Film Forum

Festival honors legendary Kurosawa flicks

Film Forum’s Akira Kurosawa retrospective focuses on the filmmaker's famous films.

By Daniel Valella | Jan 27 07:01 pm ET

‘Some Like It’ vintage and flock to downtown Film Forum

Columbia cinephiles too often choose art cinema over entertaining cinema, which is a terrible mistake. While “Some Like It Hot” may not be a foreign film with imbedded metaphors, it is pure entertainment of the highest quality.

By Lily Cedarbaum | Oct 1 06:45 pm ET

Treeless brings artistry to a unique coming-of-age story

So Yong Kim's second movie, Treeless Mountain, tells the tale of two sisters struggling with the absence of their mother and the challenges of growing up.

By Cedric Cheung-Lau | Apr 21 07:29 pm ET

Russian Remake Dares to Interpret a Hollywood Classic

12—a remake of 12 Angry Men—highlights Russian culture and politics while telling the tale of a seemingly simple criminal case that gets suddenly complicated.

By Peter Labuza | Mar 3 10:57 pm ET

Breadlines turn to Movie Lines in Film Forum’s Month-Long Depression Era Special Feature

From restaurant specials to trite introductions of newspaper articles, the recession has already become the worse cliché of 2009. Popular classic theater Film Forum is the latest venue to capitalize on the recent economic downturn. The monthlong special “Breadlines & Champagne,”,which begins Friday, includes 50 films from the height of the 1930s depression era. The idea may sound cliché, but the films certainly are not.

By Peter Labuza | Feb 6 02:19 am ET

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