New York Film Festival

Attention College-Age Film Critics: Indiewire, Locarno Film Festival and Film Society of Lincoln Center Could Send You to Switzerland

This summer, Indiewire is partnering with the Festival del Film Locarno -- aka the Locarno Film Festival -- along with the Swiss Association of Film Journalists and the Film Society of Lincoln Center to run a workshop for aspiring film critics.

Amos Vogel, Founder of the New York Film Festival and Cinema 16, Dies at 91

The promotional materials for Cinema 16, the groundbreaking film society founded in 1947 by Amos Vogel, advertised Films You Cannot See Elsewhere. But for Vogel, who died peacefully Tuesday at the age of 91 in the apartment off Washington Square Park where he had lived since the fifties, assembling ...

Fast and Furious: The Best of 2011 in Avant-Garde Film

A terrific year for avant-garde film and video--much more so than had been forecast for 2011- -was matched by mid-year woe and commemorative celebration as a string of successive losses reminded us that many of the great, pioneering voices of the sixties and seventies (largely considered the “...

Wim Wenders' 3D Dance Tribute "Pina" Is Both Gorgeous and Slight

The selling point of Wim Wenders' documentary "Pina" is twofold. It's an intriguing opportunity to see another New German Cinema legend explore the possibilities of 3-D technology in nonfiction, close on the heels of Werner Herzog's "Cave of Forgotten Dreams." And bey...

Cinema Guild Buys "Patience," Doc about German Writer W.G. Sebald

Now What? NYFF Chairman Richard Peña Looks Forward and Back as He Enters His Final Year

On Monday, less than 24 hours after the conclusion of the 49th edition of the New York Film Festival, Richard Peña sat in the conference room at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and considered his past and his future.

Richard Peña to Step Down from Film Society of Lincoln Center Posts in 2012

Richard Peña, Program Director and Head of the NYFF Selection Committee The Film Society of Lincoln Center Program Director and Head of NYFF Selection Committee will step down from his posts at the conclusion of next year’s 50th New York Film Festival, and his 25th year with the Film Society, the or...

Meet Pedro Almodóvar Live at NYFF and on indieWIRE...Streaming Now!

Almodóvar in Conversation with Richard Pena now!

Almodóvar's New Muse? Elena Anaya Talks "Skin," Body Suits and Joining Pedro's Family

Spanish actress Elena Anaya is in an enviable position. After first working with Pedro Almodóvar 10 years ago in a small role in "Talk to Her," the Spanish filmmaker responsible for creating some of cinema's juiciest female roles asked if she'd like to take the lead in his latest, "The Skin I Live I...