The Museum of Modern Art has announced its 12th annual Documentary Fortnight festival, a two-week showcase of nonfiction film and media that kicks off on February 15. This year's festival will open with Chico Pereira's "Pablo's Winter," winner of the Competition for Student Doc...
Read More »The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is again teaming with MoMA to present "Oscar's Docs, 1955-2002: American Stories" from February 2-14 in New York City. This annual collaboration highlights the Oscar-winning feature and short documentaries that explore culture and politic...
Read More »For Pier Paolo Pasolini, cinema represented a sort of aggregator, gathering together his passions and insecurities alike. In his relatively short life -- he died under mysterious circumstances in 1975 at the age of 53 -- he had been a poet, filmmaker, journalist, playwright, social commentator, film...
Read More »MoMA's Department of Film, in collaboration with Independent Film Project and Filmmaker Magazine, will screen the five nominees competing for the Gotham Awards' Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You title. This year's screenings, running November 16-19, include...
Read More »MoMA's 10th annual International Festival of Film Preservation will unveil the restored version of Roberto Rossellini's "Il Generale della Rovere," presented for the first time since the film's premiere in 1959 at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion in its original uncut glory. Ta...
Read More »The latest Led Zeppelin concert documentary, "Celebration Day," was screened at the Museum of Modern Art on October 8, followed by a press conference with Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and Jason Bonham. The film documents the band's 2007 reunion at the O2 Arena in London, ...
Read More »Last week, the Museum of Modern Art announced that its longtime Senior Curator, Laurence Kardish, would retire from his position in October. More than shouldering responsibility for MoMA's continuing reputation as one of New York's preeminent destinations for first-rate cinema both new and o...
Read More »The Museum of Modern Art has announced its 11th annual Documentary Fortnight festival will be opening on February 16th with film archivist Jim Hubbard's "United in Anger: A History of ACT UP" and Tatiana Huezo Sanchez's "The Tiniest Place." Hubbard and Sanchez ...
Read More »The Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art have announced the first seven film selections for the 41st edition of New/Directors/New Films.
Read More »The Metropolitan Museum of Art's 6th Annual Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You Series begins Friday, November 18. MoMA will screen five nominees for Gotham Independent Film Awards' Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You Award.
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