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.
NYFF Soft Focus: James Gray
By Alex Hunter
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October 22, 2016
James Gray talks about learning to take pleasure in the filmmaking process and why premiering his new film The Lost City of Z at the 54th New York Film Festival feels like a homecoming.
NYFF Soft Focus: Dash Shaw
By Alex Hunter
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October 21, 2016
Dash Shaw talks about his transition from comic book artist to filmmaker in this interview from the 54th New York Film Festival.
NYFF Soft Focus: Paul Verhoeven
By Nicholas Kemp
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October 20, 2016
Paul Verhoeven reflects on the 2016 Presidential Election and explains why he finds the term "provocation" misleading as applied to his work in this interview from the 54th New York Film Festival.
NYFF Soft Focus: Steve James
By Nicholas Kemp
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October 19, 2016
Steve James talks about the power of film to illuminate human lives and balancing his own point of view with the needs of the story being told in this interview from the 54th New York Film Festival.
NYFF Soft Focus: Errol Morris
By Nicholas Kemp
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October 18, 2016
The legendary documentarian talks about his desire to bring the work of photographer Elsa Dorfman to a wider audience in this interview from the 54th New York Film Festival.
NYFF Soft Focus: Matías Piñeiro
By Nicholas Kemp
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October 17, 2016
The director of 'Hermia and Helena' talks about his sensual relationship with framing and filmmaking as a form of creative gathering in this interview from the 54th New York Film Festival.
NYFF Soft Focus: Terence Davies
By Nicholas Kemp
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October 15, 2016
The director of A Quiet Passion talks about the wonder he felt watching films as a child and his struggle to suspend his disbelief now that he knows how the soup is made.
NYFF Soft Focus: Kleber Mendonça Filho
By Nicholas Kemp
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October 14, 2016
The director of Aquarius talks about how cinema creates a map of the world and recalls his first experience in a movie theater in this interview from NYFF.
NYFF Soft Focus: Barry Jenkins
By Nicholas Kemp
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October 13, 2016
The Moonlight director talks about his early struggles in film school and the movies he discovered while there that went on to influence his work.
NYFF Soft Focus: Raoul Peck
By Nicholas Kemp
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October 11, 2016
The director of I Am Not Your Negro talks about his filmmaking toolbox, working in fiction vs. nonfiction, and his preference for open endings.