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Joanne Koch, emeritus executive director and member of the Board of Trustees of Film At Lincoln Center, has died. She was 92. Koch was an influential figure in the culture of cinema in New York and ran Film at Lincoln Center, as it is known now, for 32 years from 1971 to 2003. Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2022: Photo Ga…

As it marks its 50th anniversary, the Film Society of Lincoln Center is changing its name to Film at Lincoln Center. The rebrand comes just before a Monday night anniversary gala. The event at Alice Tully Hall will feature a starry list of attendees, including Pedro Almodóvar, Darren Aronofsky, Paul Dano, Jake…

Admitting that every film is a "big gamble," Christopher Nolan today sat down after a mid-day screening of his Dunkirk hosted by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The discussion on the eve of the release of his World War II epic also featured the staunch supporter of theaters admitting he "rarely" uses Netflix when…

Robert De Niro ripped into the Trump administration's plans to chop funding to the arts tonight at a gala benefit in his honor at Lincoln Center on Monday night. In his acceptance speech, De Niro called for health care and referenced Donald Trump's comments about Meryl Streep following her own honor at the Golden…

The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced Robert De Niro as the recipient of the 44th Chaplin Award. The award will be presented at an award gala on Monday, May 8, 2017. Prior to the presentation of the award, the event will celebrate De Niro’s four decade-long career, as well as his championing of independent…

Documentaries starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, New York prima ballerina Wendy Whelan and works from Errol Morris and Steven James highlight the Spotlight on Documentary section of the 54th New York Film Festival, which runs September 30-October 16. The Film Society of Lincoln Center has unveiled the full…

Oscar winner Morgan Freeman will receive the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s 43rd Chaplin Award during the group’s annual gala on April 25. Freeman, a five-time Oscar nominee and 2005 Best Supporting Actor for Million Dollar Baby, joins a list of luminaries that began in 1972 with Charlie Chaplin and last year lauded…

The Attenberg writer-director becomes the third filmmaker in residence at FSLC after directors Lisandro Alonso (Jauja) and Andrea Arnold (Red Road). During her residency in New York, Tsangari will be working on White Knuckles, described as a screwball action-thriller that centers on two criminal sisters (a burglar and…

French Charlie Hebdo documentary It’s Hard Being Loved By Jerks (C’est Dûr D’Etre Aimé Par Des Cons) originally was  released locally in 2008 by Pyramide. Following last month’s deadly attacks at the satirical magazine’s Paris headquarters, Pyramide re-released it on January 22 in 110 theaters. The recent events have…

As the 52nd New York Film Festival winds down this weekend, the sponsoring Film Society of Lincoln Center said that Robert Redford will receive the group’s Chaplin Award at a gala next April 27. "The Board is thrilled to have Robert Redford as the next recipient of the Chaplin Award," said Ann Tenenbaum, chairman of…

The Film Society Of Lincoln Center revealed today that Rose Kuo will exit as executive director and will be replaced by managing director Lesli Klainberg, who oversaw the past three New York Film Festivals. She will now be Interim Executive Director. Kuo will be a consultant through early 2014 to smooth a transition…

AMC‘s Breaking Bad hits the home stretch of its Emmy-winning five-season run on August 11, and to celebrate the network has partnered with The Film Society Of Lincoln Center on a week-long celebration in NYC. Starting July 26 and running until July 30, FSLC will screen each season in order at the Elinor Bunin Munroe…