JOHN CAZALE - A 90TH ANNIVERARY TRIBUTE - Richard Shepard
Film Forum Presents
In this edition of UNFOLDING THE CALENDAR, we welcome back filmmaker Richard Shepard, who joined us previously to discuss last year's "Out of the 80s" series, which was inspired by his docu-memoir FILM GEEK. In today's episode, Shepard talks to our repertory artistic director Bruce Goldstein about the actor John Cazale, whose remarkable and all-too-brief five-title filmography is the subject of both our upcoming 90th anniversary tribute series and Shepard's 2009 documentary I KNEW IT WAS YOU: REDISCOVERING JOHN CAZALE. The series will run for one week only, from June 13th through 19th,...
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UNFOLDING THE CALENDAR - April, May & June 2025
Film Forum Presents
In our new Unfolding the Calendar episode, Film Forum programmers Sonya Chung and Mike Maggiore discuss upcoming premieres on our calendar for April - June 2025. With these conversations, we hope to introduce the people behind the programming here at Film Forum – and to provide some fun inside intel and trivia along the way. Please enjoy.
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UNFOLDING THE CALENDAR - February & March 2025
Film Forum Presents
In this episode of Unfolding the Calendar, Film Forum Director Sonya Chung and Premieres Artistic Director Mike Maggiore discuss the new films opening in February and March 2025. With these conversations, we hope to introduce the people behind the programming here at Film Forum – and to provide some fun inside intel and trivia along the way.
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UNFOLDING THE CALENDAR – January 2025 + Filmmaker Steve Pink on THE LAST REPUBLICAN
Film Forum Presents
In this episode, Film Forum Director & Premieres Co-Programmer Sonya Chung discusses our January openings with Premieres Artistic Director Mike Maggiore; and Mike talks to filmmaker Steve Pink about his new documentary THE LAST REPUBLICAN, opening January 3.
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UNFOLDING THE CALENDAR - October, November & December 2024
Film Forum Presents
In our new Unfolding the Calendar episode, Film Forum programmers Sonya Chung and Mike Maggiore discuss upcoming premieres on our calendar for October – December 2024. With these conversations, we hope to introduce the people behind the programming here at Film Forum – and to provide some fun inside intel and trivia along the way. Please enjoy.
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LOOK INTO MY EYES - Lana Wilson
Film Forum Presents
In Part 4 of the July – September 2024 installment of UNFOLDING THE CALENDAR, Film Forum Director Sonya Chung sat down at the theater with Lana Wilson, the brilliant director of the new documentary LOOK INTO MY EYES, a revelatory portrait of psychics in New York City and the people who come to them seeking connection – on this plane or another one. The film opens Friday, September 6 from A24. Lana has a long history with Film Forum. After working in our administrative office for several years early in her career, her bold, moving debut feature AFTER TILLER, about four of the US’s...
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BLAXPLOITATION, BABY! - Odie Henderson and Bruce Goldstein
Film Forum Presents
In part 3 of the July – September 2024 installment of UNFOLDING THE CALENDAR, Film Forum’s Repertory Artistic Director Bruce Goldstein has a lively, free-wheeling conversation with Odie Henderson, chief film critic of The Boston Globe, about our upcoming festival BLAXPLOITATION, BABY!, opening Friday, August 16, and continuing for a week with 16 genre classics from the early 1970s, including SHAFT, SUPER FLY, COFFY, CLEOPATRA JONES, and much more. The festival coincides with the publication of Henderson’s new book, Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation,...
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WAR GAME - Jesse Moss, Tony Gerber & Gov. Steve Bullock
Film Forum Presents
In part 2 of the July – September 2024 installment of UNFOLDING THE CALENDAR, Film Forum Director and premieres co-programmer Sonya Chung talks with WAR GAME filmmakers Jesse Moss and Tony Gerber, along with one of the film’s participants, former Montana Governor Steve Bullock. For WAR GAME, the filmmakers, in association with the non-partisan organization Vet Voice, staged a White House war room simulation of a second January 6th-type insurrection attempt, with former members of US military high command and politicians acting in both the government and insurrectionist roles. Bullock...
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UNFOLDING THE CALENDAR - July, August, September 2024
Film Forum Presents
In our new Unfolding the Calendar episode, Film Forum programmers Sonya Chung and Mike Maggiore discuss upcoming premieres on our calendar for July – September 2024. With these conversations, we hope to introduce the people behind the programming here at Film Forum – and to provide some fun inside intel and trivia along the way. Look out for the second part in early August, which will feature FF Repertory Artistic Director Bruce Goldstein discussing our “Blaxploitation, Baby!” festival (August 16 - 22) with Boston Globe film critic and series advisor Odie Henderson. Please enjoy.
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NAKED ACTS - Bridgett M. Davis
Film Forum Presents
Film Forum’s Director Sonya Chung talks with filmmaker, novelist, and memoirist Bridgett M. Davis on the occasion of the restoration and release of her 1996 film NAKED ACTS — which will screen at FF on Thursday, June 6 at 7:00. Davis shares her influences and inspirations, including Julie Dash and Kathleen Collins, her passion for storytelling in multiple genres, and her return to filmmaking after 30 years.
info_outlineIn today’s episode, we bring you a conversation with Ryûsuke Hamaguchi from November 30, following a screening of his newest film, the critically acclaimed drama, DRIVE MY CAR. The film just won Best International Feature at the 2021 Gotham Awards, and is Japan’s official submission in the same category for the 2022 Academy Awards. The discussion was moderated by Vox film critic Alissa Wilkinson. DRIVE MY CAR is now playing. Please check www.filmforum.org for showtimes and tickets. Special thanks to Janus Films, Sideshow, Variance Films, and Cinetic Media for making this event possible.