Two masters meet: Hirokazu Kore-eda and Lee Chang-dong. ✨
See their extraordinary new films, Shoplifters and Burning, playing daily at FSLC! 📽

"Barbara is a film about the old Germany from one of the best directors working in the new: Christian Petzold,” says Manhola Dargis. Playing this Tuesday and Thursday in 35mm during the final week of our director retrospective, this masterfully controlled and totally absorbing Cold War thriller expertly details the costs of telling and withholding the truth.

Happy 102nd birthday, Kirk Douglas! Pictured with Robert Mitchum in Out of the Past, playing this Saturday and Dec. 25 & 31 during our Jacques Tourneur retrospective.

It’s the final week of Christian Petzold’s largest U.S. retrospective to date, featuring Phoenix, The State I Am In, Yella, Ghosts, Barbara, and more! 🇩🇪 On our YouTube channel, watch the director discuss crafting Transit (opening March 1), his admiration for Den of Thieves, the phantoms of history in his work, and much more. 📸: Julie Cunnah

“The shadows of the past live between us today, and that is what I try to film.”—Christian Petzold 🇩🇪 His largest U.S. retrospective to date continues through next week, including rarities and a special Harun Farocki program this Thursday at 6:30pm. See the full schedule at the link in bio and save with a discount package.

Hirokazu Kore-eda's Shoplifters, a New York Times Critic's Pick and Japan's Oscar entry, is playing daily! "Kore-eda has the sensitive, calibrated touch of a master safecracker, and he’s a virtuoso of emotional and narrative buildup," says Manohla Dargis. "His nuanced approach and self-effacing visual style give you room to breathe and to think; he doesn’t try to bludgeon you into feeling. (He knows the emotions will come.) His way of discreetly unwrapping stories and people is pleasurable; you never feel as if he’s gaming you." #shoplifters #hirokazukoreeda

“He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.” Happy birthday, Jean-Luc Godard! The Image Book, his extraordinary, boundary-pushing cinematic collage, will open on January 25 at FSLC.

Christian Petzold will join us for a Q&A following Sunday’s 4pm screening of Yella. Inspired by Herk Harvey’s 1962 horror classic Carnival of Souls, his final entry in the “ghost trilogy” locates its chills in the cold cruelty of contemporary male-driven business culture. The title character, played with remarkable poise by Nina Hoss, is an eager businesswoman from the former East who discovers that the “good job” she’s just landed in Hanover isn’t as promising as it seems—and that her past life is not so easily left behind. Deftly pivoting between psychological horror and cool realism, Yella is at once an eerie reworking of genre norms and a potent rumination on neoliberal capitalism following the uneven reunification of the two Germanies. Following the screening and Q&A, Petzold will also introduce the 6:30pm screening of The Sex Thief.

Playing tonight at 6:45 with an introduction by Christian Petzold, Phoenix is a precisely and exquisitely crafted chamber piece, resonant and gripping, softly building up to a stunning finale. The screening will be preceded by his new short Where Are You, Christian Petzold?, in which the director examines in detail a set of stills from a sequence in Hitchcock’s The Wrong Man, ruminating on the nature of cinematic narration, and offering a subtle tribute to his late mentor and friend Harun Farocki. Also plays again next Sunday!

“I haven’t slept for 26 hours.” Christian Petzold, who got stuck in transit, introduces a sneak preview of Transit on the sold-out opening night of his career-spanning retrospective! The director will return tomorrow for The State I Am In at 4pm + Phoenix at 6:45pm, then Sunday for Yella at 4pm + The Sex Thief at 6:30pm. 🇩🇪

Our Jacques Tourneur series begins in two weeks! 🎞 Explore the schedule in our December 2018 calendar (available online or in theaters) and get tickets starting today, including discount packages and passes. 🎟

The largest-ever U.S. retrospective of the films of Christian Petzold begins tonight with the director in person! 🇩🇪 Transit plays at 6:30pm and Jerichow at 9:15pm. Petzold will return this weekend for The State I Am In, Phoenix, Yella, and The Sex Thief. "The most impressive filmmaker to emerge in Germany since the neue kino is given an overdue retrospective," says J. Hoberman. "Petzold treats old movies as myths; he has an uncanny knack for creating phantom, historically resonant versions of familiar melodramas." See more and save with a discount package at the link in bio.

Christian Petzold: The State We Are In, the largest U.S. retrospective of the director, begins Friday with a sneak preview of his haunting new film Transit and his 2008 feature Jerichow. Petzold will return this weekend in person for screenings of Phoenix, The State I Am In, Yella, and The Sex Thief! 🇩🇪 See more & save with a 3+ film package. Also available are limited $125 All Access Passes, which include all 20 films (and 3 shorts!). 🎟

"I accept all interpretations of my films. The only reality is before the camera." R.I.P. Bernardo Bertolucci (1941-2018)

Alongside Christian Petzold's works, our retrospective (Nov. 30-Dec. 13) includes a selection of his influences with Joachim Trier’s Oslo, August 31st, John Berry’s He Ran All the Way (screening with Jean Renoir’s A Day in the Country), François Truffaut’s The Woman Next Door, Vincente Minnelli’s Some Came Running, plus a special Harun Farocki program & more! Discount packages + passes include these screenings. Reserve yours at the link in bio.

"Our lives are full of all the genres. Fear and hope and sadness." R.I.P. Nicolas Roeg (1928-2018) 📸: On the set of The Man Who Fell to Earth with David Bowie.

Our Christian Petzold retrospective, with the director in person, begins in one week, kicking off with a sneak preview of his his brilliant, haunting new film Transit! Petzold’s films are like no one else’s. At once intricately engaged with the real world and steeped in film history, they radically reimagine such genres as film noir, thriller, melodrama, and the spy drama, offering narrative mysteries, enigmatic protagonists immersed in even more enigmatic circumstances, an incomparable sense of atmosphere and style, and surprising links between Germany’s turbulent past and its fragile present. 🇩🇪 See more and save with a discount package.

This week, experience six of Hirokazu Kore-eda's most acclaimed films—Maborosi, After Life, Nobody Knows, Still Walking, I Wish, and Like Father, Like Son—on the big screen ahead of the release of his Palme d’Or winner Shoplifters, opening Friday. 🇯🇵 See more and save with a discount package!

Congrats to the #SpiritAwards nominees, including Paul Dano's Wildlife and Lee Chang-dong's Burning! ✨ Both are playing daily.

Just announced! On December 10, hosts of the acclaimed, provocative, and hilarious podcast Chapo Trap House will join us for a special presentation of a film they have selected: Paul Verhoeven’s thrilling and subversive sci-fi spectacle Starship Troopers. After the screening, Chapo’s hosts will participate in an extended onstage discussion, with a book signing of their New York Times best-selling The Chapo Guide to Revolution to follow. Tickets now available at the link in bio or filmlinc.org/chapo #chapotraphouse #starshiptroopers #paulverhoeven

‪“A good writer is not someone who knows how to write—but how to rewrite.” R.I.P. William Goldman (1931-2018)‬

Hirokazu Kore-eda is “one of history’s best filmmakers at analyzing what the word family even means,” says RogerEbert.com. Next week, join us for six essential films from the Japanese master, leading up to the release of Palme d’Or winner Shoplifters, opening November 23. See more & save with a discount package!

The complete schedule has been announced for Jacques Tourneur, Fearmaker, a wide-ranging retrospective and NYC’s largest in decades, taking place December 14 – January 3! Tourneur mixed the uncanny with the psychological, located even the most outlandish premises within familiar spheres, and roguishly circumvented financial constraints through his singular artistry. Tickets go on sale November 30. See the full schedule at filmlinc.org/tourneur

Limited edition 56th New York Film Festival posters, signed by Ed Lachman, are now available for purchase. 🖊 Order yours at filmlinc.org/merch #NYFF #EdLachman

Jean Seberg was born on this day in 1938. ✨ Photographed on the set of Breathless by Raymond Cauchetier.

On November 26, join us for free screenings of the 1989 holiday classic Prancer with free popcorn! ❄ Featuring indelible performances by Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman, and Abe Vigoda, Prancer is a warm and richly acted fable about a town brought together by the power of friendship, kindness, and the holiday spirit. Screening at 3pm, 5pm & 7pm as part of Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Square, New York’s largest holiday festival, featuring free entertainment, special performances, family activities, outdoor food tastings, and more. #winterseve #prancer #freescreening

Jacques Tourneur was born on this day in 1904. Pictured with Robert Mitchum & Jane Greer on the set of Out of the Past. On Dec. 14-Jan. 3, we present the largest NYC retrospective of his work in decades. Full schedule coming soon.

Good Morning (Yasujirô Ozu, 1959) | Playing this Sunday at 2pm in 35mm at My First Film Fest.

Hirokazu Kore-eda's Shoplifters opens in two weeks! To celebrate the release of his Palme d'Or winner, we're presenting six essential films from the Japanese master on Nov. 19-22, including Still Walking, After Life, Maborosi, Nobody Knows, and more. Tickets now on sale, including a discount package.

Starting tonight, experience family-friendly classics & new discoveries from around the world at My First Film Fest! Highlights include the New York premieres of the gorgeous, emotional documentary A Polar Year (tonight at 6:30pm) and the dazzling Tito and the Birds (Sat. at 6:45pm), both with director Q&As. Also, don't miss the compassionate tale of young, forbidden love in Rafiki (tonight at 9pm), plus beloved favorites from Yasujirō Ozu, Hayao Miyazaki & more! 17 or younger? Get discounted tickets or an all access pass at the link in bio.

Animation lovers: it’s a feast for the eyes this weekend at My First Film Fest! 🎨 Highlights include Naoko Yamada’s breathtaking coming-of-age tale A Silent Voice; the dazzling Tito and the Birds (w/ director Q&A!), which utilizes stunning oil painting drawings; Jiri Trinka’s masterpiece of balletic beauty A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Hayao Miyazaki’s aerial adventure classic Porco Rosso; and more! See them all + save with a discount package at the link in bio.

Wang Bing: “I think that the most interesting thing to do in films is not to create a story – in any case, I’m not the kind of filmmaker who sets out to create one. I prefer to look at people. If you look at an interesting person for a while, then you will realize that in that person’s life there is a very interesting story. When I meet someone and his or her story really attracts me, then I decide that I would like to make a film about him or her. When I decide that there’s something really beautiful about that person, and that his or her life really touches me, is the moment when I want to film.” Next weekend, join the director in person for the N.Y. premiere of his new opus Dead Souls and a rare screening of his debut masterpiece West of the Tracks.

My First Film Fest kicks off this Friday with the New York premiere of A Polar Year! Set amidst the dazzling, otherworldly landscapes of arctic Greenland, this richly human documentary—about the unexpected bond between a Danish teacher and an Inuit boy—celebrates our capacity for cross-cultural connection. Q&A with director Samuel Collardey. 🎤

Interweaving rollicking action with heartfelt pro-feminist, anti-fascist themes, Porco Rosso is a captivating, one-of-a-kind aerial adventure as only Studio Ghibli could dream up. Hayao Miyazaki’s wondrous, rip-roaring animation plays this Saturday at My First Film Fest! 17 or younger? Get tickets for just $9.

Happy birthday to the incomparable Italian icon, Monica Vitti! ✨

Happy Halloween! 🎃 U.S. and Italian posters for Invasion of the Body Snatchers, playing in 35mm on November 11.

Christian Petzold: The State We Are In, the largest U.S. retrospective to date of the acclaimed German director, begins November 30! 🇩🇪 Featuring his shorts, features, and rarely seen television work alongside a selection of films that have influenced him, Petzold will appear in person at the series, which extends through December 13. A founding member of the loose movement known as the Berlin School, Christian Petzold makes films that are like no one else’s. At once intricately engaged with the real world and steeped in cinema history, his works radically reimagine such genres as film noir, thriller, melodrama, and the spy drama, offering narrative mysteries, enigmatic protagonists immersed in even more enigmatic circumstances, an incomparable sense of atmosphere and style, and surprising links between Germany’s turbulent past and its fragile present. The expanse of his career to date—including several inventive films made for television—affirms his status as one of contemporary cinema’s premier directors, and the Film Society is honored to host Petzold in person for this retrospective. See the full schedule at filmlinc.org/petzold

Meet Jack. One night only on November 28, we present the North American premiere of Lars von Trier's director's cut of The House That Jack Built featuring a Q&A with Matt Dillon! Tickets on sale now at filmlinc.org/housejack 🔪 The director returns with one of his most daring, masterfully provocative works yet. In five audacious episodes, failed architect and arch-sociopath Jack (Matt Dillon) recounts the elaborately orchestrated murders—each, as he views them, a towering work of art—that define his “career” as a serial killer. Mixing pitch black humor, transcendent surrealism, and renegade musings on everything from history to architecture to cinema, von Trier fashions a radical, blazingly personal inquiry into violence, art, and the twin acts of creation and destruction. With Uma Thurman, Riley Keough, and Bruno Ganz.

Our November calendar has arrived! Coming soon: Hirokazu Kore-eda, Wang Bing, My First Film Fest, and more. 🗓 Read now at filmlinc.org/calendar or pick one up in our theaters.

Join Wang Bing on Nov. 16–18 as he presents the New York premiere of his monumental opus Dead Souls and his nine-hour debut epic West of the Tracks, which is one of the most affecting and thorough looks at the effects of deindustrialization and the advent of the free market on China’s economy. Dead Souls will screen on November 18 with a 30-minute intermission and West of the Tracks will be screened in three parts for the price of a single ticket. Now on sale at filmlinc.org/wangbing

Introduce the young movie lovers in your life to world cinema at My First Film Fest, November 9-11! Featuring new discoveries and beloved classics, this year’s edition includes the dazzling documentary A Polar Year, Ozu’s endearing Good Morning, the Kenyan love story Rafiki, Miyazaki’s captivating adventure Porco Rosso, the painterly Brazilian Oscar contender Tito and the Birds, and more! Tickets are now on sale, including discounts for those 17 and younger.

Happy birthday, Hong Sangsoo! 🎥: Right Now, Wrong Then (2015)

In anticipation of his Palme d’Or winner Shoplifters, we're presenting six films by Japanese master Hirokazu Kore-eda, Nov. 19-22. 🇯🇵 The series includes the director’s first narrative film, Maborosi, a delicate portrayal of resurrection after the loss of a spouse; After Life, a fantasy in which one can choose a single treasured moment to relive forever; the touching Like Father, Like Son, a selection of NYFF51 and 2013 Cannes Jury Prize winner; Nobody Knows, a harrowing fictionalized retelling of a true story of child abandonment; Still Walking, a detailed snapshot of a family over the course of one day; and I Wish, which follows the adventures of two young brothers who long to be reunited following their parents’ separation. Tickets go on sale Nov. 1, including a 3+ film discount package. See the full schedule at filmlinc.org/koreeda

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Just announced: Paul Dano and Jake Gyllenhaal will return for Q&As at Wildlife screenings this weekend! Friday (6:30pm), Saturday (5:15pm), and Sunday (noon). Tickets on sale now at the link in bio.

Wang Bing: The Weight of Experience, a three-film tribute to one of the great documentarians working today, begins November 16 with the director in person! An intrepid chronicler of the human tribulations underlying modern China’s social and economic transformation, Wang Bing makes films that are epic in duration yet precise in scope. Forging intimate bonds with his subjects, he captures the plights of individuals and communities in factory towns and rural villages, and demands that we behold the political complexity and moral weight of their struggles. The tribute will include the New York premiere of Wang’s latest, the eight-hour opus Dead Souls; a rare screening of his debut masterpiece, the three-part West of the Tracks (2002); and the first U.S. showing of the single-shot 15 Hours (2017), screening for free in the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater. See the full schedule at the link in bio. Tickets go on sale Friday.

"As you're growing up, your emotions are just as deep as they are when you're an adult. Your ability to feel lonely, longing, confused or angry are just as deep. We don't feel things more as we get older." Happy birthday, Spike Jonze!

Happy 75th birthday, Catherine Deneuve! ✨ Photographed by Peter Basch in 1961.

"Stunning. This polished, well-calibrated thriller is a best-in-class showcase of the possibilities of cinema,” says RogerEbert.com. Gustav Möller’s The Guilty, Denmark’s Oscar entry, is playing daily at 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15, and 9:15.