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From The Archives: THAT EALING FEELING! 21 films
In honor of Charles Crichton's The Lavender Hill Mob starring Alec Guinness and Stanley Holloway, opening Friday, May 10, in…
OSCAR MICHEAUX AND THE BIRTH OF BLACK INDEPENDENT CINEMA 15 films
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Friday, May 3 – Thursday, May 9
A 15+ film festival, including 7…
KEN LOACH 22 films
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“If change is to come, it must come from the working class. That’s why…
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DELON 12 films
11 films starring international icon ALAIN DELON, including PURPLE NOON, LA PISCINE, THE LEOPARD, MR.…
JAPANESE HORROR 24 films
Two Weeks of J-HORROR CLASSICS AND RARITIES Friday, March 1 – Thursday, March 14
Spanning over…
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Film Forum's Out of the Seventies: Hollywood's New Wave
Colin 54 films
Score by Ennio Morricone
The Film Foundation 20 films
The Films of Glauber Rocha
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Ozu 120
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Rumberas Films!
Janus Films 24 films
Sidney Poitier & Contemporaries Series - Film Forum - 2022
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"It's a good job we're both honest men," remarks seedy Cockney knickknack manufacturer and hustler Stanley Holloway (13 years later, MY FAIR LADY’s Alfred Doolittle) as he gets the gist of fastidious bank clerk Guinness' scheme: to smuggle Bank of England gold bullion out of the country by melting them down into seemingly tacky Eiffel Tower souvenirs.
One of the highlights of the golden years of British comedies from Britain’s famed Ealing Studios, THE LAVENDER HILL MOB was…
Q&A with director Ryusuke Hamaguchi on Fri, 5/3 at 8:30 & actor Hitoshi Omika on Sun, 5/5 at 3:00
Oscar®-winning auteur Hamaguchi (DRIVE MY CAR) sets his newest feature in an idyllic forest community outside Tokyo, where corporate invaders have bought choice land for a glamping site. Taciturn widower Takumi gathers wild wasabi and stream water for a local udon restaurant, splits wood with Zen precision, and occasionally forgets to fetch his 8 year-old daughter from school — while…
Q&A with director Alireza Khatami on Fri, 4/26 at 7:50 & Sat, 4/27 at 7:50
In Tehran, a new father seeks to register the name (insufficiently Islamic, he is told) of his newborn son; a 20-something rideshare driver caught on camera without a hijab attempts to retrieve her impounded car; a man with poem tattoos applies for a driver’s license; an elderly woman pleads with the police for the return of her beloved dog. This taut, pulsing drama —…
WE GROWN NOW tells the story of two best friends growing up in the 90s in the infamous (and now-demolished) Chicago housing project, Cabrini-Green. 12-year-olds Malik and Eric are inseparable — they idolize Michael Jordan, compete in jumping contests, play hooky at the Art Institute. But when a shooting hits too close to home, the hard realities of safety confront Malik’s mother (Jurnee Smollett), and she must make a difficult decision about her family’s future. This warmly photographed, beautifully acted drama was nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Feature.
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For Frieze, I wrote about the new Hamaguchi film EVIL DOES NOT EXIST.
"Ryusuke Hamaguchi cannot be pinned down – that’s his strength as a filmmaker. As soon as he establishes a state of things, he crashes the state. He’s restless. A lot of people will be baffled by Hamaguchi’s new movie Evil Does Not Exist (2023), perhaps even hate it. Those of us who were expecting the same emotional catharsis of 2021 masterpieces Drive My Car and Wheel of…
Def recommend the banana bread and popcorn combo
I was,,, sitting next to Pedro Almodovar… for 2 hours,,, found out my friend had told him that she was saving the seat he wanted for me 😭😭😭😭
Got to see Ryusuke Hamaguchi in da flesh @ film forum!! Gorgeous soundtrack, it crept up to me so slowly. Now I want to rewatch drive my car and pay attention to the sound in that~
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