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Barbra Streisand: “Movies are very relevant at this time.”
Barbra Streisand on stage at Avery Fisher Hall on Monday night. Photo © Walter McBride On Monday, April 22, 2013, Barbra Streisand was honored at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's 40th Anniversary...
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Streisand Celebrated at 40th Chaplin Award Gala
Barbra Streisand with President Bill Clinton on Monday night at Lincoln Center. Photo: © Walter McBride "Movies are very relevant at this time," Barbra Streisand proclaimed on Monday night as she...
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“The Rocket” and “The Kill Team” Take Top Tribeca Prizes
A scene from Kim Mordaunt's The Rocket Australian director Kim Mordaunt's The Rocket won Best Narrative Feature on Thursday night, while U.S. filmmaker Dan Krauss' The Kill Team took Best Documentary...
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Jim Jarmusch’s Latest Joins Cannes Competition
Only Lovers Left Alive director Jim Jarmusch. Cannes Adds Films Including Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive The Festival de Cannes added five titles, including two to its Official Selection on Friday....
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Discover: Terence Nance Uses Art to Understand
Terence Nance There's something downright infectious about An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, Terence Nance's debut feature that opens in theaters today. Smiling and warm, the director is equally...
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Cannes Unveils Its Classics Lineup
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Jean Cocteau, a '60s Palme d'Or winner, the Munich Olympics and Alain Resnais are all on tap for this year's Cannes Classics. The festival, which opens next month...
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The World According to Steven: Insights from Soderbergh (with video)
Video of Steven Soderbergh's speech has been provided by SFIFF and a trancscript of the speech is also available on the SFFS blog. “Cinema is under assault,” Steven Soderbergh told an audience in San...
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Godard, Greenaway, Pêra Film to Close Cannes Critics Week
Godard, Greenaway, Pêra Film to Close Critics Week 3X3D by Jean-Luc Godard, Peter Greenaway and Edgar Pêra will close out Cannes Critics Week. The presentation, which is actually made up of three...
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Chaplin Award Gala Photos: 2013
With speeches from President Bill Clinton, Pierce Brosnan, and Kris Kristofferson; songs from Tony Bennett and Liza Minnelli; and surprises from Ben Stiller and Barbra Streisand herself, the 40th...
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Trailers: ‘Bergdorf’s,’ Benoit Jacquot, Isabelle Huppert, ‘Kells’ and...
Matthew Miele's Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's. Anticipated doc Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's opens this weekend at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center. Featuring celebs, fashion designers and icons,...
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Watch: A Conversation with Pam Grier
Pam Grier and FSLC Programmer Josh Strauss during A Conversation with Pam Grier In March, FSLC was honored to host a retrospective of films starring Pam Grier, who remains to be one of the most...
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Los Angeles and Seattle Film Festivals Set Their 2013 Lineups
A scene from The Way, Way Back, which will close the Los Angeles Film Festival. Los Angeles Film Festival Unveils 2013 Lineup Oscar-winning directors Nat Faxon and Jim Rash's The Way, Way Back will...
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Family Films in May and June!
The Secret of the Kells (Tomm Moore, 2009) This May and June, Family Films celebrates artful animation and live-action animal adventures! The series kicks off with Tomm Moore’s Oscar nominated 2009...
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Friedkin to be honored at Venice; Durbin passes away at 91
William Friedkin (far right) with Gina Gershon, Matthew McConaughey, and writer Tracy Letts at the Film Society screening of Killer Joe. Venice to give Friedkin Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement...
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Discover: Rola Nashef Penetrates The Glass Cage with “Detroit Unleaded”
Rola Nashef Detroit Unleaded filmmaker Rola Nashef found her filmmaking self in Detroit and that's exactly where she intends to stay. Born in south Lebanon, her family emigrated to Lansing, Michigan...
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Discover: Davy Chou Recovers a Lost Golden Age of Cinema
Golden Slumbers director Davy Chou. Recalling the ghosts of a bygone age, emerging French-Cambodian filmmaker Davy Chou's Golden Slumbers sifts through the remnants of a civilization virtually wiped...
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Barbra Streisand: “Movies are very relevant at this time.”
Barbra Streisand on stage at Avery Fisher Hall on Monday night. Photo © Walter McBride On Monday, April 22, 2013, Barbra Streisand was honored at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's 40th Anniversary...
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Spielberg Puts “American Sniper” in His Crosshairs
American Sniper Set As Steven Spielberg's Next Movie Bradley Cooper will star in the movie and will also produce. The story is an adaptation of American Sniper, the autobiography of Navy SEAL Chris...
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France Honors Wong Kar-wai; Cannes to Hail “Cleopatra”
Wong Kar-wai at the Berlinale earlier this year. Won Kar-wai Received Top French Accolade Hong Kong-based filmmaker Won Kar-wai was named a Commander of France's Order of Arts and Letters. "Commander"...
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Trailers: Music for Mother’s Day
Judy Chaikin's The Girls in the Band The Girls in the Band (Opens Friday!) Director: Judy Chaikin Writers: Judy Chaikin, Edward Osei-Gyimah Cast: Geri Allen, Jane Ira Bloom, Clora Bryant, Herbie...
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