MOST PEOPLE DIE ON SUNDAYS may be the quirkiest film you see this year …or any year. Directed and starring Iair Said, and asking the big question: when “ordinary people’’– not extraordinary– die? What happens to those of us...
With a spectacular cast, stunning costumes and set design, beautiful cinematography and gorgeous locations— BONJOUR TRISTESSE shares all the hallmarks of the Merchant Ivory classics that delighted audiences for years. Originally published in 1954, Francoise...
If I can make it there, I can make it anywhere. That’s more than just a line from a song. Among art house distributors, it has been an article of faith for almost as long as anyone can remember. Get a film off to a strong start in Manhattan and the...
In the words of Thomas Wolfe, “You can’t go home again.” … But if you do–it’s not likely to be an easy landing.” As told by writer and director Anna Campbell in her new film, NORA, balancing parenting, working, and a creative life can be an impossible...
As a teenage singer-songwriter from New Jersey in the mid-60’s, Janis Ian had one of the more remarkable debuts in modern music history. At 13 she scored a hit single– “Society’s Child,” about an interracial love relationship,...
RENDEZVOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA is an annual festival organized by the programmers at the Film Society at Lincoln Center. And since French films are such an important part of the programming mix, we decided to spend some time in the Big Apple talking to...
