Film

Tue, Oct 27 2009

To Save and Project (Curator Interview)

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MoMA puts on its 7th annual restoration/preservation film festival, To Save and Project, exhibiting over 25 films. SMAC has here interviewed the Assistant Curator, Joshua Siegel, who describes in detail...

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Tue, Oct 6 2009

DVD release of Chantal Akerman’s FROM THE EAST (D’Est)

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“Comparable in force and originality to Godard or Fassbinder, Chantal Akerman is arguably the most important European director of her generation.” — J. Hoberman, The Village Voice Today...

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Wed, Sep 30 2009

The New York Film Festival – Lebanon / Inferno / Room and a Half

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Inferno by Henri-Georges Clouzot is film that was never finished. It was started in 1964 and abandoned. Decades later it premieres at the New York Film Festival as a tale of a filmmaker in the search...

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Sun, Sep 27 2009

Digital Film, Digital Dissident

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The New York Times reviews “Ghost Town,” a documentary by Zhao Dayong that looks at the life of a small village near the Chinese-Myanmar border. As the Times highlights, one notable aspect...

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Sat, Sep 12 2009

Gogol Bordello Non-Stop

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Last night Gogol Bordello Non-Stop, a documentary about the legendary New York band under the leadership of Eugene Hutz, premiered at New York City’s Cinema Village. Directed by Colombian born Margarita...

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Fri, Aug 14 2009

Kazakhstan in Queens: Screening Tulpan at the Socrates Sculpture Park

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Queens, New York. Rainy summer. Wednesday evening. The gray sky promised nothing but another pouring rain. Regardless, Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens went forward with the screening of the a — part...

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Tue, May 5 2009

Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi

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About halfway through Ian Olds’ compelling documentary, “Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi,” the film’s namesake debates with a friend what would happen should the Afghan Taliban...

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Wed, Apr 29 2009

Playground. Interview with the director Libby Spears

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Film still from "Playground" Wherever you can buy drugs in this country, you can buy children – American children – for sex. While it is not an easy film to watch, Playground is a must...

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Tue, Apr 21 2009

Tribeca Film Festival Kicks Off

Spike Lee, Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro & Uma Thurman Kick off 2009 Tribeca Film Festival The TriBeca Film Festival starts tomorrow and will run for the next 12 days. Founded in 2002 to help revitalize...

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