‘The Muses of Isaac Bashevis Singer’ Co-Director Asaf Galay Talks Attraction...
The Muses of Isaac Bashevis Singer kicked off the 24th New York Jewish Film Festival, a 16-day event showcasing the diversity of the Jewish experience around the world. Directed by Asaf Galay and...
View Article‘The Dune’ Director Yossi Aviram on Loneliness and Reconciliation
Veteran actors Niels Arestrup (A Prophet) and Lior Ashkenazi (Late Marriage) star as a father and son who struggle to reconcile their relationship in the Israeli-French film The Dune by first-time...
View ArticleThe Film Society and French Embassy to Premiere ‘Cartoonists, Foot Soldiers...
The Film Society of Lincoln Center, in partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy NY, Unifrance Films, Distrib Films, and Kinology, will host an event Friday, January 23 in support...
View ArticleInitial 9 Titles Set for 44th New Directors/New Films Festival
Naji Abu Nowar's Theeb The first nine selections of this year's New Directors/New Films (ND/NF) were unveiled today by the Museum of Modern art and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The festival,...
View ArticleThe Close-Up: Xavier Dolan on ‘Mommy,’ Filmmaking, Music, and Relationships
Young French-Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan is featured in this week's episode of The Close-Up, the Film Society of Lincoln Center's weekly podcast. The Montreal-based director/actor/writer first...
View Article‘The Big Beat’ Director Joe Lauro on the Outsized Impact of Fats Domino
The Big Beat: Fats Domino and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll celebrates a creative partnership that helped catapult American pop music and culture around the world. From New Orleans to Blueberry Hill, the...
View ArticleThe Close-Up: Jay and Mark Duplass on Their New HBO Series, ‘Togetherness’
Filmmakers/actors Jay and Mark Duplass visited the Film Society of Lincoln Center prior to the Sundance Film Festival to share and discuss their new HBO series, Togetherness, and the brothers are the...
View Article‘American Cheerleader’: A Do or Die Competition
Directed by James Pellerito and David Barba (Be Good Johnny Weir), American Cheerleader focuses on the journey of two teams—Burlington in New Jersey, and Southwestern in Kentucky—as they...
View Article22 Premieres Set for 20th Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in March
Benoît Jacquot's 3 Hearts The U.S. premiere of Benoît Jacquot's 3 Hearts will open the 20th anniversary edition of the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema festival. A showcase of contemporary French...
View ArticleThe Close-Up: Liv Ullmann Talks ‘Miss Julie,’ the Bergmans, and More
Screen legend and filmmaker Liv Ullmann is the spotlight of this week's edition of The Close-Up, the Film Society of Lincoln Center's weekly podcast series. The discussion, which was a part of the...
View ArticleThe Film Society and Hearst to Tap Local Schoolchildren’s Creativity with...
In a new initiative that will bolster a future generation of filmmakers and cineastes in New York, the Film Society of Lincoln Center announced the launch of CineKids, an education initiative that...
View Article‘Ballet 422’ Filmmaker Jody Lee Lipes on Justin Peck, Talent, and Surprise...
Jody Lee Lipes's enthralling documentary Ballet 422 chronicles the creation of an original performance under serious time constraint for one of the most discerning audiences in the world. But, most of...
View ArticleEssential Films: ‘The Theory of Everything’
The Theory of Everything star Eddie Redmayne appears to have the edge in the Oscar race for Best Actor. Redmayne won the BAFTA for Best Leading Actor this past weekend in London, coming on the heels...
View ArticleThe Close-Up: ‘Timbuktu’ Director Abderrahmane Sissako on the Tough Road to...
Photo by Arjeta Palevic Abderrahmane Sissako's Timbuktu is the first Oscar-nominated film from Mauritania, and the director is the first from Africa to be featured in the Film Society's weekly podcast...
View Article2nd Art of the Real Series to Celebrate Agnès Varda, Reenactment, and More in...
Agnès Varda's The Gleaners and I Art of the Real is returning for a second run at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The series is a "documentary-as-art" festival, celebrating the "most expansive...
View ArticleEssential Films: ‘Boyhood’
Richard Linklater's Boyhood has traveled a long road since its first screening at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, followed shortly after by its premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival....
View ArticleDa Sweet Blood of Jesus: Race, Class, and a Lust for Blood
Spike Lee’s latest film, Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, begins its theatrical run at the Film Society of Lincoln Center today. Following his remake of Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy, Spike Lee tackles another...
View ArticleThe Film Society Celebrates ‘Mad Men’
Elisabeth Moss, Jon Hamm, and a poster for the 2nd New York Film Festival in a scene from Mad Men As Mad Men heads into its final episodes this spring, cultural institutions across the country,...
View ArticleEssential Films: ‘CITIZENFOUR’
Ever since its premiere at the New York Film Festival, CITIZENFOUR has kept audienced rapt, the attention rivaled only by that earned by the documentary’s subject, Edward Snowden, himself. This bold...
View ArticleFree Talks, A Photo Exhibit, and Live Performances Set for the 20th...
Breathe director Mélanie Laurent Free Talks with Nathalie Baye, Mélanie Laurent, and Guillaume Canet are among the highlights of Special Events set to take place during the upcoming 20th anniversary...
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