Masters of Mayhem: The Shaw Brothers at NYAFF
Check out three of the greatest films to ever emerge from Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers Studio: Five Fingers of Death, Boxer's Omen, and The Swift Knight!
Crude and Unusual: The New York Asian Film Festival Opens Tonight!
Get immature with this year's gross and hilarious Opening Night film Vulgaria, watch a hip-hop crew battle it out with zombies in Dead Bite and root for a Malaysian rapper as he tries to save a family's Chinese restaurant in Nasi Lemak 2.0.
Latinbeat Lineup Counts the Rhythm of the Americas
Now in its 13th year, the Latinbeat film festival delivers a sampling of the best recent Latin American cinema, including bold new fiction works and strong documentaries that explore uncharted aspects of the region's history and culture and that travel beyond capital borders.
VIDEO: ND/NF Q&A with Benh Zeitlin, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
One of this year's film festival darlings finally arrives in theaters tomorrow! Before you see it, watch our discussion with the director, writer and crew following its screening as the surprise Closing Night film of this year's New Directors/New Films festival.
Convergence: Andrea Phillips Writes (About) Transmedia
Get to know award-winning transmedia and alternate reality game (ARG) creator Andrea Phillips and join Convergence in celebrating the launch of her new book A Creator's Guide to Transmedia Storytelling with a special conversation on June 26!
Interview with Lieven Corthouts, “Little Heaven”
The Belgian director discusses his latest film, which challenges the mainstream media's depiction of rural Africa and the AIDs epidemic, its reception in Ethiopia, and the challenges of making an intimate documentary. Little Heaven screens June 25 – 27 in the Human Rights Watch Film Festival.
Hello, Kelly!
Film Society of Lincoln Center celebrates 100 years of Gene Kelly with a look back at 23 of the actor-dancer-choreographer-director's greatest films and two very special events.
Richard Pryor, Comedy Pioneer
The comedy legend broke ground as the first stand-up to release a performance in theaters. His vulgar and insanely hilarious Richard Pryor: Live in Concert screens tonight at midnight in a restored 35mm print!
Things Unsaid: “We Won’t Grow Old Together”
Maurice Pialat's rare second feature—which screened at NYFF '72 and opens today at Film Society as part of its first-ever U.S. theatrical run—confirmed the French master's status as both tender humanist and precise observer of human behavior.
The American Cinephile: Andrew Sarris (1928 – 2012)
A personal remembrance of film critic Andrew Sarris who, simply put, was one of the key reasons it is even possible to speak about film criticism as an art, plus video of Sarris introducing Luis Buñuel's The Exterminating Angel at NYFF '11.
