Q&A with David Wain and Cast of “Wanderlust”
Watch full video of this uproarious Q&A with the filmmaker and actors Alan Alda, Paul Rudd, Ken Marino and Kerri Kenney following an advanced screening of their new film "Wanderlust" during Film Comment Selects!
Unearthing the Films of Aleksei Guerman
Film Society is proud to present a complete, six-film retrospective of the accomplished but under-appreciated Russian director whose nearly impossible-to-find work ranks with that of Tarkovsky but has suffered at the hands of censorship, prohibition and neglect.
Q&A: James Franco on His Recut “My Own Private River”
Watch video of Franco's conversation with Film Comment editor Gavin Smith about his reworking of Gus Van Sant's New Queer Cinema touchstone "My Own Private Idaho" after a screening at this year's Film Comment Selects festival.
NYFF19: Andrzej Wajda’s “Man of Iron”
Wajda's story of a determined young union leader and the birth of the Polish Solidarity movement played NYFF '81 and returns to Film Society tomorrow night at 6pm as part of our ongoing series "50 Years of the New York Film Festival."
New Monthly Series “Indie Night” and “Art of the Real” Coming in March
Two ongoing programs will highlight the best new independent narrative and documentary films, respectively, and further Film Society's commitment to discovering emerging cinematic talent. "Indie Night" will be guest curated by producer Ted Hope in 2012.
Asghar Farhadi: “I proudly offer this award to the people of my country”
A hit at this year's New York Film Festival, Asghar Farhadi's "A Separation" won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film last night. Here's the text of Farhadi's speech.
From Film Society to the Kodak Theater
Heading into Sunday, a whopping 50 of this year's Academy Award nominations belong to movies that played at Film Society this year as part of the 49th New York Film Festival, New Directors/New Films, member and patron screenings, or in runs at our beautiful new Film Center!
Dispatch from LA: Michael Moore Talks Docs As Oscar Night Approaches
Documentary's most recognizable filmmaker reflected on the impact of non-fiction film last night at the annual pre-Oscar celebration for non fiction nominees in Los Angeles.
Video: Two Conversations with Raquel Welch
Watch two Q&As with the cinematic icon after screenings of "Myra Breckinridge" (1970), moderated by author and fashion commentator Simon Doonan, and "The Three Musketeers" (1973), moderated by talk show host Dick Cavett, all part of Film Society's recent 10-film retrospective of her work!
2012 New Directors/New Films Full Lineup Announced!
The 41st annual New Directors/New Films Festival (March 21 – April 1) will screen 24 narrative features, five documentary features and 12 short films—with a total of 28 countries represented—all to herald the best new voices in cinema.
