Filmlinc Series
Film Comment Selects 2012
Feb 17 - Mar 1
The 12th edition of Film Comment magazine’s crucial and eclectic festival brings you a handpicked lineup of the coming-soon and the never-coming-back, the rare and the rediscovered, the unclassifiable and the underrated, the sacred and the profane, the cute and the creepy, the tough and the tender, the naked and the dead—you get the idea.
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2012
Mar 1 - Mar 12
North America’s leading showcase for the best in contemporary French film returns with two dozen New York premieres, including French box-office sensation The Intouchables, new work from master directors André Téchiné, Benoît Jacquot and Alain Cavalier, plus Delicacy, the latest from Audrey Tautou, who will join us to present the film!
Rendez-Vous +
Mar 2 - Mar 8
Join us at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center for additional Rendez-Vous programs, including a selection of recent French documentaries, short films, rarely-screened classics, and more!
New Releases at the Film Society
New films show all year-round from the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
Family Films
Feb 25 - Apr 29
Let the imagination run wild at our delightful matinee series! Take your family on a fantastic voyage with films about quests and adventures each weekend and throughout the February school break. Special discount ticket price: $6 for everyone!
50 Years of the New York Film Festival
Feb 28 - Oct 1
As we count down to NYFF’s historic 50th edition in 2012, the Film Society is proud to present a year-long retrospective of highlights from the festival’s first 49 years, as curated by past and present members of the NYFF selection committee.
An Evening with Taika Waititi Featuring Boy
Mar 1
Writer, director, actor, painter and all-around artistic renaissance man, Taika Waititi began his career as an award-winning stand-up comedian before moving into filmmaking with the Oscar-nominated short "Two Cars, One Night" and the acclaimed features "Eagle Vs. Shark" and "Boy," the latter of which shattered all records to become the highest-grossing local film of all time in Waititi’s native New Zealand. We are delighted to welcome Waititi for a celebration of his eclectic body of work, including a career-spanning on-stage conversation and an advance screening of "Boy."
New York International Children’s Film Festival
Mar 10 - Mar 21
The Film Society is proud to partner with this year’s New York International Children’s Film Festival on three special 3D events.
Music Makes a City: A Louisville Orchestra Story
Mar 15 - Mar 22
In conjunction with the March 15 screening of new work by Jerome Hiler and Nathaniel Dorsky, we present a week-long engagement of this celebrated but underseen documentary about a unique chapter in American history: the 1940s commissioning by the Louisville Orchestra of original works by composers from around the world.
In a Silent Way: Rarities by Jerome Hiler and Nathaniel Dorsky
Mar 15
Two masters of contemporary silent film, both of whose latest work is included in this year’s Whitney Biennial, will present a very special program of intimacy and risk, original reversal prints usually reserved for invitational sub-rosa home viewing. A Views From the Avant-Garde presentation.
The Met: Live in HD 2011-12
Apr 7 - Apr 15
The Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD continues for its sixth season. Don’t miss the chance to experience the Met live at your local movie theater!














