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Latest Highlights
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Open Roads Italian Festival May 28-June 4
Lincoln Center’s 25th Italian fest proves eternal cinema themes endure for eternity Dollar for dollar, year after year, Lincoln Center…
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A complex liminal space in ‘All the Lovers in the Night’
Director Yukiko Sode premiered her fourth feature, “All the Lovers in the Night,” at the Cannes International Film Festival last…
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Thank God for ‘Club Kid’
Writer, actor and comedian Jordan Firstman’s directorial debut, “Club Kid,” made waves at this year’s Cannes International Film Festival. The…
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Spirits, Sisterhood and Family Dysfunction Abound in ‘Forever Your Maternal Animal’
Contemporary independent films are awash in complicated families. Whether it’s the feuding father-daughter artists in “Sentimental Value” or the sibling…
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Cannes Debut: A Conversation with Filmmaker Lenti Liang Before and After the Screening of ‘Our Secrets’
Not many young filmmakers can add a Cannes International Film Festival debut to their resume shortly after graduating — but…
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Neglecting the necessary: Was Koji Fukada’s ‘Nagi Notes’ an apolitical letdown?
With a body of work that varies from short films told from the point of view of a motel bed…
Editors’ Picks
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New Directors/New Films April 8-19
In a world where most film directors start by making shorts, just one New York fest shows them all to…
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Rendez-Vous With French Cinema – March 5-15
Unifrance serves up a delicious new edition of art cinema to Film at Lincoln Center patrons Surprises galore pop up…
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Staff Picks: The Stories of Immigrants
Following recent disturbing events in which American Immigration and Customs Enforcement continue to violently target peaceful immigrants and U.S. citizens…
