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Watch: As IFC Center Turns 20, Joe Stankus’s Short Film, Marquee

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New York’s IFC Center celebrates its 20th anniversary this week. Here, writer, director and projectionist Joe Stankus shares with Filmmaker a short film he made, shot by Ashley Connor, about the work that goes into the theater’s essential old-school touch:…  Read more

By Jun 18, 2025

Trailer Watch: “Kira Muratova: Scenographies of Chaos”

It’s been 20 years since Film at Lincoln Center’s last retrospective of Kira Muratova, in which time obviously much has changed: the filmmaker herself has since died, no prints will be in the projection mix this time and Muratova’s identity…  Read more

By May 8, 2025

Trailer Watch: Frederic Da’s isaiah’s phone

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In 2021, we profiled Frederic Da as part of that year’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film on the strength of his debut feature, Teenage Emotions. This May, Da will premiere his sophomore follow-up, isaiah’s phone, at the Mammoth Lakes Film…  Read more

By May 5, 2025

Trailer Watch: “Mikio Naruse: The World Betrays Us”

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Japan Society and Metrograph will co-present Mikio Naruse: The World Betrays Us, a 30-film retrospective devoted to Naruse, the “fourth great” master of Japanese cinema, from May 9th through June 29th. Co-organized with The Japan Foundation, New York, the two-part…  Read more

By May 2, 2025


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