Film Festivals
New York Jewish Film Festival, Jan. 9-24,2008
The 17th annual New York Jewish Film Festival, a global survey of innovative and provocative films that explore the multi-faceted Jewish experience at The Walter Reade Theater and other venues ...
Revolution in Cinema: The 2nd Annual Romanian Film Festival
The Golden Age of Romanian Cinema showcases its revolutionary films in the 2nd Annual Romanian Film Festival at Tribeca Theaters...
Spanish Cinema Now Dec. 7-27, 2007
Explore the breadth and width of Spanish cinema at the Spanish Cinema Now film festival premiering at Lincoln Center...
2nd Annual Hispanic New York Film Festival Nov. 27-Dec.1, 2007
The only film festival that chronicles the life of Latin Americans in New York--The 2nd Annual Hispanic Film Festival premieres films at Columbia University...
NYFF '07 Reviews: The First Batch
With the New York Film Festival in full swing, columnist Kevin Filipski delivers his first batch of reviews—from Hou Hsiao-Hsien's "The Flight of the Red Balloon" to Gus Van Sant's "Paranoid Park" and the Guillermo del Toro-produced "The Orphanage"...
A World of Wonder: The 45th New York Film Festival
The 45th New York Film Festival will once again offer moviegoers a premiere look at 28 of the most-hyped feature films—from Wes Anderson's "The Darjeeling Limited" on Sep. 28th to Marjane Satrapi's "Persepolis" on Oct. 14th...
First Home To Asian Cinema
Now in its 30th year, the Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) continues its reign as the longest-running Asian-American film festival. This year's festival will take place exclusively at the Asia Society, with a global showcase of feature narratives, documentaries, short films, and special programs...
New York Film Festival
The 44th New York Film Festival continued its tradition of screening some of the most eagerly anticipated films of the year. Our coverage includes several interviews with the stars of this year's NYFF ...
Tribeca Film Festival
The fifth annual Tribeca Film Festival hit town from April 25th to May 7th, 2006. Check out our extensive coverage - including interviews, film reviews, photos and more...
Filmmaker Benoît Jacquot Honored
One of the many young Parisians who grew up in the 50s and 60s enraptured by movies, Benoît Jacquot is a charter member of the group of filmmakers known as the “Post-New Wave Generation.” Running now at the Walter Reade Theatre, For the Love of Movies: The Cinema of Benoît Jacquot is a three-week, 22-film celebration of one of France’s preeminent masters...
Brazilian Film Festival
After a successful 10-year stint in Miami, the Brazilian Film Festival comes to the Big Apple for the fourth time. From August 6 to 13, the festival will once again offer New Yorkers a versatile programming schedule of more than 20 of the most exciting Brazilian film productions, many of them U.S. or New York premieres...
Israel Film Festival Comes of Age: An Interview with Meir Fenigstein
Got Arak? This year the Israel Film Festival hits 21—drinking age. IFF Founder, Executive Director and former Israeli rock star Meir Fenigstein spoke about the 2006 New York lineup before leaving his Los Angeles home for Clearview...
Jewish Film Festival
One of the longest running collaborations of two arts institutions in New York City, the 15th annual New York Jewish Film Festival will take place at The Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center (165 West 65th St.) from January 11 through 26, 2006. There will be some additional screenings at Makor/Steinhardt Center of the 92nd Street Y (35 West 67th St.)...
No Such Thing as Too Much Cinema from Norway
Having started on November 12th, the Film Society of Lincoln Center commemorates one hundred years of Nordic cinema with "A Luminious Century: Celebrating Norwegian Cinema," at the Walter Reade Theater. Despite some artistic dabbling in the medium, film was only taken up by its artists as a serious creative venue in the 1920s. As the decades passed, Norwegian filmmakers shifted their focus, from the rural in the '20s to the urban in the '30s, to the '50s when film was used as a means...
The 2005 New York Film Festival
The New York Film Festival never has a specific agenda, says festival director Richard Pena, in his 18th year at the helm. The 43rd annual edition begins Sept. 23, and Pena concedes that this year's selections have an overriding theme. "Several of our films take history and the recreation of the past and of actual events as their starting point," he explains....