THE LIBRARIANS (@thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social), Kim A. Snyder's urgent rallying cry in the battle to preserve freedom of expression, opens today! π
CRITICβS PICK. βGRIPPING...As well-crafted as it is profoundly alarming.β β Sheri Linden, @nytimes.com
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"One of the most important films of the year."" - @irishtimes.com
Oscar-nominated & Peabody winner, Kim A. Snyderβs latest film is a rallying cry for the freedom to read. Now playing in UK/IRE & coming to US theaters THIS FRIDAY @filmforumnyc.bsky.social. Get tix: TheLibrariansFilm.com/screenings
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Robert Bresson, #botd in 1901 π
FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER, his shimmering masterpiece of young love, starts its fourth week at FF tomorrow.
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If you live in New Yorkβor you live in LA next week or you live in Chicago the week after that, etc.βI really can't recommend seeing PREDATORS @filmforumnyc.bsky.social more strongly. You will not see a more thought-provoking film about documentary ethics. And that's one of so many layers to this.
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New York: come watch Peter Sellers as a bumbling Indian film extra in "The Party" (1968) this Friday night at @filmforumnyc.bsky.socialβwith an intro by me beforehand to discuss the elephant in the room. Tickets available: filmforum.org/events/event...
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100 YEARS OF PETER SELLERS kicks off this Fri, 9/19!
A swinging 2-week centennial showcase, spanning Sellersβ shape-shifting career from timeless classics DR. STRANGELOVE, BEING THERE & THE PINK PANTHER to rare gems IβM ALL RIGHT JACK, THE SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH & much more.
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We're thrilled to exclusively premiere the new trailer for the 35th-anniversary restoration of Zhang Yimouβs Ju Dou, starring Gong Li.
Watch ahead of a theatrical run beginning at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social on Oct. 3: thefilmstage.com/exclusive-tr...
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As book banning sweeps across the U.S. at an unprecedented rate, brave librarians emerge as first responders in the fight for democracy. A film by Kim A. Snyder.
Opens UK 9/26 @berthadochouse.bsky.social, US 10/03 @filmforumnyc.bsky.social, rollout to follow.
Tix: TheLibrariansFilm.com/screenings
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New York: On Sept 19, @filmforumnyc.bsky.social kicks of its 100 Years of Peter Sellers program with Blake Edwards's comedy classic "The Party," which I'll be introducing at 9:00pm. Come celebrate.
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'Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass' Review:
'Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass' is a film about its own condition of being an outsider to its own time.
βSanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglassβ Review: A Vibrant World of Grotesqueries. Opens 8/29 @filmforumnyc.bsky.social and 9/5 LA @laemmle.com (NoHo 7).
www.slantmagazine.com/film/sanator...
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