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    “Neither Confirm Nor Deny” streaming on Amazon, Apple TV

    In 1974 a Soviet nuclear submarine, the K-129, disappeared. Though the Soviets couldn’t locate it, U.S. military intelligence did (it had sunk three miles down in the Pacific) and the CIA began “Project Azorian,” an attempt to bring the sub to the surface without letting the Soviets know. The hope was that they would be able to recover Soviet nuclear codes. It was one...

    Restored “Fear & Desire” at the Metrograph

    Stanley Kubrick’s first feature “Fear & Desire” was released in 1953 and now 70 years later a 4K restoration gets its U.S. premiere at NYC’s Metrograph Theater for a one week run beginning Friday, September 22. Go here for showtimes and ticket information. Kubrick was embarrassed by this first film and tried to keep it from being seen again. He may have destroyed some prints...
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    “Aurora’s Sunrise,” Animated Feature Portrays Survivor of Armenian Genocide

    After 14-year-old Aurora Mardiganian escaped from the Armenian genocide in 1917 and moved to the U.S., a newspaper serialised her amazing story and two...

    The Female Gaze: Women Filmmakers From Japan Cuts And Beyond

    New York, NY (October 20, 2022) – A survey of the growing prominence and visibility ofwomen in film, the latest ACA Cinema Project series...

    Brooklyn Horror Film Festival: Dispatch One

    (above: still from "Mickey Dogface," a short film directed by Zach Fleming, from the "Local Invasion" showcase.) It’s October which means pumpkin in everything: pies,...

    1985 Anime Classic “Angel’s Egg” at Japan Society

    Before Japanese film director Mamoru Oshii made his international hit 1995 animated cyberpunk thriller “Ghost in the Shell,” he made “Angel’s Egg,” a mysterious...

    Estonian horror/comedy “Kratt” on VOD

    In Estonian folklore a “Kratt” is a mythical creature who will work around the clock for you. Once done with a task it says...

    “Ringu” at Japan Society

    This Friday, October 7, the Japan Society of New York City will screen Hideo Nakata’s 1998 j-horror classic “Ringu” in their "monthly classics" series...

    “Dreaming Walls,” a portrait of the Hotel Chelsea, on VOD

    A friend of mine used to live in Manhattan’s legendary Chelsea Hotel and one day he got a call from Patti Smith. It turned...

    New Lynne Sachs Short “Swerve” Debuts at BAMcinemaFest

    “Swerve,” a new short film by experimental and documentary filmmaker Lynne Sachs will debut this Sunday, June 26 as part of a second program...

    Queer Cinema Classic “Kamikaze Hearts” Released on VOD

    In 1986 Juliet Bashore made a genre-defying documentary about the a lesbian couple working in the porn industry in San Francisco. “Kamikaze Hearts” has...

    “Open Roads: New Italian Cinema” at Lincoln Center

    The 21st edition of “Open Roads: New Italian Cinema”, a retrospective of important recent Italian films, screens at Lincoln Center from June 9 to...

    “The Wobblies” opens at the Metrograph

    Why hasn’t Hollywood ever made an epic film about the history of the Wobblies, the radical labor union (the I.W.W. or International Workers of...

    “Stanleyville” opens at the Metrograph

    Maxwell McCabe-Lokos’ “Stanleyville,” which opens today (April 22) at the Metrograph in Manhattan, is a satire with elements of stunt/dare challenge TV shows, “The...