February 14, 2012

Happy Valentines Day! Check out the trailer for the new Whit Stillman film Damsels in Distress.

If you need a fix now Barcelona is available on Netflix.

February 6, 2012
So now that you’ve seen Hugo you think you know everything about George Méliès.   Maybe you should go and actually see A Trip To The Moon… Film Society of Lincoln Center presents: A Trip to the MoonGeorge Méliès | 1902 | France | HDCamWinner of the 2011 National Society of Film Critics’ Best Film Restoration Award!Presented in its fully restored original 1902 colors (and featuring a new, kinetic soundtrack by AIR), Georges Méliès’ classic adventure tale of a lunar voyage is now as beautiful as ever. Come see the restoration that premiered at Cannes 2011 and was hailed by New York Times film critic A.O. Scott as “surely a cinematic highlight of the year, maybe the century.” Winner of the 2011 National Society of Film Critics’ Best Film Restoration Award. – AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE“Surely a cinematic highlight of the year, maybe the century.”—A.O. Scott The Extraordinary VoyageSerge Bromberg, Eric Lange | 2011 | France | HDCamThis fascinating documentary chronicles the recent restoration of Georges Méliès’ fantastical “A Trip to the Moon” to its original 1902 colors - from film archivists Serge Bromberg and Eric Lange of Lobster Films acquiring a severely damaged color print in 1999, to the tedious task of peeling off and unrolling the nitrate prints in order to digitize them, to the two-year process of discovering the images on those fragments, to the eight-year wait for technology to become available for Lobster Films to access the images on the digitized hard drive. Includes interviews with contemporary filmmakers such as Costa-Gavras, Michel Gondry, Michel Hazanavicius and Jean-Pierre Jeunet on Méliès’ enduring significance to cinema. – AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE Opens 2/10! Special Amphitheater Ticket Prices:$10 General Public$8 Students & Seniors$7 Members

So now that you’ve seen Hugo you think you know everything about George Méliès.   Maybe you should go and actually see A Trip To The Moon…

Film Society of Lincoln Center presents:

A Trip to the Moon
George Méliès | 1902 | France | HDCam
Winner of the 2011 National Society of Film Critics’ Best Film Restoration Award!
Presented in its fully restored original 1902 colors (and featuring a new, kinetic soundtrack by AIR), Georges Méliès’ classic adventure tale of a lunar voyage is now as beautiful as ever. Come see the restoration that premiered at Cannes 2011 and was hailed by New York Times film critic A.O. Scott as “surely a cinematic highlight of the year, maybe the century.” Winner of the 2011 National Society of Film Critics’ Best Film Restoration Award. – AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE

“Surely a cinematic highlight of the year, maybe the century.”
—A.O. Scott

The Extraordinary Voyage
Serge Bromberg, Eric Lange | 2011 | France | HDCam
This fascinating documentary chronicles the recent restoration of Georges Méliès’ fantastical “A Trip to the Moon” to its original 1902 colors - from film archivists Serge Bromberg and Eric Lange of Lobster Films acquiring a severely damaged color print in 1999, to the tedious task of peeling off and unrolling the nitrate prints in order to digitize them, to the two-year process of discovering the images on those fragments, to the eight-year wait for technology to become available for Lobster Films to access the images on the digitized hard drive. Includes interviews with contemporary filmmakers such as Costa-Gavras, Michel Gondry, Michel Hazanavicius and Jean-Pierre Jeunet on Méliès’ enduring significance to cinema. – AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE

Opens 2/10! Special Amphitheater Ticket Prices:
$10 General Public
$8 Students & Seniors
$7 Members

October 8, 2011

Melancholia

Fresh from the New York Film Festival premiere, now available on Video On Demand. Aren’t you glad you still have cable?

September 18, 2011
TONIGHT - NO ADMISSION CHARGE WITH RSVPWEEKEND

Venue: ACE HOTEL , Liberty Hall at Ace Hotel, 20 West 29th Street, New York, NY 10001 
Subway: ake the N, R to 28th Street or the B, D, F, M, Q to Herald Square   
7:00 PM Doors Open
7:30 PM Film Begins
9:10 PM Q and A with filmmaker Andrew Haigh
Space is limited, so RSVP now to ifcfilmsrsvp@ifcfilms.com.

WEEKEND (Andrew Haigh | United Kingdom | 96 min.)
On a Friday night after hanging out with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a nightclub, alone and on the pull. Just before closing time he picks up Glen. And so begins a weekend - in bars and in bedrooms, getting drunk and taking drugs, telling stories and having sex – that will resonate throughout their lives. 

“Perfectly realised—a bracing, present tense exploration of sex, intimacy and love.”
—A.O. Scott, The New York Times 

“WEEKEND depicts a fleeting romantic encounter with delicacy and philosophical depth, but its chief appeal is simplicity. Revolving around a brief affair between two young men with vastly different perspectives on life, the film operates on a familiar dynamic; however, it works here thanks to the precise alignment of talented actors and a focused screenplay. Humming along on the commitment of its engaging leads, WEEKEND builds into a powerful encapsulation of an identity crisis over the course of three passionate days.”
—Eric Kohn, IndieWIRE


“WEEKEND is a work of surpassing emotional insight and artistic accomplishment. It’s about (yes) the human condition — and it’s already one of the best of the year.”
—Paul Brunick, Film Comment

May 20, 2011

What are you going to do on your Last Night on earth?

A group of very different individuals with different ideas of how to face the end come together as the world is expected to end in six hours at the turn of the century.

Written and directed by one of my favorite Canadians Don McKellar.

Last Night
Netflix Streaming

(Source: imdb.com)

May 18, 2011
My Dinner With Andre Wednesday 5/18 10p Flix

My Dinner With Andre
Wednesday 5/18 10p
Flix

May 14, 2011

Brooklyn Double Feature

New Yorkers… If you are free tonight check out the film Freeloader. It’s part of the opening weekend for Rooftop Films. Lovingly made in Brooklyn NY.

Pair it up with Monogamy a similar film about 30 something relationships filmed in the same Brooklyn neighborhoods.

Freeloader
Saturday 5/14 8pm (doors open) 9pm (film starts)
Open Road Rooftop
350 Grand Street, LES

Monogamy
Time Warner Cable HDMOD (700)
Early Screening $6.99

April 12, 2011
Jean Michel Basquiat: The Radient Child Tuesday April 12th 10pmPBS  Blank City  Now Playing at IFC Center NYCFuture Release Dates and Screenings

Jean Michel Basquiat: The Radient Child
Tuesday April 12th 10pm
PBS 

Blank City 
Now Playing at IFC Center NYC
Future Release Dates and Screenings

March 4, 2011
Click through to watch Ken Burns talk about his first film Brooklyn Bridge.  It aired as part of New Directors/New Films in 1981 and was nominated for Best Documentary at the Academy Awards the next year. Watch Brooklyn Bridge on NetflixWatch Brooklyn Bridge on Amazon Instant Video

Click through to watch Ken Burns talk about his first film Brooklyn Bridge.  It aired as part of New Directors/New Films in 1981 and was nominated for Best Documentary at the Academy Awards the next year.

Watch Brooklyn Bridge on Netflix
Watch Brooklyn Bridge on Amazon Instant Video

March 4, 2011
VIDEO | ND/NF 40th Anniversary: Ken Burns Looks Back at 'Brooklyn Bridge' - indieWIRE →

Click through to watch Ken Burns talk about his first film Brooklyn Bridge.  It aired as part of New Directors/New Films in 1981 and was nominated for Best Documentary at the Academy Awards the next year.

Watch Brooklyn Bridge on Netflix
Watch Brooklyn Bridge on Amazon Instant Video