Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation is a poetic dual-bio documentary by filmmaker Lisa Immordino Vreeland, about two milestones of American literature. The chronicle of the two great writers blends, virtuously, original footage of their interviews, with a fictional dialogue where Jim Parsons is Truman Capote and Zachary Quinto is Tennessee Williams. Also extracts from the film…
The Manga Master is a 2019 biopic about the life of Rakuten Kitazawa, the pioneer of modern manga in Japan. The film was screened at the British Museum and is currently part of the line-up of the Chicago Japan Film Collective. Today, manga is part of global cultural, as an example of how Eastern influence…
FANTASIA’S 25TH EDITION ANNOUNCES FIRST WAVE OF PROGRAMMING FOR UPCOMING VIRTUAL FILM FESTIVAL Richard Bates Jr.’s KING KNIGHT, Tsutomu Hanabusa’s KAKEGURUI 2: ULTIMATE RUSSIAN ROULETTE, Mark O’Brien’s THE RIGHTEOUS, Daigo Matsui’s REMAIN IN TWILIGHT, Edoardo Vitaletti’s THE LAST THING MARY SAW, and Shunji Iwai’s THE 12 DAY TALE OF THE MONSTER THAT DIED IN 8…
Back in the summer of 2020, the 1939 Oscar-winning Gone With The Wind was removed from HBO Max, after 12 Years A Slave screenwriter John Ridley, who won the best adapted screenplay Oscar for his work, wrote a column in the Los Angeles Times saying it should not continue to be shown because of its…
The Underground Railroad is an important relic from American history, one of this country’s earliest forms of organized resistance to systemic racism long before anyone would have utilized that term. When Black Africans were brought to the United States and enslaved, there were forward-thinking and humanitarian citizens who participated in a network that sought to…
The 2021 Tribeca Festival, presented by AT&T, has unveiled its feature film lineup. We are excited to come together once again to celebrate the stories of amazing filmmakers. Our 20th-anniversary celebration is not only a celebration of art but a return to community as we usher in live events. “After a year of closed cinemas,…
The Man Who Sold His Skin, written and directed by Tunisian Kaouther Ben Hania, was one of the major successes at the 77th Venice Film Festival, winning two prizes in the Horizions/Orizzonti section: Yahya Mahayni received the Best Actor Award, and the film also got the Edipo Re Award. The film now races for the…
Film at Lincoln Center will reopen its theaters Friday, April 16, following a yearlong closure prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The safety of audiences and staff remains FLC’s first priority as the organization resumes in-person operations, continuing its mission to support the art and elevate the craft of cinema. FLC’s Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center…
The American dream is a concept that doesn’t always live up to its glorious reputation. Those who grow up elsewhere longing for the promise American has to offer rarely have the means necessary to be able to partake in that luxurious lifestyle, and if they do make it to the fabled country, their existence won’t…
Oscar nominations were announced this morning, with David Fincher’s Mank leading the pack at ten mentions. For the first time in Oscar history, two women, Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell, were honored in the Best Director category. There’s plenty to celebrate about the list, which can be found here, but at the same time, there…
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