Features
How Art Deco Changed American Cinema
On the centennial of the movement, Film Forum is hosting a months-long retrospective of screenings.
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Werner Herzog’s Anticlimatic Exploration of the Human Brain
The filmmaker seems out of his depth in Theater of Thought, too willing to let his subjects make questionable claims without pushing back or delving deeper.
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60 Years Before Wicked, a Movie Musical That Made Your Eyes Sing
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg is one of the most brain-quiveringly beautiful films ever to flood a screen.
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You Can’t Finish This Brian Eno Doc in a Single Lifetime
An algorithm organizes a unique ordering of scenes for each screening, meaning there are millions of versions of the film.
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Pandora’s Box Unleashes a Universe of Male Oppression
Newly restored, G.W. Pabst’s 1929 film provides a bleak, unsettling account of a showgirl’s ruin at the greedy hands of competing male suitors.
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60 Films That Say "I Love New York"
A festival opening this week at Film Forum highlights NYC-based, critically acclaimed films throughout the decades, from Scorsese to blaxploitation.
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Banned Pakistani Film Joyland Arrives in New York
Saim Sadiq’s award-winning film is still banned in Punjab, where it was filmed.
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The Book Club That’s Been Discussing the Same Proust Novel for 20 Years
At first, simply watching people read In Search of Lost Time might seem dull; by the end, you'll be itching to read or reread it yourself.
Guide
A Series Spotlights NY's Underground Art and Cinema in the Early 1960s
Focused on the years 1962–1964, a program by Film at Lincoln Center pairs with a Jewish Museum exhibition and a survey at Film Forum.
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Workers at NYC’s Film Forum Are Pushing to Unionize
Staff cite just hiring practices, health and safety measures for frontline staff, and fair compensation among their reasons for organizing.
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How Do the Right Thing Recreated Greek Tragedy in Bed-Stuy
Spike Lee’s landmark film is often remembered for its still-relevant social commentary, but its formal brilliance should not go overlooked.
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SIN, a Gritty and Sublime Biopic of Michelangelo
Andrei Konchalovsky’s film depicts an artist full of ambition, paranoia, loathing, and regret.