In Molly Bernstein’s new documentary, An Art That Nature Makes: The Work of Rosamond Purcell, a portrait of human curiosity emerges. Finding beauty in the abject object, Rosamond Purcell’s photography, which often features natural oddities and found objects in various stages of deterioration, harkens to a time when philosophy, science, ...
On Monday, July 25, a day drenched by a smattering of summer downpours, the Film Society of Lincoln Center presented a new restoration of Merchant Ivory’s Howards End, with director James Ivory in attendance for a post-screening Q&A with Michael Koresky. Clad in a light, pinstripe suit, Ivory tapped his ...
For John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands was always more than a muse: “When I saw her, that was it! The first time I saw her, I was with an actor, John Ericson, and I said, ‘That’s the girl I’m going to marry.’” But Rowlands, focused on her acting career, dismissed his ...
Rear Window Anthology Film Archives July 16, 2016 at 9:00 PM Before Facebook stalking became the norm, James Stewart’s L.B. Jeffries was actually doing something quite peculiar. As an injured and wheelchair-bound photographer, Jeffries has nothing to do all day but watch his neighbors from his New York apartment windows. Through Jeffries’ lens, ...
Perhaps the most famous adaption of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story continues to be an energetic and tragic story as it traces the forbidden love between Tony and Maria. The Montagues and the Capulets are transformed into rival teenage gangs: The American-born Caucasians, Jets, and the Puerto-Rican ...
A modern interpretation of Jane Austen’s Emma for an age group that had probably never heard of the novel, Clueless was the epitome of 90s slang, fashion, and rhythm. Cher and her best friend Dionne, named for “great singers of the past that now do infomercials,” are Beverly Hills rug-rats ...
While Elisabeth Subrin’s debut feature, A Woman, A Part, charts familiar territory, she does so with an emotional depth not frequently found in the aging-female-artist genre. Known for her installations and radical short films (such as Shulie, a shot-by-shot reconstruction of an unreleased documentary about Shulamith Firestone), Subrin packs nuanced ...
REEL 13 may be taking a break for June pledge, but we haven’t taken our eye off of the great films playing around the city. While you’re waiting for us to return to your home theater on June 25th, here are some films to stave off your cinematic ennui. Sticking ...
REEL 13 may be taking a break for June pledge, but we haven’t taken our eye off of the great films playing around the city. While you’re waiting for us to return to your home theater on June 25th, here are some films to stave off your cinematic ennui. Sticking ...
