Film Society of Lincoln Center Announces Spring 2018 Repertory and Festival Lineup
The Film Society of Lincoln Center is devoted to supporting the art and elevating the craft of cinema. The only branch of the world-renowned arts complex Lincoln Center to shine a light on the everlasting yet evolving importance of the moving image, this nonprofit organization was founded in 1969 to celebrate American and international film. Via year-round programming and discussions; its annual New York Film Festival; and its publications, including Film Comment, the U.S.'s premier magazine about films and film culture, the Film Society endeavors to make the discussion and appreciation of cinema accessible to a broader audience, as well as to ensure that it will remain an essential art form for years to come.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston to Host 20th Annual QFest, 7/21-24
From Thursday, July 21, to Sunday, July 24, Houston will host the 20th annual QFest, a LGBTQ film festival programmed by artistic director Kristian Salinas, with screenings in venues throughout the city. This year, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, screens six films examining familial bonds and connections, a recurring theme in this year's festival. Selections also include a tribute to Italian filmmaker Liliana Cavani, director of The Skin, an Italian war film, and The Night Porter, which follows the story of a former concentration camp victim who encounters a previous abuser. Visit www.mfah.org/qfest or www.q-fest.com for more information.
Gattelli & Flaherty's IN YOUR ARMS, Featuring 10 Dance Vignettes by Iconic Writers, Begins Tonight at The Old Globe
The Old Globe opens its 2015-2016 Season with IN YOUR ARMS, a World Premiere dance-theatre musical featuring direction and choreography by Tony Award winner Christopher Gattelli (Newsies, Godspell, Lincoln Center Theater's The King and I and South Pacific) and original music by Tony Award winner Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime, Once on This Island; two-time Oscar nominee for Anastasia). The production begins tonight, September 16, with an opening slated for September 24, and runs through October 25, 2015.
Film Society of Lincoln Center Announces Summer Late-Night Film Series
he Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today the continuation of a summer tradition of showcasing great genre classics to beat the heat. Following the tradition of last summer's popular "Midnight Movies" series, each film in the new "Freaky Friday" series will kick off the weekend at 11pm and have the same weekly blend of mind-melting, gross-out horror as well as some rarely screened classic cult favorites in glorious 35mm, curated by Film Society programmer and Film Comment Editor Gavin Smith.
TADZIO SPEAKS... Opens Tonight at Etcetera Theatre
In DEATH IN VENICE - Thomas Mann's 1912 novella and Luchino Visconti's 1972 film starring Dirk Bogarde - von Aschenbach becomes increasingly obsessed by Tadzio, a beautiful youth. Although the two never speak, the boy is clearly aware of the older man's attention and a silent relationship grows between them that lasts until the writer's final day on the Lido beach.
TADZIO SPEAKS... Set to Open Nov 6 at Etcetera Theatre
In DEATH IN VENICE - Thomas Mann's 1912 novella and Luchino Visconti's 1972 film starring Dirk Bogarde - von Aschenbach becomes increasingly obsessed by Tadzio, a beautiful youth. Although the two never speak, the boy is clearly aware of the older man's attention and a silent relationship grows between them that lasts until the writer's final day on the Lido beach.
DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE Plays the Lyceum Theatre, Now thru May 12
Starring one of Britain's best loved comedians, Joe Pasquale, and award-winning star of stage and screen, Robert Powell, Doctor in the House follows the comic misadventures of an inexperienced young medical student, Simon Sparrow, at the beginning of a five-year internship at St. Swithin's Teaching Hospital.
Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at Lyceum Theatre's DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE, Sheffield
Starring one of Britain's best loved comedians, Joe Pasquale, and award-winning star of stage and screen, Robert Powell, Doctor in the House follows the comic misadventures of an inexperienced young medical student, Simon Sparrow, at the beginning of a five-year internship at St. Swithin's Teaching Hospital. Check out two photos of the cast in action here, ahead of the May 8 opening night. The show runs until May 12.
DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE Plays the Lyceum Theatre, May 8-12
Starring one of Britain's best loved comedians, Joe Pasquale, and award-winning star of stage and screen, Robert Powell, Doctor in the House follows the comic misadventures of an inexperienced young medical student, Simon Sparrow, at the beginning of a five-year internship at St. Swithin's Teaching Hospital.
Moving Image Present Alain Resnais Retrospective 2/25-3/20
Alain Resnais (b. 1922), the French New Wave director whose distinctive films explore themes of time, memory, history, and desire, will be the subject of a major retrospective at Museum of the Moving Image from February 25 through March 20, 2011.
Moving Image Present Alain Resnais Retrospective
Alain Resnais (b. 1922), the French New Wave director whose distinctive films explore themes of time, memory, history, and desire, will be the subject of a major retrospective at Museum of the Moving Image from February 25 through March 20, 2011.