World Cinema
New York Niche Film Festivals: Cambodia
As part of the month long Season of Cambodia Arts festival in New York, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and noted Cambodia documentary filmmaker Rithy Panh presented Old Ghosts, New Dreams: The Emerging Cambodian Cinema. The festival ran from … Continue reading
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The New Arab Cinema
With the Middle East so much in the news, and two long wars dragging the United States and its partners into imprecise waters that have as much to do with cultural conflicts as military ones, it becomes achingly clear that … Continue reading
Latin Beat At Lincoln Center
To accompany the steamy heat of mid August in New York City, the Film Society of Lincoln Center is offering the 13th edition of its Latinbeat series, presenting a variety of the best recent Latin American cinema made in the … Continue reading
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Homage To Claude Sautet
Even the most avid of French film lovers may not be as familiar with the career and oeuvre of Claude Sautet. Well, the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York is about to address it, offering the iconic French … Continue reading
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Venice-Set French Thriller
You cannot get much better than having the city of Venice as your backdrop. Add to that the cinematic prowess of a French legend, and discriminating audiences have one of the best arthouse films of the moment. UNFORGIVEABLE, the latest … Continue reading
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Euro Docs Dominate
The flowering of European documentaries is in clear evidence at this year’s AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival. With what have been strong local funding support and the financial involvement of state-run television, documentarians have been able to take advantage of … Continue reading
A Child Soldier’s Fate
Using documentary style technique but with a biting and controversial script, Canadian writer/director Kim Nguyen has created an astonishing account of a girl soldier struggling to survive in a conflict-torn central African state in WAR WITCH (originally titled REBELLE), which … Continue reading
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Open Roads To Italian Cinema
With the first summer breezes hitting New York, thoughts turn to Italy, and the annual Open Roads: New Italian Cinema series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Since its debut in 2001, the mini-festival has become an important showcase … Continue reading
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Reality Show Dreams
While there remain strong differences in the world, a common theme in these economically challenging times is the dream of simple people who, stuck in their difficult circumstances, dream of a way out. And yet, if you have no discernible … Continue reading
Miller Film To Close Cannes
The last film of Claude Miller, the veteran French filmmaker who died last month, will have its premiere as the closing night film of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The film, an adaptation of the novel Thérèse Desqueyroux by Francois … Continue reading
