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Martin Segal: 1916 - 2012
A passionate patron of the arts, Film Society of Lincoln Center co-founder Marty Segal died last weekend in New York City at the age of 96. UPDATE: Video of our recent interview with Segal about his remembrances of the New York Film Festival.
Veteran Producer Ted Hope to Head San Francisco Film Society
Leading New York City indie producer will head west to start at San Francisco Film Society on September 1st.
Remembering Marty Segal
Film Society executive director Rose Kuo looks back on the life and legacy of one of New York film culture's indisputable giants.
Time Regained: Remembering Chris Marker
The great French filmmaker, who passed away Sunday, dedicated his life to articulating the ineffable. Remembering his life and legacy, we can't help wondering how much about Chris Marker continues to elude us.
Influential French Filmmaker Chris Marker Dies at 91
Not only a filmmaker, but a novelist, poet and photographer as well, this visionary experimental artist combined various forms of expression into what is now known as the film essay.
“Looper” Leading Lineup at Toronto Fest
The news today signals the start of a more serious season of cinema that takes shape annually in Toronto.
Oscar-Winning Screenwriter Frank Pierson Dies at 87
The former AMPAS president gave the world Dog Day Afternoon, Cool Hand Luke and A Star is Born, writing some of the most compelling, modern characters ever to grace the screen.
When a Composer’s Dream Met Opera Reality
Filmmakers Susan Froemke and Bob Eisenhardt discuss their new documentary Wagner's Dream, an unfettered behind-the-scenes look at Robert Lepage's ambitious and awe-inspiring staging of Wagner's Ring Cycle for the Metropolitan Opera.
Veteran Film Curator Larry Kardish Capping 44-Year Career at MoMA
A fixture at film events in New York and around the world, Kardish is leaving his post after 44 years at the Museum of Modern Art.
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.
