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Citing Concerns About Backpage.com, Film Forum Pulls Advertising from Village Voice
The New York Observer
Jan 30Image via Google News The independent Manhattan movie house Film Forum has decided to pull its advertising from the Village Voice, citing concerns about Backpage.com, the classifieds site owned by Voice parent company Village Voice Media. Longtime Film... »
David Denby: “The Scarlet Letter” at Film Forum.
The New Yorker
Jan 02Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Hester Prynne, the adulterous heroine of “The Scarlet Letter,” was a grand, serious, and reserved young woman, but, in the great 1926 silent movie based on the novel (screening Jan. 9 at Film Forum), directed by Victor Sjöström (o... »
Film Forum Presents Von Stroheim's 'Greed'
Nearsay NYC The Village
Dec 30posted by Steven AntiocoA tale of greed during the Roaring Twenties at the height of this country's latest economic crisis is quite fitting, espec... »
Looking Back on Laura
Village Voice Films
Dec 27Strange by even film noir standards, Otto Preminger's 1944 Laura, which is showing in a new 35mm print at Film Forum, starts out with a voiceover narration delivered from beyond the grave by hornet queen Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb):) "I will never fo... »
Anthony Lane: Otto Preminger’s “Laura” at Film Forum.
The New Yorker
Dec 26Even by the standards of the period, the lighting in “Laura” (1944) is a treat; if you let Rembrandt loose in a series of New York apartments, this is what you’d get. Look at the elegant rooms that are framed by the director, Otto Preminger, and . . . »
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Film Review: ‘Come Back Africa’ (1959)
Africa Is A Country
Jan 31Elliot Ross reviews the freshly restored Come Back, Africa (1959) is showing at Film Forum in New York City until Thursday.There aren’t many films like this one. Come Back, Africa was cowritten by American director Lionel Rogosin with South Africans Le... »
"Best Movie Of The Year"? I Saw It At Film Forum!
La Daily Musto
Jan 27Roger Ebert called the Iranian melodrama A Separation "the best film of the year". What's more, it won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film and it's nominated for two Oscars. And it's indee »
Laura at Film Forum
We Heart New York
Jan 01"I suspect no one and I suspect everyone." Dana Andrews' wryly tossed-off line encapsulates the spirit of Laura, a classic New York noir complete with a dizzying plot and mordant wit. The characters are amoral, the settings lavish, and the photography ... »
Open New Year's Day 2012 in New York City
NewYorkology
Dec 29All is not quiet on New Year’s Day. Many of New York City’s museums, Broadway theaters, movie houses, ice rinks, zoos, restaurants and other venues are open on New Year’s Day. Here’s a list (still in progress) of what’s confirmed open for Jan. 1, 2012:... »
Million Dollar Movie
Bronx Banter Blog
Dec 27The Film Forum is showing a beautiful new 35 mm print of Chaplin’s classic, “The... »

