As fans prepare to bid Mad Men farewell (the last seven episodes of the show begin to air in April), the magicians at the Museum of the Moving Image have put together a breathtaking exhibition that celebrates the show’s achievements, Matthew Weiner’s …Read more

All children of divorce are caught in the pull of two different poles, but few face a choice as drastic as the children in Wild Life (Vie Sauvage). Based on a true story that played out in the French media, director Cedric Kahn’s film tells the story …Read more

Loosely adapted from the novel by Anne Sophie Brasme, Respire (Breathe) is a psychological thriller of a friendship turned into obsession. Internationally acclaimed actress, Mélanie Laurent (Beginners, Inglourious Basterds) follows her 2011 directori …Read more

It is with great sadness to report that on March 5, just one night before his iconic film Grey Gardens was set to reopen to audiences — complete with a brand new 2K restoration by the Criterion Collection — documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles passed …Read more

This year The Film Society of Lincoln Center is celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the beloved series Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, which over the past two decades has introduced New Yorkers to some of the most vibrant French films. This year …Read more

Gaspar Noé was born in Argentina in 1963 and moved to France when he was eleven. Regarded as a tremendously original and expressive filmmaker, like many a good artist, his work has caused some controversy, largely for its violence. But Noé is a maste …Read more

Joel Potrykus’s Buzzard, follows Marty (Joshua Burge), a small-time con artist living from scam to scam for income. Not shy about his anti-establishment, anti-corporate attitude, Marty neglects all responsibilities at his temp job in favor of stealin …Read more

What responsibility do movies have to reality? Marketers love to trumpet when their film is “based on a true story,” even if it’s just a passing resemblance, because it gives the film relevance and allows audiences to think they’re being less frivolo …Read more

Shortly before 9/11, playwright Brian Sloan placed an ad looking for a roommate. Little did he imagine how much his neighborhood would change in just an instant. Inspired by the responses he got on his ad, he wrote a play called WTC View, in which a …Read more

A few years before he became famous for his comedic turns in Ugly Betty, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and the delightful Buyer & Cellar, a fresh-out-of-college Michael Urie starred in a play called WTC View, in which he played …Read more