When asked how such a nice lady could edit Martin Scorsese’s violent gangster pictures, Schoonmaker replied with a smile,“Ah, but they aren’t violent until I’ve edited them!”
Happy Birthday to a true legend, Thelma Schoonmaker! 🔥
Bong Joon Ho introduces MEMORIES OF MURDER during his retrospective: “I’m a huge fan of David Fincher, but please remember this film came out four years before ZODIAC.”
"Our crazy lives have meshed perfectly. We’ve always said it’s because we never liked the same drugs or men, but I know there’s more to it.” - Penny Marshall on her friendship with Carrie Fisher
"Monsters are tragic beings. They are born too tall, too strong, too heavy. They are not evil by choice. That is their tragedy." - Ishirō Honda, born on this day in 1911.
The new 4k restoration of Krzysztof Kieślowski's THREE COLORS: BLUE, starring Juliette Binoche, is now playing daily in our theaters! Don't forget your suit:
Just announced! Bong Joon Ho's PARASITE will be coming to
@Criterion
, along with MEMORIES OF MURDER.
See his Best Picture winner on our biggest screen, at the Walter Reade Theater, starting tomorrow:
“Movies touch our hearts and awaken our vision, and change the way we see things. They take us to other places, they open doors and minds. Movies are the memories of our life time. We need to keep them alive.”
Happy birthday, Martin Scorsese! ✨
Martin Scorsese: “I seriously doubt that Agnès Varda ever followed in anyone else’s footsteps, in any corner of her life or her art… which were one in the same. She charted & walked her own path each step of the way, she & her camera. Every single one of her remarkable... (1/3)
DRIVE MY CAR, winner of Best Screenplay at Cannes Film Festival 2021 and Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards 2022, ends its 20+ week run in our theaters this Thursday!
See it on the big screen while you can:
THE FACT THAT EACH FILM IN KRZYSZTOF KIEŚLOWSKI’S THREE COLORS TRILOGY REPRESENTS A COLOR OF THE FRENCH FLAG, AND THUS, LIBERTY, EQUALITY, AND FRATERNITY, ONLY PROVES THAT KIEŚLOWSKI CREATED AN ASTONISHING AFFIRMATION OF LIFE AND ART.
PARASITE is now Bong Joon Ho's highest-grossing film, passing $100 million at the global box office this weekend. 🍑
Now playing at Film at Lincoln Center:
We’re thrilled to announce a limited run of Lee Isaac Chung’s tender and sweeping drama MINARI, Dec. 11-17 in the Film at Lincoln Center Virtual Cinema! Limited tickets on sale now. Act fast:
R.I.P. Édith Scob (1937-2019)
In HOLY MOTORS, Leos Carax cast the legendary French actress in a homage to her iconic breakout performance in EYES WITHOUT A FACE.
“This is all you need in life: a computer, a camera, and a cat." —Agnes Varda
Remembering the brilliant filmmaker, Agnes Varda, on her 93rd birthday today. 💜
Martin Scorsese: “I know when I enter this place, cinema will still be safe and protected because that has been their mission from the start. And no content. I don’t understand that word. Content has no place in the house of cinema.”
#filmlinc50
A new French poster for Wong Kar Wai's IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE. 😍
Watch the dazzling 20th anniversary restoration during our retrospective, available nationwide:
"To me, romantic means you follow your heart more than your mind. Sometimes when you're shooting a film, you have to follow your heart."
Happy birthday, Wong Kar-wai!
"Love is all a matter of timing. It's no good meeting the right person too soon or too late." - Wong Kar Wai ❤️
Watch his ravishing masterpieces in our retrospective: