor Bunin Film Center. Having successfully secured my tickets, I scuttled around looking for familiar faces in the crowd. As I began chatting with a friend, an elderly gentleman with a confused expression approached us. “Excuse me. Is this line to […]...
- 11/7/2014
- by James Hansen
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
There was an inauspicious start to the New York Film Festival’s inaugural Projections sidebar, a weekend showcase of experimental film and video, which, for 17 years prior as “Views from the Avant-Garde,” had been curated by Mark McElhatten and Gavin Smith. Nearly an hour before the first screening, a long line extended along the exterior glass wall of the Eleanor Bunin Film Center. Having successfully secured my tickets, I scuttled around looking for familiar faces in the crowd. As I began chatting with a friend, an elderly gentleman with a confused expression approached us. “Excuse me. Is this line to […]...
- 11/7/2014
- by James Hansen
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
With so few events during which to premiere new and important avant-garde films in North America—among them, the recently wrapped Wavelengths section of the Toronto International Film Festival, the Ann Arbor Film Fest, and the San Francisco Cinematheque's Crossroads series—the shift that has occurred at this year's New York Film Festival is one well worth noting. This weekend, the inaugural Projects program will debut. Previously known as "Views from the Avant-Garde" and programmed by Mark McElhatten and Gavin Smith (though last year's titanic program was done by McElhatten alone), this sidebar more akin to a festival-inside-a-festival of film and video works has been re-named "Projections" and in its first year is programmed by a returned Smith, Film Society of Lincoln Center's Director of Programming Dennis Lim, and Aily Nash.
The section encompasses 13 programs over a single weekend during the festival, including a handful of feature length films and numerous shorts,...
The section encompasses 13 programs over a single weekend during the festival, including a handful of feature length films and numerous shorts,...
- 10/4/2014
- by Daniel Kasman
- MUBI
The free screening on Saturday, September 27 at 6Pm at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center will include a panel moderated by Bigelow, "The Crisis in Elephant Poaching," featuring WildAid’s Peter Knights, Assistant District Attorney of New York County Julieta V. Lozano, journalist Peter Godwin, and Somali human rights activist K’naan Warsame. "I was floored," says Nyff Director Kent Jones of the film. "In three minutes, the viewer feels the horrors of elephant poaching on a global scale and gains a clear, even vivid understanding of the economic, moral and political issues involved. A powerfully concise piece of work, and we’re proud to be hosting its world premiere and providing a forum in which this urgent issue can be illuminated.” Bigelow explains the origins of the project: “A year ago I had a fortuitous meeting with both Hillary and Chelsea Clinton. Chelsea had just returned from Sub-Saharan Africa.
- 9/24/2014
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Life, love and relationships are familiar subjects for filmmakers, so much so that it's often hard to find an original take or a distinct voice taking on such subject matter. But post-New Wave director Philippe Garrel is likely to succeed on each score with his latest "Jealousy." Starring the director's son Louis Garrel and Anna Mouglalis ("Gainsbourg," "Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky"), the story follows a man who leaves his wife and daughter and takes up with his girlfriend, chronicling the repercussions of that decision, and the future that lies ahead. The film is at once contemplative and lighthearted, with this exclusive scene highlighting the latter, as the protagonist playfully despairs over the the "methods of corruption" he faces when a lollipop is stolen. "Jealousy" opens on opens on August 15th at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, and on Friday, August 22nd at the...
- 8/14/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
If there’s one movie you see this summer… that’s foreign… and about little kids in a punk band, critics everywhere agree that you should do everything in your power to make sure that it’s We Are the Best!.
There aren’t a lot of films headed your way that have managed such universal positive regard (culminating in an astounding 88 at metacritic), and if you’re going to catch something, you need to check this one out.
Check out the trailer above, and below find more info, some images, and a full list of theatrical screenings.
From Swedish master Lukas Moodysson, We are the Best! revolves around three girls in 1980’s Stockholm who decide to form a punk band — despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead. Based on a graphic novel, We are the Best! is a paean to Diy culture and the power of rebellion.
There aren’t a lot of films headed your way that have managed such universal positive regard (culminating in an astounding 88 at metacritic), and if you’re going to catch something, you need to check this one out.
Check out the trailer above, and below find more info, some images, and a full list of theatrical screenings.
From Swedish master Lukas Moodysson, We are the Best! revolves around three girls in 1980’s Stockholm who decide to form a punk band — despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead. Based on a graphic novel, We are the Best! is a paean to Diy culture and the power of rebellion.
- 6/11/2014
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Film by Texas-based Italian filmmaker Roberto Minervini recently screened in Lincoln Center and Moma’s New Directors/New Films season.
Brooklyn-based Big World Pictures has acquired Us rights for Roberto Minervini’s drama-documentary Stop the Pounding Heart from Paris-based Doc & Film International.
“We’re pleased to start our collaboration with Big World Pictures on such an exciting film as Stop the Pounding Heart. It is a great opportunity for the film,” said Doc & Film CEO Daniela Elstner.
Big World Pictures plans to open the film at the Lincoln Center’s Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center on September 19, 2014, before hitting other Us cinemas as it makes the rounds of the Us festival circuit.
The English-language drama-documentary hybrid is set against the backdrop a devout Christian community in East Texas and revolves around a teenage girl who falls for a rodeo rider and rebels against her family’s desire for an arranged marriage.
The feature...
Brooklyn-based Big World Pictures has acquired Us rights for Roberto Minervini’s drama-documentary Stop the Pounding Heart from Paris-based Doc & Film International.
“We’re pleased to start our collaboration with Big World Pictures on such an exciting film as Stop the Pounding Heart. It is a great opportunity for the film,” said Doc & Film CEO Daniela Elstner.
Big World Pictures plans to open the film at the Lincoln Center’s Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center on September 19, 2014, before hitting other Us cinemas as it makes the rounds of the Us festival circuit.
The English-language drama-documentary hybrid is set against the backdrop a devout Christian community in East Texas and revolves around a teenage girl who falls for a rodeo rider and rebels against her family’s desire for an arranged marriage.
The feature...
- 4/30/2014
- ScreenDaily
Bertrand Tavernier on The French Minister (Quai d’Orsay): "I tell them not to play it as comedy and it will be funny." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The opening night of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in New York at the Paris Theatre will bring us Catherine Deneuve's exceptional performance in Emmanuelle Bercot's On My Way. Bertrand Tavernier's wildly diplomatic The French Minister (Quai D’Orsay), based on Antonin Baudry’s graphic novels, starring Raphaël Personnaz, Thierry Lhermitte with Julie Gayet, Jane Birkin and Niels Arestrup closes the festival. Mathieu Amalric and Emmanuelle Devos in If You Don't, I Will (Arrête Ou Je Continue) directed by Sophie Fillières, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Yvan Attal in Michel Spinosa's His Wife (Son Épouse), Katell Quillévéré's Suzanne with Sara Forestier, François Damiens, Adèle Haenel and Paul Hamy are some of the other highlights of UniFrance and the Film Society of...
The opening night of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in New York at the Paris Theatre will bring us Catherine Deneuve's exceptional performance in Emmanuelle Bercot's On My Way. Bertrand Tavernier's wildly diplomatic The French Minister (Quai D’Orsay), based on Antonin Baudry’s graphic novels, starring Raphaël Personnaz, Thierry Lhermitte with Julie Gayet, Jane Birkin and Niels Arestrup closes the festival. Mathieu Amalric and Emmanuelle Devos in If You Don't, I Will (Arrête Ou Je Continue) directed by Sophie Fillières, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Yvan Attal in Michel Spinosa's His Wife (Son Épouse), Katell Quillévéré's Suzanne with Sara Forestier, François Damiens, Adèle Haenel and Paul Hamy are some of the other highlights of UniFrance and the Film Society of...
- 3/4/2014
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
While the "Lego" movie continued to explode at the studio box office (taking in a truly massive $129 million after just 10 days), the specialty box office had another slow weekend in a year that has fielded very few new breakouts. China Lion Film's first Wanda Media release, "Beijing Love Story," was the only newbie to report estimates, and they were quite promising. In 9 theaters, the Chen Sicheng-directed romance grossed $128,000 for a very strong $14,222 average. In its second weekend, "Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil le Clercq" -- a documentary chronicling the tragic fate of a 1950s NYC Ballet prodigy -- held on to a sole theater at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Elinor Bunin, taking in a very respectable $9,000 to take its total to $38,507. The run expands next Friday in the NY area and in March to major markets around the country. Two films snubbed in the Oscar race held...
- 2/16/2014
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
"Free Film Society Talks" kicks off tomorrow, February 11th: a more-than-a-month long series of free events including panels, clips and trailer viewings, and lengthy conversations with stars and directors. The Film Society of Lincoln Center originally launched this event last summer and featured Richard Linklater (director of "Before Midnight"), Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke. It's back, and it's stuffed with more stars. All varietal events take place in the amphitheater at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, 144 West 65th St. The first day will feature Steven Coogan and Stephen Frears of "Philomena." The conversations will begin at 7:00 Pm, and audience Q&As will be included. Periodically throughout the weeks until March 31st, each event will host stars and filmmakers including Elaine Stritch, Elijah Wood, Saul Nussbaum, and more. The tickets are free, and will be distributed one hour prior to the conversations at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center...
- 2/10/2014
- by Taylor Lindsay
- Indiewire
While the "Lego" movie exploded at the studio box office (to the incredible tune of nearly $70 million), the specialty box office had a comparatively slow weekend: "Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil le Clercq" -- a documentary chronicling the tragic fate of a 1950s NYC Ballet prodigy -- was definitely best in show among newcomers, taking in $16,500 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Elinor Bunin and Walter Reade Theatres, selling out virtually every show. Midweek opening brought the total to $22,718, with -- according to distributor Kino Lorber -- local and national expansion "rapidly in the works." "With perfect first positioning by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Afternoon of a Faun certainly blasted off this weekend--we're all thrilled and getting ready to pirouette into national release in the coming weeks," Gary Palmucci of Kino Lorber said. Also debuting this weekend was SenArt Films/Paladin's documentary "Kids For Cash" and Drafthouse's...
- 2/9/2014
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
Big Bad Wolves kicked off its limited theatrical release early last week and it will continue to open in additional cities over the next couple of months. Here’s a look at the release dates and locations, along with two clips:
“A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings – a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder.”
Big Bad Wolves was written and directed by Aharon Keshales & Navot Papsuahdo, and stars Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Kienan, Tzahi Grad, and Dov Glickman. Big Bad Wolves has been getting quite a bit of buzz from its festival screenings and our own Becki Hawkes loved it when she caught it at FrightFest. Check out her review at:
http://dailydead.
“A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings – a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder.”
Big Bad Wolves was written and directed by Aharon Keshales & Navot Papsuahdo, and stars Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Kienan, Tzahi Grad, and Dov Glickman. Big Bad Wolves has been getting quite a bit of buzz from its festival screenings and our own Becki Hawkes loved it when she caught it at FrightFest. Check out her review at:
http://dailydead.
- 1/24/2014
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
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