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.
An “Abnormal” Hurricane Katrina Documentary
By Erik Luers
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September 19, 2013
We spoke with the team of directors behind the "post-post" Hurricane Katrina documentary Getting Back to Abnormal, about a controversial New Orleans city council campaign, which screens Thursday in Art of the Real.
NYFF51 Spotlight: Wiseman’s “At Berkeley” Looks at Free Speech Under Financial Crisis
By Brian Brooks
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September 16, 2013
The fallout from the financial crisis, the challenges facing public education, and the idealism of youth are just some areas covered in Frederick Wiseman's latest direct cinema epic At Berkeley.
NYFF51 Spotlight: Science and Art Collide in “Particle Fever”
By Liv Behre
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September 16, 2013
Highly acclaimed at the Sheffield Doc/Fest, where it won the Audience Award, Mark Levinson's documentary about the Large Hadron Collider and the most significant scientific experiment of a generation is both visually compelling and brilliantly informative.
NYFF51 Spotlight: Doublethinking “Google and the World Brain”
By Ryan Bushey
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September 5, 2013
Combining techno-thriller intrigue and interviews with bastions of the written word, Ben Lewis' Google and the World Brain is a damning portrait of the search engine giant's controversial tactics in their quest to scan every book in the world.
NYFF51 Adds 32 Documentaries and Restored Films
By Brian Brooks
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August 26, 2013
Film Society has revealed the lineup for new NYFF sections that spotlight documentaries and restorations. Monday's announcement includes 32 added titles screening in the upcoming 51st New York Film Festival.
Locarno: Chemical Amnesia and Cinematic Awareness in “Pays Barbare”
By Ingrid Raison
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August 21, 2013
In their new film, avant-garde documentary filmmakers Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi resculpt home movies from the Italian occupation of Ethiopia into a damning deconstruction of fascism and colonialism.
Video of Distressed Whale Renews Interest in “Blackfish”
By Brian Brooks
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July 30, 2013
Online video of a distressed young pilot whale at a SeaWorld park has renewed interest in Gabriela Cowperthwaite's orca doc Blackfish, which is critical of keeping marine mammals in captivity.
“Brothers Hypnotic” Redefines Family, Music and Success
By Brian Brooks
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July 26, 2013
Sound + Vision film Brothers Hypnotic by first-time filmmaker Reuben Atlas spotlights an unconventional band of eight brothers from a rough Chicago neighborhood who decidedly play outside the conventions of the music industry, pursuing their brash sound while catching the attention of celebs and their charismatic father.
Interview: Poull Brien, “Charles Bradley: Soul of America”
By Shelley Farmer
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July 26, 2013
The director behind our Sound + Vision Opening Night film discusses discovering Charles Bradley, finding a story through editing, and the process of making his first feature documentary.
When Cinema Revolts
By Tiffany Vazquez
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July 22, 2013
Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced the lineup for Cinema of Resistance, a special series dedicated to films political in both content and practice, featuring the premiere theatrical run of a new restoration of Far From Vietnam.