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...
A new Atom Egoyan film is cause for excitement among arthouse moviegoers. A stylish, self-assured filmmaker, his return to US screens is a welcome reunion for those who appreciate how he uses a non-linear plot structure to explore complex themes...
As Tolstoy says, “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” And so, it is any wonder that stories about dysfunctional families are such fertile ground for filmmakers. Griffin Dunne stars in a new...
