Our Media Center takes you inside Film at Lincoln Center with photos, videos, and podcasts from our screenings, talks, and events, plus announcements of upcoming programs and coverage of our artist and education initiatives.
Meet the (New) Director: Jennifer Kent, 'The Babadookâ
By Brian Brooks
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March 22, 2014
Jennifer Kent started out as an aspiring actor/director. She later went on to act in various television series and movies in Australia and the U.S. Her feature directorial debut, The Babadook, will screen in New Directors/New Films.
Meet the (New) Director: Jessica Oreck, 'The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yagaâ
By Brian Brooks
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March 22, 2014
At New Directors/New Films Saturday, the Walter Reade will host the debut of a hybrid. The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga is set in Eastern Europe, telling a story that mixes narrative and documentary elements including an animated tableaux.
Meet the (New) Director: Roberto Minervini, âStop the Pounding Heartâ
By Erik Luers
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March 21, 2014
After screening at both Cannes and the Toronto International Film Festival, Roberto Minervini's Stop the Pounding Heart now plays New Directors/New Films this weekend. Despite his current success, Minervini didn't always think filmmaking was in his future...
ND/NF: Character Acting, Or the Art of the Eccentric
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March 21, 2014
More than good shtick: digging into the performances that give three New Directors/New Films selections some added flavor. Steven Mears reports.
Meet the (New) Director: Justin Simien, âDear White Peopleâ
By Erik Luers
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March 21, 2014
As Dear White People gets set to screen this weekend in New Directors/New Films, director Justin Simien looks back on his inspirations and goals in crafting this biting new satire.
‘Nymphomaniac: Volume I’ Star Stacy Martin Talks Performing for Lars von Trier
By Brian Brooks
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March 21, 2014
Stacy Martin is at the center of one of this year's most discussed, debated, and anticipated films, directed by one of the biggest "bad boys" of the filmmaking world. She stars as young Joe in Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac: Volume I, which begins its U.S. theatrical run at the Film Society this weekend.
Meet the (New) Director: Alejandro FernĂĄndez Almendras, âTo Kill a Manâ
By Erik Luers
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March 21, 2014
Chilean director Alejandro FernĂĄndez Almendras didn't always plan on having a career in filmmaking. On the eve of the New Directors/New Films premiere screening of To Kill a Man, FernĂĄndez Almendras shares with us his journey, including the many bumps in the road.
Fighting Back for Over 20 Years: Freida Lee Mock discusses ‘Anita’
By Erik Luers
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March 20, 2014
As Anita, a new documentary on American attorney Anita Hill's all-too-public fight against sexual harassment, opens at the Film Society, we spoke with the film's director, Freida Lee Mock.
Meet the (New) Director: Ana Lily Amirpour, 'A Girl Walks Home Alone at Nightâ
By Brian Brooks
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March 19, 2014
Ana Lily Amirpour's A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night opens the 43rd New Directors/New Film series Wednesday night. She shares with FilmLinc Daily how loneliness motivated her to make her first feature, and her journey to the big screen.
Meet the (New) Director: BenjamĂn Naishtat, 'History of Fearâ
By Brian Brooks
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March 19, 2014
ND/NF filmmaker BenjamĂn Naishtat provides insight into his debut feature, History of Fear, which will have its North American premiere during the series that kicks off Wednesday.