Which Way Is Up?
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August 4 - 24, 2017
Richard Pryor x 3: the inimitable comedian takes on multiple memorably hilarious roles in this irreverent, socially conscious satire.
The inimitable Richard Pryor is a triple threat in this irreverent, socially conscious satire (and remake of a Lina Wertmüller film!). In one of three roles, Pryor stars as Leroy Jones, a hapless California orange picker and accidental labor organizer who falls in and out of the arms of three women: his newly liberated wife, a new-agey activist, and a tiger-in-the-sheets preacher’s wife. The sex farce set-up makes room for subtle critiques of corporate exploitation and religious hypocrisy, while Pryor plays opposite himself in two hilarious supporting turns: as his own randy, mightily whiskered father and an electric-guitar-playing, fire-and-brimstone reverend whose sermon on sin is worth the price of admission alone.
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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.
