Take a Break From Tribeca and Chill Out With Icelandic Cinema
This weekend's highlights include rising star director Baltasar Kormákur at weird thriller "Jar City" tonight, music doc "Rock in Reykjavik" featuring a 16-year-old Björk and Oscar-nominated director Friðrik Thór Friðriksson in person, and two great opportunities to save!
Inside the Film Society: April 19, 2012
Icelandic Cinema, Deep Blue Sea, Marley, Indie Night, Dinner & a Movie & More!
UPDATED | CANNES 2012: Slate Set for 65th Fest
Updated with Director's Fortnight and Critics' Week Lineups! In Paris, organizers unveiled the lineup for next month's Cannes Film Festival.
Innovators of Immersive Media “Converge” on Lincoln Center
Film Society is delighted to announce "Convergence: Immersive Media at Lincoln Center," an ongoing series of panels and events devoted to transmedia—storytelling that exists across multiple platforms and seeks to engage the audience in the narrative process.
Boston Film Critic Wesley Morris Wins Pulitzer Prize
Wesley Morris was singled out today for, in the words of the commendation, "His smart, inventive film criticism, distinguished by pinpoint prose and an easy traverse between the art house and the big-screen box office."
Spring Thaw Brings Icelandic Cinema to Film Society
With seminal works like "Land and Sons" (1980), new hits like "Reykjavik Rotterdam" (2008), and four films by Oscar nominee Friðrik Thór Friðriksson, our survey of the cinema of Iceland has something for everyone!
NYFF25 & NYFF26: Chan’s “Police Story” & Eastwood’s “Bird”
Tonight we mark the halfway point of our year-by-year survey of the history of the New York Film Festival with two very different films by equally unique cinematic masters: Jackie Chan's "Police Story" (NYFF '87) at 6:15pm and Clint Eastwood's "Bird" (NYFF '88) at 8:30pm.
19th New York African Film Festival Starts Wednesday!
This year's fest includes emotional docs like "Mama Africa" about musical icon and activist Miriam Makeba, gripping dramas, and incredible experimental pieces. With the theme of "21st Century: The Homecoming" and over a dozen filmmakers in person, this unique event is not to be missed!
Indie Night Introduction: Matthew Petock, “A Little Closer”
The first-time director discusses independent filmmaking as a labor of love, camaraderie on set, and working with young actors. "A Little Closer" screens tonight at 8pm followed by a Q&A with Petock and his cast and crew moderated by series co-curator Ted Hope.
