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Just what the world of film needs…..another film market.  The venerable Venice Film Festival, which recently hired Alberto Barbera as Artistic Director, has announced that it will present an official Film Market during its late August, early September dates. Pascal … Continue reading →

The Film Forum in New York is presenting a newly restored version of cinema’s great anti-war film starting today. Jean Renoir’s masterpiece GRAND ILLUSION (1937) will be shown in a spectacular new 4K restoration, in honor of its 75th anniversary, … Continue reading →

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has acquired all U.S. rights and Canadian ancillary rights to the teen romancer and 2012 Sundance Film Festival crowd pleaser THE FIRST TIME, produced by producers Martin Shafer and Liz Glotzer (FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS). THE … Continue reading →

On the eve of the release of his newest film WE HAVE A POPE, a satire on the behind the scenes drama and shenanigans of the Vatican, the IFC Film Center in lower Manhattan is presenting a retrospective of the … Continue reading →

MOONRISE KINGDOM, the new film by American director Wes Anderson, will open the 65th Festival de Cannes on Wednesday, May 16. Produced by Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson for Focus Features and Indian Paintbrush, MOONRISE KINGDOM … Continue reading →

Also kicking off today is Rooftop Cinema’s 16th Annual Summer Series presented by AT&T, featuring over 45 outdoor screenings with live music, spectacular venues and the best in new, independent, and foreign films. This year’s edition premieres tonight with some … Continue reading →

Theater and film bon vivant Noel Coward would have loved his gilt-edged tribute at the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York this weekend. COWARD ON FILM, which runs May 11 to 13, will run in conjunction with the … Continue reading →

The Museum of Modern Art, in association with the Munich Film Museum and the Goethe-Institut New York, will present the first comprehensive North American retrospective of German film, theater, and opera director Werner Schroeter. The program, which runs from May … Continue reading →

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, a food and cinema indie theater chain that has been a major success in its home base of Austin, Texas has unveiled plans for its first location in New York.  The five-screen Manhattan-area theater will be owned … Continue reading →