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: Stevan Riley, ‘Listen to Me Marlon’
By Michael Odmark
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March 27, 2015
Following its buzzed-about premiere at Sundance, Listen to Me Marlon, Stevan Rileyâs intimate portrait of legendary actor Marlon Brando, screens as part of the 44th New Directors/New Films, which continues through Sunday.
Meet the (New) Director: Salomé Alexi, 'Line of Credit'
By Rachel Del Giudice
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March 27, 2015
SalomĂ© Alexiâs feature-film debut, Line of Credit, is a gently humorous story about an indebted shopkeeper trying to stay afloat. In her comments about the feature, screening in the 44th New Directors/New Films, Alexi talks finding inspiration in painting, and the trials of adapting to capitalism in a Soviet society.
Images from the 44th New Directors/New Films (So Far)
By Brian Brooks
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March 26, 2015
As New Directors/New Films heads into its final stretch, FilmLinc takes a look at images from the past week. For 44 years, ND/NF, presented by the Film Society and MoMA, has been a beacon for audiences to see some of the best work by emerging filmmakers. The festival continues through Sunday.
Meet the (New) Director: Chaitanya Tamhane, ‘Court’
By Rachel Del Giudice
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March 25, 2015
Chaitanya Tamhane weaves a tale of injustice in his debut film, Court, which follows the trial of a folk singer accused of assisting a suicide. In his comments to FilmLinc, Tamhane talks about creating a new kind of courtroom drama and filming up to 60 takes per scene. Court screens in New Directors/New Films, which continues through Sunday.
Meet the (New) Director: Benjamin Crotty, ‘Fort Buchanan’
By Michael Odmark
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March 25, 2015
Actor/writer/director Benjamin Crotty makes his feature directorial debut with Fort Buchanan, a tragicomic portrait of a man stranded at a remote military post while his husband carries out a mission in Djibouti. The film screens on Wednesday, March 25 and Sunday, March 29 at the 44th New Directors/New Films, which continues through March 29.
Remembering Jytte Jensen, MoMA Film Curator and ND/NF Selection Committee Member
By Brian Brooks
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March 24, 2015
Jytte Jensen, a champion of international cinema and a leading figure in New York's film community, passed away Monday night after a battle with cancer. A friend and colleague to many here and around the world, Jensen was Curator in the Film Department at the Museum of Modern Art, where she worked for more than 30 years.
Meet the (New) Director: Charles Poekel, ‘Christmas, Again’
By Rachel Del Giudice
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March 23, 2015
The 44th annual New Directors/New Films is filled with brave, emerging voices, and director Charles Poekelâs will be among them. In his comments to FilmLinc about his bittersweet romance Christmas, Again, Poekel gives his thoughts on finding love in the tree stand.
Meet the (New) Director: Lukas Valenta Rinner, ‘Parabellum’
By Michael Odmark
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March 23, 2015
Austrian director Lukas Valenta Rinner makes his North American debut at New Directors/New Films with his first feature, Parabellum, which was nominated for the International Debut Award at the Göteborg Film Festival. The enigmatic film tells the story of a Buenos Aires office worker joining a bizarre group on a secluded retreat to prepare for the apocalypse.
Meet the (New) Director: Bill and Turner Ross, âWesternâ
By Rachel Del Giudice
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March 21, 2015
Bill and Turner Rossâs New Directors/New Films documentary Western follows the real-life John Waynes that live and die on the U.S.-Mexican border. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Sundance and nominated for the Grand Jury Prize, Western is the third nonfiction feature by the brother filmmaking team.
Meet the (New) Director: Darhad Erdenibulag + Emyr ap Richard, ‘K’
By Michael Odmark
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March 21, 2015
The 44th New Directors/New Films rolls into the weekend presenting innovative films to audiences at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art. The North American premiere of Darhad Erdenibulag and Emyr ap Richard's K, a new take on a Franz Kafka's The Castle, is among the weekend's offerings.