To celebrate the publication of New York independent filmmaker and animator Bill Plympton's new book Independently Animated (Rizzoli), Museum of the Moving Image will present two days of screenings and personal appearances over Memorial Day weekend.
In 1987, Elaine May's comedy Ishtar, with Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman as an incredibly untalented singing duo deployed to the Middle East, was the movie the press was ready to pounce on, even before it came out. May later commented, 'If all of the people who hate Ishtar had seen it, I would be a rich woman today.'
As the spring weather lures young athletes outdoors, Museum of the Moving Image offers a reason to stay inside: great sports documentaries on the big screen.
On the occasion of the theatrical release of his eagerly awaited new film, Tree of Life, which will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, Museum of the Moving Image will present a retrospective of Terrence Malick's first four feature films-Days of Heaven, Badlands, The Thin Red Line, and The New World-from May 13 through 15, 2011.
Actors Bill Connington, Juliette Bennett, and Anthony Haden-Guest, stars of the short film THE THORNHILLS OF PARK AVENUE, attended 'Isabella Rossellini: An Evening of Screenings and Conversation' on May 9 at the NYIT Theater, directly across from Lincoln Center, on Manhattan's Upper West Side. It was a special pre-festival event of the Gold Coast International Film Festival. THE THORNHILLS OF PARK AVENUE will be premiered at the new festival, the week of June 1, on Long Island's Gold Coast. (www.goldcoastfilmfestival.org)
The Gold Coast International Film Festival and New York Institue of Technology presented An Evening of Screenings & Conversation. A Special Pre-Festival event. The evening featured screenings of Ms. Rossellini's short films: 'My Dad is 100 Years Old' and 'Animals Distract Me'. There was a post-screening Q&A with the actress. David Schwartz, Chief Curator, Museum of Moving Image was moderator.
Actors Bill Connington, Juliette Bennett, and Anthony Haden-Guest, stars of the short film THE THORNHILLS OF PARK AVENUE, attended "Isabella Rossellini: An Evening of Screenings and Conversation" on May 9 at the NYIT Theater, directly across from Lincoln Center, on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
In 1987, Elaine May's comedy Ishtar, with Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman as an incredibly untalented singing duo deployed to the Middle East, was the movie the press was ready to pounce on, even before it came out. May later commented, 'If all of the people who hate Ishtar had seen it, I would be a rich woman today.'
On the occasion of the theatrical release of his eagerly awaited new film, Tree of Life, which will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, Museum of the Moving Image will present a retrospective of Terrence Malick's first four feature films-Days of Heaven, Badlands, The Thin Red Line, and The New World-from May 13 through 15, 2011.
Acclaimed Israeli novelist Yael Hedaya (Eden, Accidents: A Novel) was one of the main writers for the Israeli television series Be-tipul (In Treatment), which was the basis of the popular HBO show. On Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at 7:00 p.m.
Museum of the Moving Image will present Birds of Paradise, a special edition of the London-based Fashion in Film Festival that will focus on costume as a form of cinematic spectacle.
Acclaimed Israeli novelist Yael Hedaya (Eden, Accidents: A Novel) was one of the main writers for the Israeli television series Be-tipul (In Treatment), which was the basis of the popular HBO show. On Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at 7:00 p.m.
Museum of the Moving Image will present Birds of Paradise, a special edition of the London-based Fashion in Film Festival that will focus on costume as a form of cinematic spectacle.
The Senegalese filmmakers Ousmane Sembène (1923-2007) and Djibril Diop Mambéty (1945-1998) pioneered cinematic creativity in Africa. Among the many filmmakers they inspired is Moussa Sene Absa (b. 1958), a protégé and former assistant to Mambéty.
Kelly Reichardt's films are among the most richly textured and keenly observant works in contemporary cinema.
As the spring weather lures young athletes outdoors, Museum of the Moving Image offers a reason to stay inside: great sports documentaries on the big screen.
Kelly Reichardt's films are among the most richly textured and keenly observant works in contemporary cinema.
Museum of the Moving Image will present Birds of Paradise, a special edition of the London-based Fashion in Film Festival that will focus on costume as a form of cinematic spectacle.
Film critic Dave Kehr's new book When Movies Mattered: Reviews from a Transformative Decade, published by the University of Chicago Press, is a collection of his reviews written between 1974 and 1986 in the Chicago Reader.
Premiering on Opening Night at the SXSW Festival earlier this month, Duncan Jones's Source Code has been met with praise and accolades from critics and audiences alike.
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