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and curated by the editors and writers of Film Comment magazine. It aims to provide a cutting-edge lineup of eclectic and international films, many of which have appeared on the international film festival circuit and been championed in the magazine but have yet to gain distribution. The program first appeared as a one-off event in March 2000, organized by editor Richard T. Jameson and showcasing the most significant films and filmmakers of the past decade. Gavin Smith and Kent Jones added three New York premieres to the roster ( Lars von Trier’s
The Idiots ''The Idiots'' ( da, Idioterne) is a 1998 Danish dark comedy-drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier. It is his first film made in compliance with the Dogme 95 Manifesto, and is also known as Dogme #2. It is the second film in von Tr ...
,
Manoel de Oliveira Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira (; 11 December 1908 – 2 April 2015) was a Portuguese film director and screenwriter born in Cedofeita, Porto. He first began making films in 1927, when he and some friends attempted to make a film about Wo ...
’s Inquiétude,
Abbas Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami ( fa, عباس کیارستمی ; 22 June 1940 – 4 July 2016) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer. An active filmmaker from 1970, Kiarostami had been involved in the production of ...
’s The Wind Will Carry Us), and based on its success, it was revived in 2002, remaining an annual event at the Film Society of Lincoln Center ever since. In recent years, the program has extended its focus on little-seen international discoveries to also include avant-garde selections, retrospectives of overlooked or underrated artists, previews of films that are soon to be released, and conversations with directors and actors.


Past programs


March 2000


Top of the World: Film Comment Magazine Selects the Most Important Films and Filmmakers of the Nineties

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Dead Man ''Dead Man'' is a 1995 American acid western film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. It stars Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Billy Bob Thornton, Iggy Pop, Crispin Glover, John Hurt, Michael Wincott, Lance Henriksen, Gabriel Byrne, Mili Avital, an ...
'' (Jim Jarmusch, 1995) * '' Unforgiven'' (Clint Eastwood, 1992) * ''Red'' (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994) * ''JLG/JLG'' (Jean-Luc Godard, 1995) * ''The Puppetmaster'' (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1993) * Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg, 1993) * Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994) * '' Miller's Crossing'' (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1990) * '' The Age of Innocence'' (Martin Scorsese, 1993) * ''
The Idiots ''The Idiots'' ( da, Idioterne) is a 1998 Danish dark comedy-drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier. It is his first film made in compliance with the Dogme 95 Manifesto, and is also known as Dogme #2. It is the second film in von Tr ...
'' (Lars von Trier, 1998) * '' Inquiétude'' (Manoel de Oliveira, 1998) * '' The Wind Will Carry Us'' (Abbas Kiarostami, 1999)


Special events

* ''Pink Floyd The Wall'' (Alan Parker, 1982), followed by prog-rock afterparty with music by the DJs of Viva Radio—October 13, 2009 * '' The Last Days of Disco'' (Whit Stillman, 1998), followed by a late disco dance party with DJs Jeremy Campbell (Tropical Computer System) and Dan Selzer (Acute Records)—August 27, 2009 * ''Thirst'' (Park Chan-wook, 2009), with Park Chan-wook in person—July 20, 2009 * ''
The Friends of Eddie Coyle ''The Friends of Eddie Coyle'' is a 1973 American neo-noir crime film starring Robert Mitchum and Peter Boyle and directed by Peter Yates. The screenplay by Paul Monash was adapted from the 1970 novel '' The Friends of Eddie Coyle'' by George ...
'' (Peter Yates, 1973)—May 26, 2009 * '' 1991: The Year Punk Broke'' (Dave Markey, 1992), followed by an after-party with music provided by Viva Radio—May 4, 2009 * A Tribute to Pierre Clémenti; the USA premiere of ''Les Idoles'' (Marc’o, 1968)—November 25, 2008 * '' The Changeling'' (Peter Medak, 1980)—October 31, 2008 * ''
Che! ''Che!'' is a 1969 American biographical film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Omar Sharif as Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara. It follows Guevara from when he first landed in Cuba in 1956 to his death in Bolivia in 1967, al ...
'' (Richard Fleischer, 1969)—October 28, 2008 * '' The Last Winter'' (Larry Fessenden, 2006)—September 17, 2007 * ''The Executioner's Song'' (Lawrence Schiller, 1982), followed by a Q&A with Lawrence Schiller and Rosanna Arquette—August 5, 2007 * ''Them'' (David Moreau and Xavier Palud, 2006)—August 2, 2007 *
Norman Mailer Nachem Malech Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007), known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, activist, filmmaker and actor. In a career spanning over six decades, Mailer ...
on Film: ''Tough Guys Don't Dance'' (Mailer, 1987) and ''Maidstone'' (Mailer, 1971), with Mailer in conversation—July 22, 2007 * Preview screening of ''Joshua'' (George Ratliff, 2007), followed by a Q&A with George Ratliff, producer Johnathan Dorfman, and cast members—July 2, 2007 * '' Hot Fuzz'' (Edgar Wright, 2007) screened with Electra Glide in Blue (James William Guercio, 1973), with Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost in person—April 10, 2007 * An Evening with Charles Grodin, with a screening of '' Midnight Run'' (Martin Brest, 1988), followed by an onstage conversation with Charles Grodin—December 13, 2006 * Sneak Preview of '' The Descent'' (Neil Marshall, 2005), with Neil Marshall in attendance—July 24, 2006 * ''Pine Flat'' (Sharon Lockhart, 2005), with Sharon Lockhart in person—May 25, 2006 * An Evening with
Anton Corbijn Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard (; born 20 May 1955) is a Dutch photographer, film director and music video director. He is the creative director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode and U2,Pitman, Joanna"The silent partner"' ...
, Jonathan Glazer, Mark Romanek, and Stéphane Sednaoui (a 90-minute program featuring rare director’s cuts and previously unseen content), featuring all four directors in a roundtable Q&A and Michel Gondry as MC—September 13, 2005 * ''2046'' (Wong Kar-wai, 2004), with Wong Kar-wai in person—June 15, 2005 * ''We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen'' (Tim Irwin, 2005), followed by a Q&A with Tim Irwin and producer Keith Schieron—May 24, 2005


2002

* ''Martha… Martha'' (
Sandrine Veysset Sandrine Veysset (born 29 March 1967) is a French film director and screenwriter. Life and career Veysset was born in Avignon. She studied French literature until she dropped out of school to pursue filmmaking. A friend introduced her to L ...
, 2001) * ''The Mission'' (Johnnie To, 1999) * '' Investigating Sex'' (Alan Rudolph, 2001) * ''Trouble Every Day'' (Claire Denis, 2001) * ''
The Sleepy Time Gal ''The Sleepy Time Gal'' is a 2001 film written and directed by Christopher Munch. The film stars Jacqueline Bisset, Martha Plimpton, Nick Stahl, Amy Madigan, Justin Theroux, Seymour Cassel and Frankie Faison. Plot Frances has enjoyed a variety ...
'' (Christopher Münch, 2001) * '' The Piano Teacher'' (Michael Haneke, 2001) * ''
The Entity ''The Entity'' is a 1982 American supernatural horror film directed by Sidney J. Furie, and written by Frank De Felitta, who adapted his 1978 novel of the same name. The film stars Barbara Hershey as a single mother in Los Angeles who is rape ...
'' (Sidney J. Furie, 1982) screened with Outer Space (
Peter Tscherkassky Peter Tscherkassky (born October 3, 1958) is an Austrian avant-garde filmmaker who works primarily with found footage. All of his work is done with film and heavily edited in the darkroom, rather than relying on recent advances in digital film. ...
, 1999) and Dream Work (Peter Tscherkassky, 2001) * ''
Forever Mine ''Forever Mine'' is a 1999 British–Canadian romantic drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader and starring Joseph Fiennes, Gretchen Mol and Ray Liotta. Synopsis In an airplane in 1987, two men, Alan Riply (Fiennes) and Javier are ...
'' (Paul Schrader, 2000) * ''Merci pour le chocolat'' (
Claude Chabrol Claude Henri Jean Chabrol (; 24 June 1930 – 12 September 2010) was a French film director and a member of the French New Wave (''nouvelle vague'') group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s. Like his colleagues an ...
, 2000)


Focus on New Japanese Cinema

* ''Barren Illusion'' (
Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic and a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. Although he has worked in a variety of genres, Kurosawa is best known for his many contributions to the Japanese horror genre, his honorific ...
, 1999) * ''Not Forgotten'' (
Makoto Shinozaki (born 1963 in Tokyo) is a Japanese film director. Career Born in Tokyo, Shinozaki attended Rikkyo University, where he studied under Shigehiko Hasumi, made 8mm films, and appeared in the then amateur works of other Rikkyo graduates such as Kiy ...
, 2000) * ''Ring'' ( Hideo Nakata, 1998) * '' Ichi the Killer'' (Takeshi Miike, 2001) * '' H-Story'' ( Nobuhiro Suwa, 2001) * '' Pulse'' (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2001) * ''Harmful Insect'' ( Akihiko Shiota, 2001)


2003

* ''11'09"01 (Samira Makmalbaf, Claude Lelouch, Youssef Chahine, Danis Tanovic, Idriisa Ouedraogo, Ken Loach, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Amos Gitai, Mira Nair, Sean Penn, Shōhei Imamura, 2002) * ''Happy Here and Now'' ( Michael Almereyda, 2002) * '' demonlover'' (Olivier Assayas, 2002) * ''The Road'' (Darezhan Omirbaev, 2001) * ''Combat d’amour en songe'' ( Raúl Ruiz, 2000) * ''Seafood'' (Zhu Wen, 2001) * ''
Path to War ''Path to War'' is a 2002 American biographical television film, produced by HBO and directed by John Frankenheimer. It was the final film directed by Frankenheimer, who died seven weeks after the film debuted on HBO. It was also the last film pr ...
'' (John Frankenheimer, 2002) * '' Seven Days in May'' (John Frankenheimer, 1964) * Two films by
Chris Marker Chris Marker (; 29 July 1921 – 29 July 2012) was a French writer, photographer, documentary film director, multimedia artist and Essay#Film, film essayist. His best known films are ''La Jetée'' (1962), ''A Grin Without a Cat'' (1977) and ''S ...
and Société pour le lancement des Oeuvres Nouvelles (SLON): ''The Battle of the Ten Million'' (1970) and ''2084'' (1984) * ''The Secret Lives of Dentists'' (Alan Rudolph, 2002) * ''La Nouvelle vie'' (
Philippe Grandrieux Philippe Grandrieux (born 10 November 1954) is a French film director and screenwriter. Life and career Grandrieux was born in Saint-Étienne. He studied film at the INSAS (Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle) in Belgium. He exhi ...
, 2002) * ''Remembrance of Things to Come'' (Chris Marker and Yannick Bellon, 2002) screened with ''Embassy'' (Chris Marker, 1974) * ''
Ken Park ''Ken Park'' is a 2002 erotic drama which revolves around the abusive and dysfunctional lives of several teenagers, set in the city of Visalia, California. It was written by Harmony Korine, who based it on Larry Clark's journals and stories. The ...
'' (Larry Clark and Ed Lachman, 2002) * ''
Blissfully Yours ''Blissfully Yours'' ( th, สุดเสน่หา, S̄ud s̄aǹeh̄ā) is a 2002 Thai romance film directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. It won the prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Min is an illegal Burmese immigrant living in ...
'' (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2001) * ''
Monrak Transistor ''Monrak Transistor'' ( Thai: มนต์รักทรานซิสเตอร์, English: ''Transistor Love Story'') is a 2001 Thai film directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. Blending several genres, including comedy, romance, musical and cr ...
'' (Pen-ek Ratanaruang, 2001) * ''
Brief Crossing ''Brief Crossing'' (french: Brève traversée) is a French film released in 2001 and directed by Catherine Breillat. It stars Sarah Pratt and Gilles Guillain. The movie explores the viewpoints of two people at different stages in their lives ...
'' (Catherine Breillat, 2001) * '' Shadow Kill'' (Adoor Gopalakrishnan, 2002) * JUON:the grudge 2 (Noriko sakai) 2003 * JUON: the grudge (2003)


2004

* ''Greendale'' (Bernard Shakey aka Neil Young, 2003) * ''All Tomorrow’s Parties'' (
Yu Lik-wai Yu Lik-wai (; born 12 August 1966), sometimes credited as Nelson Yu, is a Hong Kong cinematography, cinematographer, film director, and occasional film producer. Born in Hong Kong, Yu Lik-wai was educated at Belgium's INSAS (Institut National Supe ...
, 2003) * ''No Rest for the Brave'' (Alain Guiraudie, 2003) * ''The Grudge'' (Takashi Shimizu, 2002) * ''
Los Angeles Plays Itself ''Los Angeles Plays Itself'' is a video essay by Thom Andersen, finished in 2003, exploring the way Los Angeles has been presented in movies. Consisting almost entirely of clips from other films with narration, the film was not initially released ...
'' (Thom Andersen, 2003) * ''
The World's Greatest Sinner ''The World's Greatest Sinner'' is a 1962 American drama film written, directed, and produced by, and starring Timothy Carey. Narrated by voice actor Paul Frees, the film focuses on a frustrated atheist named Clarence Hilliard (later God Hilliard) ...
'' (Timothy Carey, 1962) * '' Bright Future'' (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2003) * ''Strayed'' (
André Téchiné André Téchiné (; born 13 March 1943) is a French screenwriter and film director. He has a long and distinguished career that places him among the most accomplished post- New Wave French film directors. Téchiné belongs to a second generation ...
, 2003) * ''
The Story of Marie and Julien ''The Story of Marie and Julien'' (french: Histoire de Marie et Julien) is a 2003 drama film directed by Nouvelle Vague film maker Jacques Rivette. The film slowly develops from a drama about blackmail into a dark, yet tender, supernatural l ...
'' (Jacques Rivette, 2003) * ''The Magic Gloves'' (
Martín Rejtman Martín Rejtman (born January 3, 1961, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine writer and film director. He is considered to be a key figure in the New Argentine Cinema, making films such as ''Silvia Prieto'' and ''The Magic Gloves''. His documentary '' ...
, 2003) * ''Playing “In the Company of Men”'' ( Arnaud Desplechin, 2003) * ''Ripley’s Game'' (Liliana Cavani, 2002) * ''Gambling, Gods and LSD'' ( Peter Mettler, 2002) * ''Shanghai Picnic'' (Andrew Cheng, 2001) * ''Welcome to Destination Shanghai'' (Andrew Cheng, 2003) * ''
The Five Obstructions ''The Five Obstructions'' is a 2003 Danish documentary film directed by Lars von Trier and Jørgen Leth. The film is conceived as a documentary, but incorporates lengthy sections of experimental films produced by the filmmakers. The premise is th ...
'' (Lars von Trier and Jorgen Leth, 2003)


2005

* '' Oldboy'' (Park Chan-wook, 2003) * ''Clean'' (Olivier Assayas, 2004) * ''
At Five in the Afternoon ''At Five in the Afternoon'' ( fa, پنج عصر, Panj é asr) is a 2003 film by Iranian writer-director Samira Makhmalbaf. It tells the story of an ambitious young woman trying to gain an education in Afghanistan after the defeat of the Taliban. ...
'' (Samira Makmalbaf, 2003) * ''Vital'' (Shinya Tsukamoto, 2004) * ''Downfall'' (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004) * ''
Izo ''IZO'' is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike. The main character of the film is Izo Okada (1832–1865), the historical samurai and assassin in 19th-century Japan who was tortured and executed by beheading in Tosa. Izo appeared p ...
'' ( Takashi Miike, 2004) * ''Le Pont des Arts'' (Eugene Green, 2004) * ''
Turtles Can Fly ''Turtles Can Fly'' ( ku, کیسەڵەکانیش دەفڕن) is a 2004 Kurdish war drama film written, produced, and directed by Bahman Ghobadi. The film stars Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Faysal, Hiresh Feysal Rahman, Abdolrahman K ...
'' (Bahman Ghobadi, 2004) * ''The Ister'' (David Barison and Daniel Ross, 2004) * ''
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance ''Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance'' (; lit. "Vengeance Is Mine") is a 2002 South Korean thriller film directed and co-written by Park Chan-wook. The film stars Shin Ha-kyun as Ryu, a young, deaf-mute factory worker trying to earn enough money for his ...
'' (Park Chan-wook, 2002) * ''Secret File'' (Paolo Benvenuti, 2003) * '' Ma mère'' (Christophe Honoré, 2004) * Archival prints of ''
Fixed Bayonet A bayonet (from French ) is a knife, dagger, sword, or spike-shaped weapon designed to fit on the end of the muzzle of a rifle, musket or similar firearm, allowing it to be used as a spear-like weapon.Brayley, Martin, ''Bayonets: An Illustra ...
'' (Sam Fuller, 1951) and ''Steel Helmet'' (Sam Fuller, 1950) * ''Los muertos'' ( Lisandro Alonso, 2004) * ''Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israel'' (Eyal Sivan and Michel Khlefi, 2004) * ''
Memories of Murder ''Memories of Murder'' () is a 2003 South Korean crime thriller film co-written and directed by Bong Joon-ho. It is loosely based on the true story of Korea's first confirmed serial murders, which took place between 1986 and 1991 in Hwaseong, ...
'' (Bong Joon-ho, 2003)


Bulle Ogier Tribute

* ''The Salamander'' (
Alain Tanner Alain Tanner (6 December 1929 – 11 September 2022) was a Swiss film director. Early years and education Tanner was born in Geneva, and studied economics at the University of Geneva. In 1951, he joined the film club which Claude Goretta had re ...
, 1971) * ''Le Pont du Nord'' ( Jacques Rivette, 1981) * ''Two'' (
Werner Schroeter Werner Schroeter (7 April 1945 – 12 April 2010) was a German film director, screenwriter, and opera director known for his stylistic excess. Schroeter was cited by Rainer Werner Fassbinder as an influence both on his own work and on German cine ...
, 2002) * ''Mistress'' ( Barbet Schroder, 1973) * '' The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'' (Luis Buñuel, 1972)


2006

* ''Ce Jour-là'' (Raul Ruiz, 2003) * '' Everlasting Regret'' (Stanley Kwan, 2005) * ''Stranded in Canton'' (
William Eggleston William Eggleston (born July 27, 1939) is an American photographer. He is widely credited with increasing recognition for color photography as a legitimate artistic medium. Eggleston's books include ''William Eggleston's Guide'' (1976) and ''The ...
, 1974/2005) * '' Battle in Heaven'' (Carlos Reygadas, 2005) * ''La Domaine perdu'' (Raul Ruiz, 2004) * '' Shanghai Dreams'' (Wang Xiaoshuai, 2005) * ''One Night'' (Niki Karimi, 2005) * '' Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachtani?'' ( Shinji Aoyama, 2005) * ''Diás de Campo'' (Raul Ruiz, 2004) * ''Saratan'' (Ernest Abdyshaparov, 2005) * ''Workingman’s Death'' (Michael Glawogger, 2005) * ''Isolation'' (Billy O’Brien, 2005) * ''Kinetta'' ( Yorgos Lanthimos, 2005) * ''Bashing'' (Masahiro Kobayashi, 2005) * Digital Short Films by Three Filmmakers: ''Haze'' ( Shinya Tsukamoto, 2005); ''Magician(s)'' (
Song Il-gon Song Il-gon (born January 1, 1971) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter known for his internationally award-winning early short films, and later feature films such as '' Spider Forest'' ( 2004) and '' Feathers in the Wind'' ( 2005). ...
, 2005); ''Worldly Desires'' (
Apichatpong Weerasethakul Apichatpong Weerasethakul ( th, อภิชาติพงศ์ วีระเศรษฐกุล; ; ) is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Working outside the strict confines of the Thai film studio system, ...
, 2005) * ''The Forsaken Land'' ( Vimukthi Jayasundara, 2005) * ''
Loft A loft is a building's upper storey or elevated area in a room directly under the roof (American usage), or just an attic: a storage space under the roof usually accessed by a ladder (primarily British usage). A loft apartment refers to large ...
'' (
Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic and a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. Although he has worked in a variety of genres, Kurosawa is best known for his many contributions to the Japanese horror genre, his honorific ...
, 2005) * '' Kekexili: Mountain Patrol'' (Lu Chuan, 2004)


Focus on Elaine May

* '' A New Leaf'' (1971) * ''The Heartbreak Kid'' (1972) * ''
Mikey and Nicky Mikey is a masculine given name, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Michael. It may also refer to: People * Mikey Ambrose (born 1993), American Major League Soccer player * Mikey Arroyo (born 1969), Filipino actor and politician, son of Phili ...
'' (1976) * ''Ishtar'' (1987)


2007

* Opening Night: ''Exterminating Angels'' (Jean-Claude Brisseau, 2006) * Closing Night: An Evening with Paul Verhoeven: ''Black Book'' (Paul Verhoeven, 2007) * ''Bardo'' (Lin Tay-jou, 2005) * '' Colossal Youth'' (Pedro Costa, 2006) * ''
Exiled ''Exiled'' () is a 2006 Hong Kong action drama film produced and directed by Johnnie To, and starring Anthony Wong, Francis Ng, Nick Cheung, Josie Ho, Roy Cheung and Lam Suet, with special appearances by Richie Jen and Simon Yam. The action ta ...
'' (Johnnie To, 2006) * James Benning: Two Films: ''Ten Skies'' (2004) and ''13 Lakes'' (2004) * ''
Lights in the Dusk ''Lights in the Dusk'' ( fi, Laitakaupungin valot) is a 2006 Finnish comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Aki Kaurismäki. Starring Janne Hyytiäinen, Ilkka Koivula, and Maria Järvenhelmi, the film was presented at the 2006 Can ...
'' (Aki Kaurismäki, 2006) * ''Longing'' (Valeska Grisebach, 2006) * ''Play It as It Lays'' ( Frank Perry, 1972) * ''Retribution'' (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2006) * ''Summer ’04'' (Stefan Krohmer, 2006) * ''Summer Palace'' (Lou Ye, 2006) * ''Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters'' (
Mamoru Oshii is a Japanese filmmaker, television director and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of acclaimed anime films, including ''Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer'' (1984), ''Angel's Egg'' (1985), ...
, 2006) * ''These Encounters of Theirs'' ( Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, 2006) * ''Twilight's Last Gleaming'' (Director’s cut, Robert Aldrich, 1977) * ''The Wedding Director'' ( Marco Bellocchio, 2006) * ''
The Yacoubian Building ''The Yacoubian Building'' ( ar, عمارة يعقوبيان ''‘Imārat Ya‘qūbyān'') is a novel by Egyptian author Alaa-Al-Aswany. The book was made into a film of the same name in 2006 and into a TV series in 2007. Published in Arabi ...
'' (Marwan Hamed, 2006)


2008

* Opening Night: ''
The Duchess of Langeais ''The Duchess of Langeais'' is a 2007 French-Italian period drama film directed by Jacques Rivette. Its original French title is ''Ne touchez pas la hache'' ("Don't touch the axe"). It is based on the 1834 novel of the same name by Honoré de B ...
'' (Jacques Rivette, 2007) * Closing Night: Alex Cox in Person: ''Walker'' (Alex Cox, 1987) and ''Searchers 2.0'' (Alex Cox, 2007) * Special Late Night Preview: ''George Romero’s Diary of the Dead'' (George Romero, 2007) * ''
The Banishment ''The Banishment'' (russian: Изгнание, ''Izgnanie'') is a 2007 Russian psychological drama film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev. The film is a loose adaptation of ''The Laughing Matter'', a 1953 novel by Armenian-American writer William Saro ...
'' (Andrei Zvyagintsev, 2007) * ''Before I Forget'' (Jacques Nolot, 2007) * ''
Boarding Gate ''Boarding Gate'' is a 2007 French thriller film about the sophisticated power plays between a debt-ridden underworld entrepreneur, his provocative and ambitious ex-associate and a manipulative young couple who employ her. Written and directed by ...
'' (Olivier Assayas, 2007) *
Chop Shop A chop shop is a business, often mimicking a body shop, that illicitly disassembles stolen motor vehicles and sells their parts. Chop shops are often linked to car-theft rings as part of a broader organized crime enterprise. In the United Sta ...
(Ramin Bahrani, 2007) * ''Container'' (Lukas Moodysson, 2006) * ''Dark Matter'' (Chen Shi-zheng, 2007) * ''Dust'' (Hartmut Bitomsky, 2007) * ''The Edge of Heaven'' (Faith Akin, 2007) * '' Ex Drummer'' (Koen Mortier, 2007) * ''Flash Point'' (Wilson Yip, 2007) * ''Frontière(s)'' (Xiavier Gens, 2007) * ''
Import Export ''Import/Export'' is an Austrian drama film by the director Ulrich Seidl from 2007. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prix - Golden Apricot reward at the Yerevan International Film Festival. The ...
'' (Ulrich Seidl, 2007) * '' Inside'' (Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, 2007) * ''Joy Division'' (Grant Gee, 2007) * ''Schindler’s Houses'' (
Heinz Emigholz Heinz Emigholz (born 22 January 1948 in Achim, near Bremen, Germany) is a filmmaker, actor, artist, writer and producer. He lives and works in Berlin and Malta. Emigholz has produced a comprehensive filmic and artistic oeuvre and has also done perf ...
, 2007) * ''Wolfsbergen'' ( Nanouk Leopold, 2007) * ''A Wonderful World'' (Luis Estrada, 2007)


Spotlight on Richard Fleischer

* ''Mandingo'' (1975) * ''
10 Rillington Place ''10 Rillington Place'' is a 1971 British crime film. The film stars Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt and Pat Heywood and was directed by Richard Fleischer, produced by Leslie Linder and Martin Ransohoff. It was adapted by Clive Ext ...
'' (1971)


Mondo Packard

* ''Reflections of Evil'' (Damon Packard, 2002) * Damon Packard’s Greatest Hits: trailers for ''Apple'' (1992–1995), ''Untitled Star Wars Mockumentary'' (2004), ''Reflections of Evil'' (2003), ''The Early 70’s Horror Trailer'' (2002); ''Rollerboogie III'' (1999); ''Chad’s Wedding Video''; ''Chemtrails'' (2005); ''Al’s Techno Bar'' (2005); ''Lost in the Thinking'' (2005); ''Dawn of an Evil Millennium'' (1988)


Other special programs

*
Crispin Glover Crispin Hellion Glover (born April 20, 1964) is an American actor. He is known for portraying eccentric characters on screen, such as George McFly in ''Back to the Future'' (1985), Layne in ''River's Edge'' (1986), Andy Warhol in ''The Doors'' ...
in person: ''
Rubin and Ed ''Rubin & Ed'' is a 1991 independent buddy comedy film written and directed by Trent Harris. It stars Crispin Glover and Howard Hesseman as an unlikely pairing on a road trip through the Utah desert. Plot Rubin Farr is an eccentric, unsociable ...
'' (Trent Harris, 1992) * A new look at Philippe Garrel: ''J’entends plus la guitare'' (Philippe Garrel, 1991)


2009

* Opening Night: ''Paradise'' ( Michael Almereyda, 2009) * Closing Night: ''
The Hurt Locker ''The Hurt Locker'' is a 2008 American war thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce. The film follo ...
'' (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008) * ''A l’aventure'' (
Jean-Claude Brisseau Jean-Claude Brisseau (; 17 July 1944 – 11 May 2019) was a French filmmaker best known for his 2002 film ''Secret Things'' ("Choses Secrètes") and his 2006 film '' The Exterminating Angels'' ("Les Anges exterminateurs"). His film ''Céline'' wa ...
, 2009) * ''
Adam Resurrected ''Adam Resurrected'' ( he, אדם בן כלב, translit=''Adam Ben Kelev'') is a 2008 drama film directed by Paul Schrader and written by Noah Stollman based on a 1968 novel of the same name by Israeli author Yoram Kaniuk (the book's original nam ...
'' (Paul Schrader, 2008) * ''Better Things'' (Duane Hopkins, 2008) * ''The Chaser'' (Na Hong-jin, 2008) * ''Frontier of Dawn'' (Philippe Garrel, 2008) * ''Jerichow'' (Christian Petzold, 2008) * ''Revanche'' (Götz Spielmann, 2008) * ''
The Tiger's Tail ''The Tiger's Tail'' is a 2006 Irish film written and directed by John Boorman and starring Brendan Gleeson and Kim Cattrall. The story focuses on the modern Celtic Tiger Irish economy of the late 20th century. The film premiered at the 2006 S ...
'' (John Boorman, 2006) * ''A Week Alone'' (Celina Murga, 2007) * ''A Woman in Berlin'' (Max Färberböck, 2008)


Special Retrospectives

* '' The Killing of Sister George'' (Robert Aldrich, 1968) * '' Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains'' (Lou Adler, 1981)


Double Trouble: Joel DeMott and Jeff Kreines

* ''Demon Lover Diary'' (Joel DeMott, 1980) * ''Seventeen'' (Joel DeMott and Jeff Kreines, 1983)


Guy Debord

* ''In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni'' (1978) * ''
The Society of the Spectacle ''The Society of the Spectacle'' (french: La société du spectacle) is a 1967 work of philosophy and Marxist critical theory by Guy Debord, in which the author develops and presents the concept of the Spectacle. The book is considered a seminal ...
'' (1973) screened with ''Réfutation de tous les judgements, tant élogieux qu’hostiles, qui ont été jusq’ici portés sur le film ‘La société du spectacle’'' (1975) * '' Hurlements en faveur de Sade'' (1952) screened with ''On the Passage of a Few Persons Through a Rather Brief Unity of Time'' (1959) and ''Critique de la separation'' (1961)


2010

* Opening Night: '' Over the Edge'' (Jonathan Kaplan, 1979) * Closing Night: ''
The Time That Remains ''The Time That Remains'' is a 2009 semi-biographical drama film written and directed by Palestinian director Elia Suleiman. The film stars Ali Suliman, Elia Suleiman, Saleh Bakri and Samar Qudha Tanus. It gives an account of the creation of the ...
'' (Elia Suleiman, 2009) * ''Accident'' (Soi Cheang, 2009) * ''
Air Doll is a 2009 Japanese drama film directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. It is based on the manga series ''Kuuki Ningyo'' by Yoshiie Gōda, which was serialized in the seinen manga magazine ''Big Comic Original''. It stars Bae Doona as an inflatable sex dol ...
'' (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2009) * ''Applause'' (Martin Zandvliet, 2009) * ''Be Good (Sois Sage)'' (Juliette Garcias, 2009) * '' A Brighter Summer Day'' (Edward Yang, 1991) * ''Les derniers jours du monde (Happy End)'' (Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu, 2009) * Godard Rarities: A choice selection of odds and ends from the extended oeuvre of Jean-Luc Godard, including material from his American escapades and TV appearances, curated with the help of Jake Perlin. * ''Kinatay (The Execution of P.)'' (Brillante Mendoza, 2009) * ''The Land of Madness'' (Luc Moullet, 2009) * '' Like You Know It All'' (Hong Sang-soo, 2009) * ''Morphia'' (Alexei Balabanov, 2008) * ''Nucingen House'' (Raúl Ruiz, 2008) * ''Perfect Life'' (Emily Tang, 2008) * ''Persecution'' (Patrice Chéreau, 2009) * '' Survival of the Dead'' (George A. Romero, 2009) * ''
Tales from the Golden Age ''Tales from the Golden Age'' ( ro, Amintiri din epoca de aur) is a 2009 Romanian omnibus film. It was screened as part of the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. The film is composed of six whimsical yet blackly comic ...
'' (Cristian Mungiu, Ioana Uricaru, Hanno Höfer, Razvan Marculescu & Constantin Popescu, 2009) * ''The Victors'' (Carl Foreman, 1963)


2011

* Opening Night: '' Bas-fonds'' (Isild Le Besco, 2010), ''
I Wish I Knew ''I Wish I Knew'' () is a 2010 Chinese documentary film directed by Jia Zhangke. It was screened as part of the Un Certain Regard section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. The film features a number of people (including film director Hou Hsiao-h ...
" (Jia Zhangke, 2010) * Closing Night: '' Burke & Hare'' (John Landis, 2010), ''
Insidious Insidious may refer to: * ''Insidious'' (film series), a horror film series consisting of the films listed below ** ''Insidious'' (film), a 2010 American supernatural horror film ** '' Insidious: Chapter 2'', a 2013 sequel ** '' Insidious: Chapt ...
'' (James Wan, 2010) * ''
Cave of Forgotten Dreams ''Cave of Forgotten Dreams'' is a 2010 3D documentary film by Werner Herzog about the Chauvet Cave in Southern France, which contains some of the oldest human-painted images yet discovered. Some of them were crafted around 32,000 years ago. The ...
'' (Werner Herzog, 2010) * '' City of Life and Death'' (Lu Chuan, 2010) * '' Domaine'' (
Patric Chiha Patric Chiha (born 3 March 1975) is an Austrian film director, screenwriter and film editor of Hungarian and Lebanese origin. After directing several short films and documentaries, his first feature film, ''Domain'' (2009), premiered at the 2009 ...
, 2009) * '' El Sicario, Room 164'' (Gianfranco Rosi, 2010) * '' I Only Want You To Love Me'' (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1991) * '' Klaus Kinski: Jesus Christ Savior'' (Peter Geyer, 2008) * ''
Robbery Robbery is the crime of taking or attempting to take anything of value by force, threat of force, or by use of fear. According to common law, robbery is defined as taking the property of another, with the intent to permanently deprive the perso ...
'' (Peter Yates, 1967) * ''The Silence'' (Barab Bo Odar, 2010) * ''Sodankyla Forever'' (Peter Von Bagh, 2010) * ''
Submarino ''Submarino'' is a 2010 Danish drama film directed by Thomas Vinterberg, starring Jakob Cedergren and Peter Plaugborg. It is based on the 2007 novel ''Submarino'' by Jonas T. Bengtsson, and focuses on two brothers on the bottom of Danish society ...
'' (Thomas Vinterburg, 2010) * ''Charly'' (Isild Le Besco, 2007) * ''Demi-Tariff'' (Isild Le Besco, 2003) * ''
The Karski Report ''The Karski Report'', is a 2010 documentary film by Claude Lanzmann, with the interviews he carried out to Jan Karski in 1978 during the elaboration of ''Shoah''. Karski (1914-2000) was a Polish resistance fighter, who through his series of repo ...
'' (Claude Lanzmann, 2010), with "A Visitor from the Living" * ''Sobibor'' (Claude Lanzmann, 2010) * ''Wundkanal'' (Thomas Harlan, 1984) * ''The Velvet Underground in Boston'' (Andy Warhol, 1967) * ''The Velvet Underground and Nico'' (Andy Warhol, 1966) * ''Straight to Hell Returns'' (Alex Cox, 1987–2011) * ''Cold Fish'' (Sion Sono, 2010) * ''I Saw the Devil'' (Kim Ji-Woon, 2010) * ''Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen'' (Andrew Lau, 2010)


2012

* ''
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace" is a poem by Richard Brautigan first published in his 1967 collection of the same name, his fifth book of poetry. It presents an enthusiastic description of a technological utopia in which machine ...
'' (Adam Curtis, 2011) * ''
Almayer's Folly ''Almayer's Folly'' is Joseph Conrad's first novel, published in 1895 by T. Fisher Unwin. Set in the late 19th century, it centres on the life of the Dutch trader Kaspar Almayer in the Borneo jungle and his relationship to his mixed heritage da ...
'' (Chantal Ackerman, 2011) * '' Alps'' (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2011) * '' Altered States'' (Ken Russell, 1980) * '' Despair'' (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1978) * '' Face to Face'' (Ingmar Bergman, 1976) * '' Faust'' (Alexander Sokurov, 2011) * ''
The Forgiveness of Blood ''The Forgiveness of Blood'' ( sq, Falja e Gjakut) is a 2011 Albanian-American drama film co-written and directed by Joshua Marston. The film premiered in competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and competed for the Golden Bea ...
'' (Joshua Marston, 2011) * ''Headhunters (film), Headhunters'' (Morten Tyldum, 2011) * ''I Wish (film), I Wish'' (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2011) * ''Land Passion War of the Dead Christ Worlds'' (J. Hoberman) * ''Le Sauvage'' (Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 1975) * ''Life Is Sweet (film), Life is Sweet'' (Mike Leigh, 1990) * ''Man at Sea'' (Constantine Giannaris, 2011) * ''Margaret (2011 film), Margaret'' (Kenneth Lonergan, 2011) * ''Mortem (film), Mortem'' (Eric Atlan, 2010) * ''My Crasy Life'' (Jean-Pierre Gorin, 1992) * ''My Own Private River'' (Gus van Sant, 2011) * ''Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii'' (Adrian Maben, 1971) * ''Poto and Cabengo'' (Jean-Pierre Gorin, 1980) * ''Rebellion (2011 film), Rebellion'' (Mathieu Kassovitz, 2011) * ''Routine Pleasures'' (Jean-Pierre Gorin, 1986) * ''Silent House (2011 film), Silent House'' (Laura Lau, 2011) * ''Sleepwalk (film), Sleepwalk'' (Sara Driver, 1986) * ''Snowtown (film), Snowtown'' (Justin Kurzel, 2011) * ''A Stoker'' (Alexei Balabanov, 2011) * ''Target (2011 film), Target'' (Alexander Zeldovich, 2011) * ''Transfer (2010 film), Transfer'' (Damir Lukacevic, 2010) * ''Wanderlust (2012 film), Wanderlust'' (David Wain, 2012) * ''We Have a Pope (film), We Have a Pope'' (Nanni Moretti, 2011) * ''Whore's Glory'' (Michael Glawogger, 2011)


2013

* Opening Night: ''Simon Killer'' (Antonio Campos, 2012) * Closing Night: ''The We and the I'' (Michel Gondry, 2012) * "3 (2012 Uruguayan film), 3" (Pablo Stoll, 2012) * ''A Borrowed Life'' (Wu Nien-jen, 1994) * ''Call Girl (2012 film), Call Girl'' (Mikael Marcimain, 2012) * ''Dormant Beauty'' (Marco Bellocchio, 2012) * ''Electra Glide in Blue'' (James William Guercio, 1973) * "From the Life of the Marionettes" (Ingmar Bergman, 1980) * "Gebo and the Shadow" (Manoel de Oliveira, 2012) * "Here Comes the Devil" (Adrián García Bogliano, 2011) * ''Hearts of the West (1975 film), Hearts of the West'' (Howard Zieff, 1975) * ''In the Fog'' (Sergei Loznitza, 2012) * ''Miss Lovely'' (Ashim Ahluwalia, 2012) * ''Motorway (film), Motorway'' (Soi Cheang, 2012) * ''Nights with Theodore'' (Sébastien Betbeder, 2012) * ''Penance (TV series), Penance'' (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2012) * ''Sightseers'' (Ben Wheatley, 2012) * ''Slither (1973 film), Slither'' (Howard Zieff, 1973) * ''Stemple Pass'' (James Benning, 2012) * ''Wish You Were Here (2012 film), Wish You Were Here'' (Kieran Darcy-Smith, 2012) * ''White Epilepsy'' (Philippe Grandrieux, 1975)


2014

* Opening Night: ''Me and You (film), Me and You'' (Bernardo Bertolucci, 2012) * Closing Night: ''Our Sunhi'' (Hong Sang-soo, 2013) * ''Betrayal (1983 film), Betrayal'' (David Jones, 1983) * ''Blood Glacier'' (Marvin Kren, 2013) * ''Cannibal (2013 film), Cannibal'' (Manuel Martín Cuenca, 2013) * ''Cherchez Hortense'' (Pascal Bonitzer, 2012) * ''City of Pirates'' (Raul Ruiz, 1983) * ''Enemy (2013 film), Enemy'' (Denis Villaneuve, 2013) * ''Fat Shaker'' (Mohammad Shirvani, 2013) * ''Felony (film), Felony'' (Matthew Saville, 2013) * ''Flesh of My Flesh'' (Denis Dercourt, 2013) * ''The Hypnotist (2012 film), The Hypnotist'' (Lasse Hallström, 2012) * ''Intruders (2013 film), Intruders'' (Noh Young-seok, 2013) * ''Metro Manila (film), Metro Manila'' (Sean Ellis, 2013) * ''The Sacrament (2013 film), The Sacrament'' (Ti West, 2013) * ''Top of the Lake'' (James Campion, 2013) * ''The Weight (film), The Weight'' (Jeon Kyu-hwan, 2012)


Focus on Christian Petzold

* ''Ghosts (2005 film), Ghosts'' (Christian Petzold, 2005) * ''Wolfsburg (film), Wolfsburg'' (Christian Petzold, 2003)


Healthcare Mayhem Double Feature

* ''The Carey Treatment'' (Blake Edwards, 1972) *''The Hospital'' (Arthur Hiller, 1971)


References

{{reflist Film festivals in New York City