Oil City Confidential
Sound + Vision 2015
July 29 - August 7, 2015
A lithe and lucid look at Dr. Feelgood, a proto-punk “pub-rock” band that broke up shortly before hitting the big time and paved the way for punk with their prescient sound, sardonic attitude, and outlandish stage shows. Introduction by Julien Temple.
A lithe and lucid look at Dr. Feelgood, a “pub-rock” band that broke up shortly before hitting the big time, which serves as a “prequel” to Temple’s other films about The Clash and the Sex Pistols. Through a series of interviews, it becomes clear how four boys from Canvey Island paved the way for punk with their prescient sound, sardonic attitude, and outlandish stage shows. As much a study of the band as of the place that shaped them, this unforgettable documentary will energize even the most jaded sprog.
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FLC and NYAFF Announce Lineup and Awards of the 25th New York Asian Film Festival, July 10–26
The New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) and Film at Lincoln Center today unveil the second wave of programming for its landmark 25th edition, adding more than 40 films to an already wide-ranging lineup, with very special final titles still to come.
Mark Jenkin and Mary Woodvine on Their Sci-Fi-Tinged Rose of Nevada
This week we’re excited to present a conversation from the 63rd New York Film Festival with Rose of Nevada director Mark Jenkin and actress Mary Woodvine.
Experience 10 Films Entirely on 70mm at “It’s All a Big Conspiracy,” July 1–9 at Film at Lincoln Center
Exploring conspiracy across Hollywood genres, from espionage and sci-fi to superhero cinema, political biography, Shakespearean adaptation, crime drama, cult psychodrama, and the modern action blockbuster, the series includes the first New York City theatrical screening of Tim Burton’s Batman on 70mm since its original release in 1989.
