Showing: NYFF50
NYFF37: Mike Leigh’s “Topsy-Turvy”
Mike Leigh's study of artistic creation is both irresistibly pleasing and deeply insightful. Tuesday night, it screens as part of our ongoing 50 Years of the New York Film Festival series.
50 Years of NYFF Q&A: “Hoop Dreams”
Last week's screening of the legendary basketball doc, the closing-night sensation at NYFF '94, featured a Q&A with all three filmmakers and subject Arthur Agee. It felt alternately like a victory lap and a reflection on the film's influence, both positive and negative.
NYFF32: Steve James’ “Hoop Dreams”
Voted the all-time greatest documentary by the International Documentary Association in 2007, this heart-rending cinéma vérite masterpiece from NYFF '94 screens tonight at 6:30pm followed by a Q&A with all three filmmakers and subject Arthur Agee!
NYFF31: Jane Campion’s “The Piano”
Our year-by-year survey of the history of the New York Film Festival continues with this three-time Oscar winner from NYFF '93. Its June 1 screening will be followed by a Skype Q&A with the filmmaker!
NYFF50: Roman Polanski Then & Now
Nearly 50 years ago, at the 1st New York Film Festival, Roman Polanksi posed for a photo session with another acclaimed director.
NYFF30: Victor Erice’s “Dream of Light”
Celebrate NYFF '92 on Tuesday at 6:15pm with this haunting masterpiece from the director of "The Spirit of the Beehive."
Submit Your Film For Consideration For NYFF50!
We are now accepting submissions via Withoutabox for the landmark 50th edition of the New York Film Festival!
NYFF29: Gus Van Sant’s “My Own Private Idaho”
The 1991 New Queer Cinema touchstone from Academy Award-winner Van Sant saw River Phoenix in one of his final roles, for which he won a Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival.
Q&A with Michael Moore, “Roger & Me” (NYFF ‘89)
The acclaimed documentary filmmaker came to Film Society to chat with Richard Peña and the audience about his debut feature "Roger & Me." Moore credits he film's screening at the New York Film Festival in 1989 with helping to launch his career.
NYFF28: Zhang Yimou’s “Ju Dou”
We celebrate NYFF '90 on Tuesday with this stunning and heartbreaking drama from one of China's foremost masters, which was banned there but would go on to garner the nation's first Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
