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: 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.
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.
Filmmaker in Residence Lisandro Alonso’s ‘Jauja’ Opened Friday
By Brian Brooks
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March 22, 2015
FilmLinc spoke with Argentine filmmaker Lisandro Alonso last summer shortly after he was named the Film Society's second Filmmaker In Residence. His latest movie, Jauja, which screened at NYFF52, began its theatrical run at the Film Society yesterday.
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.
Meet the (New) Director: Stéphane Lafleur, 'Tu dors Nicole'
By Rachel Del Giudice
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March 20, 2015
StĂ©phane Lafleurâs second narrative feature, the whimsical coming-of-age comedy Tu dors Nicole, screens this weekend at the 44th New Director/New Films. Lafleur tells us about finding inspiration for his tender portrayal of young people struggling toward adulthood.
Meet the (New) Director: Naji Abu Nowar, ‘Theeb’
By Michael Odmark
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March 20, 2015
Naji Abu Nowar received the Best Director prize in the Horizons section of the 2014 Venice Film Festival for his feature debut, Theeb, which is having its New York premiere in the 44th New Directors/New Films. The epic coming-of-age story is set in the Ottoman province of Hijaz during World War I.
Meet the (New) Director: Shim Sung-bo âHaemooâ
By Rachel Del Giudice
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March 19, 2015
On Friday and Saturday, the 44th New Directors/New Films series (March 18-29) will showcase South Korean newcomer Shim Sung-bo's crime drama Haemoo. Shim talks respect for his actors and the struggles of filming on a ship in his comments to FilmLinc.