Sonya Chung, Director of Film Forum, NYC’s leading non-profit independent cinema since 1970, has announced plans to step down from her role at the end of this year. During her leadership tenure (Deputy Director 2020-23; Director since July 1, 2023), Chung helped Film Forum weather the closure period and complex reopening process during the COVID pandemic, led the growth…
©Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved. Whenever movie lovers or film critics decide to rank the best actor in the history of movies, it is unlikely that Jack Lemmon will make the cut. Definitely At least not in the first place or in the top three. Usually the highest spots are taken by Marlon…
©Courtesy of Toho Studios “THE FINEST JAPANESE FILM EVER MADE.” — Donald Richie TOSHIRŌ MIFUNE STARS IN AKIRA KUROSAWA’S SEVEN SAMURAI U.S. PREMIERE OF 70th ANNIVERSARY RESTORATION RESTORED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN 4K JULY 5 – 18 AT FILM FORUM ©Courtesy of Toho Studios A new 4K restoration of Akira Kurosawa’s epic masterpiece, SEVEN SAMURAI…
“If there were something like a sacred treasure of the cinema, that would have to be the work of Ozu.” – Wim Wenders OZU 120 A COMPLETE RETROSPECTIVE OF YASUJIRŌ OZU’S EXTANT WORK JUNE 9-29 (THREE WEEKS) AT FILM FORUM Commemorating the 120th anniversary of the director’s birth And 60th anniversary of his death PRESENTED…
Karen Cooper, left, will step down as director of Film Forum in June. Succeeding her will be Sonya Chung, right.Credit…Left: Henny Garfunkel. Right: Robin Holland. After exactly half a century (1972-2022) as Director of Film Forum, the nonprofit cinema in Lower Manhattan, Karen Cooper will step down from the position and will be succeeded by…
“1962…1963…1964” JULY 22 – AUGUST 11 AT FILM FORUM 3-WEEK, 35-FILM SERIES SPOTLIGHTS RICH PERIOD OF MOVIE HISTORY Includes films by Stanley Kubrick, David Lean, Federico Fellini, François Truffaut, Jacques Demy, John Ford, Richard Lester, Agnès Varda, Roman Polanski, Jean-Luc Godard, Tony Richardson, Sergio Leone, Luis Buñuel, Francis Ford Coppola, Alfred Hitchcock, and many others Presented…
Co-Presented byFEBRUARY 11 – MARCH 10 AT FILM FORUMFOUR-WEEK FESTIVAL OF 33 FILMS STARRINGTHE LEGENDARY JAPANESE ACTOR TOSHIRŌ MIFUNE35mm rarities and rediscoveries imported from the libraries ofThe Japan Foundation and The National Film Archive of JapanSeries includes SEVEN SAMURAI, RASHOMON, YOJIMBO, THRONE OF BLOOD, A WIFE’S HEART, THE HIDDEN FORTRESS, HIGH AND LOW, DRUNKEN ANGEL,…
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