Museum of the Moving Image Wants You To 'See It Big'

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Published on Friday, 13 December 2013 15:51

Written by Renzo Adler

The Godfather

The Museum of the Moving Image (6-01 35th Ave, New York, NY) proudly features the work of talented cinematographers in their new exhibition series See It Big: Great Cinematographers, which runs until December 29, 2013. Including work by Gordon Willis, Vittorio Storaro, Vilmos Zsigmond, Néstor Almendros, Raoul Coutard, and James Wong Howe, these are films that are bigger than big, the kind of films that take full advantage of the cinema screen to command your attention.

One of the highlights of the show is a pristine digital projection of The Godfather, the restoration of which was overseen by Francis Ford Coppola, and will be screened December 28.

Dario Argento’s vibrant giallo horror classic Suspiria will be shown on December 15, along with bizarre prison escape flick/Tom Waits starring vehicle from Jim Jarmusch, Down By Law. And for those of you looking for something truly epic in scale, there’s David Lean’s 1965 epic Doctor Zhivago.

Other films being screened include:

• McCabe and Mrs. Miller
• How Green Was My Valley
• Children of Men
• Black Narcissus
• Empire of the Sun
• Fat City
• The Big Combo
• Night of the Hunter

All films will be screened in the Museum of the Moving Image’s sumptuous Redstone Theater. So why hunch over your desktop or squint your eyes looking at a tablet, when you can see some of the best films ever made in one of New York’s true temples to cinema.

To learn more, go to: http://www.movingimage.us/

See It Big: Great Cinematographers
November 8 - December 29, 2013

The Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35th Ave.
New York, NY 11106

The 5th "In French With Subtitles" Fest

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Published on Friday, 06 December 2013 19:02

Written by Brad Balfour

Amour et Turbulences

With comedies, dramas, thrillers, dark comedies or family movies, the In French With English Subtitles Festival once again offers the diversity and vitality of film from France, the first movie-making country in Europe.

In this 5th edition, this selection reflects a new generation of actors, scriptwriters and directors who are now leading for French cinema. And after every screening there will be a Q&A for the audience to quiz the creators, with  host Jerry Carlson leading the debate. Taking place from December 6-8th at The Florence Gould Hall, the festival presents films not yet seen in other venues including a World Premiere for closing night. Each screening and questions/answers are followed by a buffet prepared by the following chefs:

• Jean-Louis Dumonet, Chef JLD Consulting, NY
• Jean-Louis Gerin, NECI Vermont
• Claude Godard, Madison Bistro - Jeanne & Gaston, NY
• Sylvain Harribey, Sofitel NY
• Pierre Landet, Felix NY
• Bernard Liberatore, Core Club, NY

The hall is located within the French Institute-Alliance Francaise (FIAF) but FIAF is not affiliated with "In French With English Subtitles, Inc." and played no role in the planning or production of this film festival.

Gala Night is Friday December 6th 2013 at 7:15 pm

Love is in the air / Amour et Turbulences

On her way back from New York to Paris, where she's soon to be married, Julie finds herself sitting next to Antoine, an attractive cad whom she dated 3 years earlier. She'll do everything she can to avoid him, whereas he's counting on the 7-hour flight to win her back! The spectator will to travel back in time and witness their encounter, their love affair, their break-up... Many extraordinary, romantic, and caustic scenes that will make this journey the most moving one of their lives.

Miserere / La marque des anges-Miserere

In Paris, Lionel Kasdan, a retired police captain, investigates a strange murder: a choirmaster has been found dead in his church, his eardrums shattered, no witnesses.. Frank Salek, an Interpol agent who risks being suspended by his superiors because of his excessive behavior, is on the trail of a secret organization that specializes in kidnapping children. When Salek hears about the choirmaster's death, he thinks he's found a link with his own investigation and accepts to team up with Kasdan. But the more the investigation progresses, the more Salek seems to lose his footing, as though caught up by a deeply buried secret. From then on, the two men will plunge into an affair that finds its source in World War Two's darkest hours.

Tour de Force / La grande boucle

François is passionate about the Tour de France. Fired by his boss and dumped by his wife, he sets off on the Grande Boucle one day ahead of the professional cyclists. Initially alone, others, inspired by his defiance, quickly join him. The obstacles are numerous, but the rumor of his feat spreads. The media goes wild and the crowd cheers him on. The Tour's yellow jersey is enraged. François must be stopped!

Dead Man Talking

Forty-year-old William Lamers, an anonymous criminal sentenced to death for murder is soon to be executed. The procedure is about to take place in an atmosphere of general indifference and neither the condemned man's family nor the relatives of his victims have bothered to come to witness the execution. Only a journalist from local newspaper has turned up to watch the "show."

As the law does not define the duration a condemned prisoner's final words, Lamers will take advantage of this legal void to unwind the story of his life to avoid the death sentence. What was a mere formality rapidly becomes the major issue of a political campaign.

Family Matters / La Fleur de l’âge

Gaspard Dassonville is 63 years old. His lifestyle is half that: a famous television producer, he accumulates thirty-year-old girlfriends and stubbornly ignores any ageing signs. But old age suddenly hits him with a thump: Gaspard is obliged to take in his father, Hubert, who can no longer live alone. An unmanageable old man, Hubert upsets his son's arrangements with illusory youth. The duo becomes a trio when Zana, a nurse's aid with dubious references and a wild imagination, arrives. Both fascinated in their own way by this highly unconventional woman, father and son clash and rediscover each other.

The Big Bad Wolf / Le grand méchant loup

Once upon a time in 2012, three brothers lived happily. One day their mom fell into a coma. So Henri, Philippe, and Louis suddenly started wondering about the meaning of their lives and were swamped by a wave of existential doubts. An entirely new situation for this bourgeois trio in their forties, one which opened a door to the novel and indeed the forbidden... and to the big bad wolf! Remake of 3 p’tits cochons, a Quebec film directed in 2008 by Patrick Huard, this comedy inspects adult life - with a hint of impertinence – a life that is not so far from a children’s fairy tale.

Billy and Buddy / Boule et Bill

Everything begins at the SPCA. A young cocker spaniel lies dejectedly in his cage. He can't find the master of his dreams. Suddenly, a young boy appears, his hair as red as the cocker spaniel's coat. Birds of a feather stick together: it's love at first sight. For Billy and Buddy, it's the beginning of a great friendship. For Billy's parents it's the beginning of trouble... and … of  a great family adventure!

The Scapegoat/Au bonheur des ogres

There are those who say that the Malaussène clan are strange, shady, abnormal. But, when you look closely, you note that happiness reigns in this joyfully chaotic family ruled over by a mother who is endlessly falling in love and who has had children by men spread out all over the place. For Benjamin Malaussène, a professional scapegoat in a department store, and the oldest brother responsible for this brood, life is never boring. But when accidents occur wherever he passes by, attracting the attention of the police and his work colleagues, it rapidly becomes vital for him to know why and how these things keep happening, and above all who has got it in for him. To get some answers, Benjamin Malaussène must carry out his own investigation alongside an intrepid journalist nicknamed Aunt Julia.

Trapped/Piégé

A patrol falls into an ambush. At the end of the fight, Denis steps on a landmine. If he lifts his foot, he dies. Stuck in the middle of the desert, he explodes silently and must resist. 

To learn more, go to: http://infrenchwithenglishsubtitles.com/?lang=en

In French With English Subtitles Festival
December 6 - 8, 2013

Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022

Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema Takes Place Again at Lincoln Center

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Published on Saturday, 30 November 2013 00:58

Written by Brad Balfour

As audiences become more and more comfortable with seeing international cinema, contemporary Romanian filmmaking has comes to the fore with such directors as Cristian Mungiu have won international accolades and global distribution.

Part of the reason for this success has be the longtime support of Romanian films by The Film Society of Lincoln Center. Launched eight years ago, Making Waves, the festival for New Romanian Cinema, has been showcasing new Romanian directors and actors -- at first as part of the New York based Romanian Cultural Center and now through an independent organization, the Romanian Film Initiative.  

Now co-presented by the Film Society and the Romanian Film Initiative, this series has been hailed a "weeklong survey that has helped define and establish the southeastern European country as a stronghold of socially incisive, independently minded personal cinema." 

For its second consecutive year, Making Waves is now a fully independent festival of Romanian contemporary cinema and culture, made possible through the support of private funders and individual donations, including a number of Romanian artists who believe that audiences at home and abroad deserve unfettered access to the best of Romanian contemporary culture.

This year, the series expands with a selection of the line up also screening at the Jacob Burns Film Center from December 5-10, and continues its partnership with Transilvania International Film Festival.

To see the full lineup , schedule and ticket packages go to: filmetc.org or on Facebook for updates from the Romanian Film Initiative.