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World Premiere of David Fincher’s ‘Gone Girl’ to Open 52nd New York Film...
David Fincher's Gone Girl (Opening Night, NYFF52). Photo: Merrick Morton The World Premiere of David Fincher's Gone Girl will open the New York Film Festival, the Film Society of Lincoln Center said...
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World Premiere of Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Inherent Vice’ to Screen as NYFF...
Paul Thomas Anderson at NYFF in 1997 with Boogie Nights. Photo by Godlis The world premiere of Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice will screen as the Centerpiece of the upcoming 52nd New York Film...
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‘Gone Girl’ Writer Gillian Flynn Talks Opening the NYFF and Revisiting Nick...
Gone Girl directed by David Fincher based on the novel by Gillian Flynn from a script she adapted. Author Gillian Flynn is no stranger to the film and entertainment world. The writer of New York Film...
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Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s ‘Birdman’ to Close 52nd New York Film Festival
Michael Keaton and Edward Norton in Birdman. Black comedy Birdman or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu will close the 52nd New York Film Festival....
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NewFest Matures and Eyes Hetero-geneity in 26th Year
Karim Aïnouz’s Futuro Beach When approaching any series or carefully selected grouping of films, there is an inclination to look for trends contained therein. For regional films, it may be assessing...
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NewFest: ‘Age of Consent’ Gets Down and Uninhibited
Age of Consent is likely not for the faint of heart. To be straightforward (so to speak) it is explicit and leaves little to the imagination. The documentary opens with the line "The story of The...
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NewFest: ‘The Foxy Merkins’ Director Madeleine Olnek on Hustlers, Comedy, and...
Filmmaker Madeleine Olnek's feature debut turned heads at Sundance in 2011 even before it screened due to its curious title: Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same. She returned to Sundance this...
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The Film Society to Present Complete John Waters Retrospective in September
John Waters's Female Trouble Get ready for some of the "filthiest people alive" heading once again to the big screen. The Film Society of Lincoln Center will celebrate legendary director and...
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NewFest: ‘The Circle’ Director Stefan Haupt on the Inspiring Lives of Ernst...
The Circle is the English translation for Der Kreis, the title of a Swiss gay magazine that was published from 1932 to 1967. Originally focusing on lesbian issues, Der Kreis eventually garnered...
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NewFest: ‘The Way He Looks’ Director Daniel Ribeiro on Young Love and Casting...
Brazilian filmmaker Daniel Ribeiro's debut, the 2007 short You, Me and Him, won the Crystal Bear award at the 2008 Berlin Film Festival, Best Short Film (fiction) at the Grande Prêmio do Cinema...
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Soul Brother #1 comes to the Film Society in “James Brown: The Hardest...
“The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing.” When people think of James Brown, they think of his unforgettable charisma behind the mic and on the stage. Starting late next month,...
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NewFest: ‘Lilting’ Director Hong Khaou on Grief, Communication, and the Queer...
Hong Khaou's directorial debut made its world premiere at this year's Sundance Film Festival, taking home the Cinematography Award: World Cinema Dramatic. Khaou, whose previous short films have...
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NewFest: ‘Tiger Orange’ Director Wade Gasque on the Different Ends of the...
Tiger Orange marks the directorial debut of filmmaker Wade Gasque in what The Hollywood Reporter described as being an "unpretentious, smoothly crafted film makes us deeply invested in the outcome."...
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‘The Kill Team’ Filmmaker Dan Krauss Talks Moral Ambiguity and Lost Innocence...
Morality during wartime has the power to unite and to segregate. Dan Krauss's documentary The Kill Team depicts this duality through one individual, Adam Winfield, a U.S. soldier serving as a...
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NewFest: ‘What It Was’ Director Daniel Armando on representation and truth in...
In Daniel Armando’s multilayered feature film debut, Adina, a successful Latina actress, returns to New York in the aftermath of her sister’s death and her marriage’s collapse. Unable to face her...
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NewFest: ‘Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy’ director Andrea James on Changing Hearts and...
Filmmaker Andrea James directs her first feature-length documentary, Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy, based on Mapa's titular one-man show, which covers much of Mapa's personal life, including his decision...
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John Waters Looks Back and Forward Prior to His Film Society Retrospective
John Waters. Image courtesy of The Kobal Collection. John Waters began moving the pendulum of taste and decorum on the big screen, remarkably, 50 years ago this year. The Baltimore native who brought...
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John Waters and Isabelle Huppert Get Chatty at the Film Society Wednesday
Isabelle Huppert and John Waters at the Film Society. Photo courtesy of Julie Cunnah. “Another feel bad French movie, my favorite genre," joked Waters as he accompanied Huppert on stage following a...
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No More Secrets: Brooklyn’s Glass Ghost Croons to Emotion & Surveillance
Brooklyn band Glass Ghost has won praise for their rhythmic and emotion-laced tunes since their 2009 debut album, Idol Omen. On Tuesday evening, the band will play a set as part of the current Film...
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The Film Society Unveils Initial NYFF Convergence Slate Plus Keynote Speaker...
Living Los Sures, produced by UnionDocs The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced the North American premiere of the interactive presentation of Tommy Pallotta and Femke Wolting's The Last Hijack,...
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