The 18th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the Film Society of Lincoln Center's annual showcase of contemporary French film, hits New York screens February 28 - March 10. The fest's opening night sees the U.S. premiere of "Populaire," starring Romain Duris. Full lineup below.
Read More »With all of the heavy-hitting arthouse theaters in Lower Manhattan closed from crippling power outages last week, the midtown Film Society of Lincoln Center took advantage of its electricity to satiate audiences' desire for films -- and to spread the word on its relief programs.
Read More »With his new adaptation of Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina” hitting theaters in a few weeks, director Joe Wright has committed to diving further into the theater world. According to David Benedict in Variety, next summer Wright will direct Chiwetel Ejiofor in the world premiere of Aime Ce...
Read More »IFP's Independent Film Week wrapped up Thursday, Sept. 20, but before it did Indiewire fanned out to cover a number of provocative panels and events around Lincoln Center. Below, you can find all of Indiewire's coverage of IFW 2012 in one place; just click through for the full stories.
Read More »Midway through Independent Film Week 2012, IFP held a closed panel titled "Reinvent: Media Arts for the 21st Century" at the Walter Reade Theater that featured seven speakers weighing in on the evolution and potential of independent film, its growing distribution options and the nature ...
Read More »A gateway for New Yorkers to world cinema, and a major waystation for international auteurs to show their work to American audiences, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the NYFF have played an essential role in the history of film. New heads Kent Jones and Bob Koehler take on that daunting task.
Read More »The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced details for the New York Film Festival Critics Academy, a development program for emerging film critics coordinated with Film Comment Magazine and us here at Indiewire, as well the debut of the NYFF Artists Academy, a new filmmaker development initiat...
Read More »The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced that the 50th anniversary of its New York Film Festival will include two new programs: NYFF Convergence, a premier showcase and conference for transmedia projects, and a Midnight Movies section for horror, thriller and suspense films.
Read More »The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced that its inaugural New York Film Festival Gala Tributes will honor Nicole Kidman and departing programming chief Richard Peña. It also announced that Kidman's latest film, Lee Daniel's "The Paperboy," is a part of this year's NYFF main slate.
Read More »Earlier this month, Indiewire joined forces with the Locarno Film Festival, and the Film Society of Lincoln Center to host a workshop in Switzerland for aspiring film critics. We don't want to sound too self-congratulatory, because the participants were as much a part of the experience as the pe...
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