A New Year in Film Festivals
Today's FilmLinc Digest heralds the New Year in cinema with major news regarding the Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, and our very own New Directors/New Films festival!
Interview: Zuzanna Solakiewicz, “Yorzeit”
Director Zuzanna Solakiewicz reveals a little-known piece of Jewish history: a gravesite in Poland of three holy masters, covered up during World War II. Travel to Poland with Meir Moszkowicz on Yorzeit (the anniversary of the death of Master Zvi) in this beautiful documentary.
Nagisa Oshima: The Man Who Left His Will on Film
Film Society Director of Programming Robert Koehler reflects on the life and legacy of the provocative filmmaker and the transgressive cinema moment he helped create in 1960s Japan.
Shlocky Horror Picture Show
Critic J. Hoberman gives an overview of the history of Jewish horror in a piece that served as the inspiration for his upcoming New York Jewish Film Festival program The Black Cat (and Other Tales).
Golden Globes, Indie Grantees, DGA Doc Nominees
Today's FilmLinc Digest wraps up Sunday night's awards show and surveys some recent recognition of indie and documentary films, including New Directors/New Films alums Gimme the Loot, How to Survive a Plague, and 5 Broken Cameras.
Interview: Karen Thorsen & Tracie Holder, “Joe Papp in Five Acts”
How did New York end up with public theater, Shakespeare in Central Park, and subway posters for Broadway shows? How did Meryl Streep, David Mamet, and George C. Scott get started? Directors Tracie Holder and Karen Thorsen discuss their documentary portrait of the man responsible for it all, Joe Papp.
Oscar Loves “Lincoln”; “Amour” & “Beasts” Big
Films fans and industry types got up early in Los Angeles today to find out the Oscar nominations.
British Oscars, Best Cinematographers, and Canadian Critics
Today's FilmLinc Digest surveys even more awards nominations including the BAFTAs and the ASC Awards, and some reporting on a hefty prize won by Sarah Polley for her anticipated new documentart Stories We Tell.
Gilded by the Guild Awards
We round up the nominations for the Directors, Writers, Producers, and Screen Actors Guild Awards in anticipation of tomorrow's announcement of the nominees for the 85th Academy Awards. What surprises are in store this year?
New York Critics Stoke Buzz for “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Lincoln” & More
Though everyone knew who'd walk home with prizes from the NY Film Critics Circle, last nite's ceremony wasn't fully scripted, with emotional acceptances, a dash of heckling & a pair of filmmakers called upon to defend their award-winning work amidst a storm of controversy.
