Film at Lincoln Center announces Bradley Cooper’s Maestro as the Spotlight Gala of the 61st New York Film Festival at David Geffen Hall on October 2. Making its North American premiere, Maestro joins the previously announced Opening Night, Centerpiece, and Closing Night films in the NYFF slate of gala presentations. In his directorial follow-up to…
Many legendary Hollywood icons often become and remain famous because they willingly fight any obstacle that challenges their dream, and embrace the decadence and excess that accompanies it. Celebrated Italian-American actor Rudolph Valentino not only did just that as he pursued his film career in the mid-1910s-mid-1920s. Valentino’s most loyal female fan remained committed to…
Film at Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema announce “Korean Cinema’s Golden Decade: The 1960s,” a sweeping retrospective that features 24 films from this remarkable period in Korean film history. The series will run from September 1–17 and is one of the largest retrospectives ever of 1960s Korean Cinema outside of Korea, including many rarely screened…
Another impressive Korean film, that is part of the 2023 New York Asian Film Festival, is Phantom directed by Lee Hae-young. The spy action movie based on Mai Jia’s 2007 novel, Feng Sheng (The Messenger), is set in 1933, when Korea was still under the Japanese occupation. It all begins with a failed attempt to…
Synopsis : Filmmaker and photographer Elizabeth Lennard secures unprecedented access to Ryuichi Sakamoto during the recording of his 1984 album Ongaku Zukan in this brief-yet-insightful Franco-Japanese television co-production. A sampling of studio sessions and performances (including a piano duet with then-wife Akiko Yano), archival footage and talking head interviews, Tokyo Melody finds the eccentric artist at…
High schoolers don’t necessarily have a full sense of the whole world, and their decisions may reflect the lack of gravity they perceive their actions to have. A prank or practical joke may seem harmless enough, yet they can’t comprehend the real-world, lasting implications that can result from something fleeting and effortless. Bad Education takes…
The 46th Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF46), known as the “First Home of Asian American Cinema”, announces its full lineup. The Festival runs from July 26 – August 6, 2023 as a hybrid festival, both in-person and streaming online in North America. The full lineup consists of 16 World Premieres, 21 East Coast Premieres,…
Possessing the talent and drive to succeed, but not having the opportunity they need to be seen, is an unfortunate reality for many artists, especially those who are women. Filmmaker Beth Aala is one such artist who dedicatedly takes on many roles in order to get her projects noticed. She passionately chronicles the challenges that…
Embracing emotional growth after enduring a harrowing crisis in a seemingly tranquil setting is one one of the most fulfilling arcs for characters who don’t initially view themselves to be as provocative as those closest to them. That’s certainly the case for actor Thomas Schubert’s character of writer Leon in the new ensemble romantic dramedy,…
Synopsis : Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan became fast friends during their youth in Germany. With Rob coming from a broken home and Fabrice having left an abusive household, they shared a similar upbringing, as well as a future goal: to become famous superstars. In a few short years, their dreams came true. Their first album…
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