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The 62nd New York Film Festival (September 27-October 14) got underway Friday with “Nickel Boys”, rookie feature director RaMell Ross’ daring screen adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel. The film spawned strong applause as well as ardent debate on its challenging mise-en-scène from the attendees at Alice Tully Hall. One thing they agreed on was “King Richard” Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor’s inevitable second Supporting Actress nod.

At the ritual after-party at Tavern on the Green, an annual celebration for the New York film community, Ellis-Taylor admitted she couldn’t watch herself and ran from the theater. She provides the beating heart for this extraordinary and divisive movie. “Every year we spend months talking about what opening night will be,” said NYFF director Dennis Lim at the after-party, “because it sets the tone for the festival. RaMell is a filmmaker we’ve loved and believed in since ‘Hale County [This Morning, This Evening].’ [‘Nickel Boys’] is not a feel-good movie.

Film at Lincoln Center president Lesli Klainberg will step down from her executive role after the 2024 New York Film Festival, it was announced today.

The board of directors for Film at Lincoln Center, which presents the annual New York Film Festival and Chaplin Award gala, will form a search committee to recruit a new leader and the board has named NYFF managing director and vp, operations at Flc Matt Bolish as deputy director to work with Klainberg through the transition.

“My tenure at Film at Lincoln Center has been one of the most rewarding periods in my professional life. After over a decade as president and 14 New York Film Festivals come September, I am proud of how the organization has transformed and what we have accomplished. I’m leaving with a passionate and committed team in place,” Klainberg said in a statement. “The recent New York Film Festivals have seen...

Lesli Klainberg, president of Film at Lincoln Center for a decade, will be stepping down this fall after the upcoming New York Film Festival, which runs Sept. 27- Oct. 13.

Flc’s board will form a search committee to recruit a new leader, the nonprofit film organization said. It’s tapped Matt Bolish as deputy director to work with Klainberg during a transition period. Bolish is VP, Operations at Flc and managing director of the New York Film Festival.

“My tenure at Film at Lincoln Center has been one of the most rewarding periods in my professional life,” said Klainberg. “After over a decade as President and 14 New York Film Festivals come September, I am proud of how the organization has transformed and what we have accomplished. I’m leaving with a passionate and committed team in place.”

Klainberg noted the NYFF’s “record-breaking attendance” and that “year-round audiences of all...

After more than a decade overseeing Film at Lincoln Center (Flc), Lesli Klainberg will step down as president of the organization. She will leave after this year’s New York Film Festival (NYFF), which will be held Sept. 27 – Oct. 13.

The group’s board of directors will organize a search committee to find and recruit Klainberg’s successor. The board also announced it has appointed Matt Bolish as deputy director to work with Klainberg through this leadership transition period. Bolish has been on staff since 2011, having previously served as vice president of operations at Flc and managing director of the New York Film Festival.

“My tenure at Film at Lincoln Center has been one of the most rewarding periods in my professional life. After over a decade as president and 14 New York Film Festivals come September, I am proud of how the organization has transformed and what we have accomplished. I...

Lesli Klainberg, president of New York’s Film at Lincoln Center for more than a decade, will step down from the role after the 2024 New York Film Festival (NYFF) running September 27 – October 13.

The board at Film at Lincoln Center (Flc), the nonprofit that presents NYFF and year-round programming in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, will now form a search committee to recruit a new leader. In the meantime, the board has appointed Matt Bolish as deputy director to work with Klainberg during the transition period. Bolish has been at the organization since 2011, most recently serving as Flc’s vice president of operations and managing director of NYFF.

“My tenure at Film at Lincoln Center has been one of the most rewarding periods in my professional life. After over a decade as President and 14 New York Film Festivals come September, I am proud of how the organization has transformed and what we have accomplished.

The 49th annual Chaplin Gala presenters have been officially unveiled to honor award recipient Jeff Bridges.

Bridges’ former co-stars Sharon Stone, Chris Pine, Cynthia Erivo, and Rosie Perez will all toast the Academy Award winner’s contributions to film as Bridges receives the coveted Chaplin Award on April 29.

Erivo starred with Bridges in “Bad Times at the El Royale” (2018), while Perez appeared with Bridges in “Fearless” (1993). Pine was side-by-side with Bridges in Oscar-nominated Western “Hell or High Water” (2016), and Sharon Stone acted opposite Bridges in both “Simpatico” (1999) and “The Muse” (1999).

The Chaplin Award Tribute will feature excerpts from a selection of Bridges’ work, appearances by co-stars, friends, and colleagues, and the presentation of the award itself. An acclaimed actor, producer, and musician, Bridges’ film career has spanned seven decades and features a slew of iconic roles in “True Grit,” “The Big Lebowski,” “Hell or High Water,” “Heaven’s Gate,” and “Crazy Heart,...

The Alliance of Women Directors has chosen six directors to compose its inaugural 2024 Rising Director Fellowship class – Josie Andrews, Christianna Carmine, Angela Cohen, Julie Herlocker, Jessica Liu and Morgen Whiteman.

They were chosen from a finalist pool of 19 candidates.

For the next year, participants will now have access to education and networking opportunities, mentorship and the opportunity to create a “proof of concept” for their feature projects, with the program concluding with an “industry screening” of the shorts.

“The Rising Director Fellowship is an exciting addition to our current slate of Member Programming,” Kylie Eaton, co-chair of the board of directors and spearhead of the Rdf program, said in a statement. “These six deserving directors are at an inflection point in their career. They have done the hard work and preparation to get to this point; Awd is proud to offer them this opportunity for the exposure and guidance...