At the drive-in, under the stars or in your living room, there are plenty of frights to be had before fall arrives.
Category: Film Forum
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‘Seven Samurai’: Masterless Warriors in a Cinematic Masterpiece
Akira Kurosawa’s epic has always been known for its action-film artistry, but there is emotional heft and nuance as well.
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It’s the Summer of Powell and Pressburger in New York
The British filmmaking team were maestros of Technicolor and so much more. If you don’t know their work, your favorite directors do.
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Alain Delon’s Best Performances Showcased in a Retrospective
The French star is the subject of a series at Film Forum focusing on movies from the ’60s and ’70s, when he became an international sensation.
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‘Classe Tous Risques’: Bromance in the Dark
Claude Sautet’s 1960 existential buddy adventure opens Friday at Film Forum in a new 4K restoration.
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A Look Back at ‘Black Girl’ and Other Ousmane Sembène Films
At Film Forum, a retrospective of the Senegalese director’s work shows the care he took in telling female stories.
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‘Winter Kills’ Returns in New Print at Film Forum
Part black comedy, part paranoid thriller, the 1979 movie returns after four decades in a new 35 mm print at Film Forum.
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Claire Simon Finds a New Subject: Herself
The French director Claire Simon was making a movie about a Paris hospital when she found out she had cancer. So she became a character in her own film.
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‘The Oak’: A Post-Communist Pinwheel
Lucian Pintilie’s newly restored mad farce, now at Film Forum, paved the way for the Romanian new wave.
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‘Lumière’: An Actress Destined to Be in the Light
The New York Times – Movies:Jeanne Moreau’s first film as a director is showing for a week at Film Forum, newly restored and seven minutes longer than its 1976 U.S. release.
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Film Forum Director Karen Cooper to Step Down After 50 Years
The New York Times – Movies:Karen Cooper, who took over the nonprofit cinema in 1972 and transformed it into a $6 million-a-year operation, will step down in July after five decades.