Film at Lincoln Center Events & Talks
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Film at Lincoln Center is thrilled to continue its popular year-round free ‘Talks’ series, along with more special events and screenings. In Talks, special guests will join us for a wide-ranging conversation about their new work, careers, influences, and approach to filmmaking. Since launching in 2011, the goal of this free series has been to bring film lovers together to celebrate and access leading voices in cinema, and we are proud to take this program online to provide even greater access to audiences around the world. HBO® is the presenting sponsor of Film at Lincoln Center Talks.
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Recent Events & Talks
Free Outdoor Screening: Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing
Free Outdoor Screening at Restart Stages
Spike Lee’s third feature marked nothing less than a revolution in American cinema, and endures today as not only a seminal portrait of New York City but also as an urgent work of art about race relations, gentrification, and the meaning of community.
Mo’ Better Blues
Free Outdoor Screening at Governors Island on August 6
A uniquely New York story, Spike Lee's Mo' Better Blues follows jazz trumpeter Bleek Gilliam (Denzel Washington, in his first collaboration with the director) as he navigates career and personal life with the city as a backdrop.
Summer of Soul Screening: A Juneteenth Celebration
Free Screening · June 19 at Lincoln Center's Restart Stages
In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary—part music film, part historical record, created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion.
ND/NF 50th Anniversary Talk: Wendy Keys with Sara Driver
Video Coming Soon! · A New Directors/New Films Event · Presented by HBO
5/7 at 6PM ET - Founding ND/NF programmer and current FLC board member Wendy Keys will moderate an extended conversation with Sara Driver about her acclaimed first feature, Sleepwalk (ND/NF 1987), and its place in Driver’s distinctive, idiosyncratic oeuvre.
ND/NF 50th Anniversary Talk: Larry Kardish with Ramin Bahrani
Video Coming Soon! · A New Directors/New Films Event · Presented by HBO
5/4 at 6PM ET - Founding ND/NF programmer and former senior film curator at MoMA Larry Kardish will chat with Ramin Bahrani about the director’s breakout feature, Man Push Cart (ND/NF 2006), and his multifaceted career, which includes producing ND/NF 2021 selection Luzzu.
ND/NF 50th Anniversary Talk: Richard Peña with Kleber Mendonça Filho
Video Coming Soon! · A New Directors/New Films Event · Presented by HBO
5/2 at 2PM ET - Longtime former FLC program director Richard Peña will sit down virtually with Kleber Mendonça Filho to discuss the filmmaker’s singular narrative feature debut, Neighboring Sounds (ND/NF 2012), and his landscape-altering follow-ups, Aquarius (NYFF54) and Bacurau (NYFF57).
Film Comment Live: ND/NF 2021 Critics’ Preview
Free Talk: Oscar-Nominated Actress Youn Yuh-jung
Watch here! · Presented by HBO
Youn Yuh-jung has been a celebrated screen performer in her native Korea for 50 years, giving life to a roster of singularly formidable women across genres & generations.
New Wave Film Club: My Brother’s Wedding (ND/NF)
4/22 at 7PM ET · Become a New Wave Member!
Join Film at Lincoln Center virtually for an exclusive New Wave discussion on Charles Burnett's My Brother's Wedding, which premiered at the 1984 edition of ND/NF. The talk will be led by ND/NF selection committee member and FLC assistant programmer Dan Sullivan. This rarely screened film is streaming April 16-21 as part of New Directors/New Films at 50: a free virtual retrospective.
Free Talk: Director Martín Rejtman
Watch here! · A Neighboring Scenes Event · Presented by HBO
Director Martín Rejtman will discuss his filmography and his landmark deadpan comedy, Silvia Prieto, which was Cinema Tropical’s very first screening in February 2001.
Free Talk: See You At The Séance
Watch here! · Presented by HBO
Creators who use the archive to commune with the future come together to discuss how they craft translations of Blackness through the bending, wielding, and visual exploration of time. What are the tangible effects of this holy, intangible ritual? Join NYC's Upside Film Festival and FLC for a special evening of music and conversation that closes out Black History Month with an eye towards Black futures.
Free Talk: Visions of Africa
Watch here! · Presented by HBO
To celebrate the 28th NYAFF and Black History Month, join us for a special panel discussion on the past, present, and future of African cinema with the filmmakers Gaston Kaboré (Wend Kuuni; Buud Yam), Ngozi Onwurah (The Body Beautiful; Shoot the Messenger), and Hlumela Matika (Tab). Moderated by curator and scholar June Givanni.
Free Talk: Cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt on Mank
Watch here! · Presented by HBO
Join us for an extended conversation with Messerschmidt to discuss the craft behind Mank, the legacy of Citizen Kane, and the work of visualizing Hollywood's ideas of itself.
Dragon Inn AKA New Dragon Gate Inn
Free Outdoor Screening at Restart Stages
Two of Asia’s greatest actresses of all time, Maggie Cheung and Brigitte Lin (who famously took an arrow in the eye during the shoot), play badass swordswomen who attempt to thwart Ming Dynasty eunuch Tsao (played by Donnie Yen in full supervillain form) as he masterminds a plot to take over the Empire.
