Who said anything about retiring? Even at age 87, legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman shows no signs of slowing down — or resting on his laurels after finally, finally getting some love from the Academy in the form of his honorary Oscar given to him last year. His next film — his forty-third in a long, storied career — is now set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival later this month, with a Toronto International Film Festival bow to follow, and a very special release at New York’s own Film Forum also on the docket.
As is Wiseman’s wont, the newest documentary from the filmmaker — “Ex Libris – The New York Public Library” — goes inside the hallowed halls of a beloved institution to shed light on both the big and small issues that face such a long-standing cultural touchstone.
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As is Wiseman’s wont, the newest documentary from the filmmaker — “Ex Libris – The New York Public Library” — goes inside the hallowed halls of a beloved institution to shed light on both the big and small issues that face such a long-standing cultural touchstone.
Read More:Frederick Wiseman’s Next Instant Classic Documentary Lands Early Autumn Release Date...
- 8/28/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Even at age 87, legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman shows no signs of slowing down — or resting on his laurels after finally, finally getting some love from the Academy in the form of his honorary Oscar given to him last year.
His next film — his forty-second in a long, storied career — has now landed an early fall date, perfect for the kind of awards attention Wiseman seems mostly uninspired by. “Ex Libris: New York Public Library,” which mainly focuses on the sprawling New York Public Library located on Fifth Avenue, will bow at New York’s own Film Forum on September 13, with a theatrical rollout to follow throughout the season, thanks to Wiseman’s company, Zipporah Films. The doc will also play at select film festivals this fall.
Read More: Frederick Wiseman’s Next Documentary Will be ‘Ex Libris – New York Public Library’
Per the film’s official synopsis: “The legendary filmmaker...
His next film — his forty-second in a long, storied career — has now landed an early fall date, perfect for the kind of awards attention Wiseman seems mostly uninspired by. “Ex Libris: New York Public Library,” which mainly focuses on the sprawling New York Public Library located on Fifth Avenue, will bow at New York’s own Film Forum on September 13, with a theatrical rollout to follow throughout the season, thanks to Wiseman’s company, Zipporah Films. The doc will also play at select film festivals this fall.
Read More: Frederick Wiseman’s Next Documentary Will be ‘Ex Libris – New York Public Library’
Per the film’s official synopsis: “The legendary filmmaker...
- 6/7/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Looking back over the year at what films moved and impressed us, it is clear that watching old films is a crucial part of making new films meaningful. Thus, the annual tradition of our end of year poll, which calls upon our writers to pick both a new and an old film: they were challenged to choose a new film they saw in 2013—in theaters or at a festival—and creatively pair it with an old film they also saw in 2013 to create a unique double feature.
All the contributors were given the option to write some text explaining their 2013 fantasy double feature. What's more, each writer was given the option to list more pairings, with or without explanation, as further imaginative film programming we'd be lucky to catch in that perfect world we know doesn't exist but can keep dreaming of every time we go to the movies.
How...
All the contributors were given the option to write some text explaining their 2013 fantasy double feature. What's more, each writer was given the option to list more pairings, with or without explanation, as further imaginative film programming we'd be lucky to catch in that perfect world we know doesn't exist but can keep dreaming of every time we go to the movies.
How...
- 1/13/2014
- by Notebook
- MUBI
There was plenty of discussion across the movie blogosphere following last week's announcement that Vertigo had dethroned Citizen Kane as the greatest film of all time according to Sight & Sound's decennial poll. In addition to revealing the top 50 as determined by critics, they also provided a top 10 based on a separate poll for directors only. In the print version of the magazine, they have taken it a step further by reprinting some of the individual top 10 lists from the filmmakers who participated, and we now have some of them here for your perusal. Among them, we have lists from legends like Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Quentin Tarantino, but there are also some unexpected newcomers who took part including Richard Ayoade (Submarine), Miranda July (Me and You and Everyone We Know) and Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene). Some of these lists aren't all that surprising (both Quentin Tarantino...
- 8/6/2012
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Dueling festival lineups! It seems that for every announcement for the Toronto International Film Festival lineup comes a competing (and often overlapping) one from Venice. Here we're collecting the finalized Venice lineups so far. (Above image: Philippe Garrel's A Burning Hot Summer.)
Competition
The Ides of March (George Clooney, USA) (opening night) 4:44 Last Day on Earth (Abel Ferrara, USA) Alps (Yorgos Lanthimos, Greece) A Burning Hot Summer (Philippe Garrel, France) Carnage (Roman Polanski, France/Germany/Spain/Poland) Chicken With Plums (Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, France/Belgium/Germany) A Dangerous Method (David Cronenberg, Canada) Dark Horse (Todd Solondz, USA) The Exchange (Eran Kolirin, Israel/Germany) Faust (Alexander Sokurov, Russia) Himizu (Sion Sono, Japan) Killer Joe (William Friedkin, USA) Life without Principle (Johnnie To, Hk) Quando la notte (Cristina Comencini, Italy) Seediq Bale (Wei Desheng, Taiwan) Shame (Steve McQueen, UK) Terraferma (Emanuele Crialese, Italy) Texas Killing Fields (Ami Canaan Mann,...
Competition
The Ides of March (George Clooney, USA) (opening night) 4:44 Last Day on Earth (Abel Ferrara, USA) Alps (Yorgos Lanthimos, Greece) A Burning Hot Summer (Philippe Garrel, France) Carnage (Roman Polanski, France/Germany/Spain/Poland) Chicken With Plums (Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, France/Belgium/Germany) A Dangerous Method (David Cronenberg, Canada) Dark Horse (Todd Solondz, USA) The Exchange (Eran Kolirin, Israel/Germany) Faust (Alexander Sokurov, Russia) Himizu (Sion Sono, Japan) Killer Joe (William Friedkin, USA) Life without Principle (Johnnie To, Hk) Quando la notte (Cristina Comencini, Italy) Seediq Bale (Wei Desheng, Taiwan) Shame (Steve McQueen, UK) Terraferma (Emanuele Crialese, Italy) Texas Killing Fields (Ami Canaan Mann,...
- 8/9/2011
- MUBI
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