Dec 3, 2020
As co-founder of the Children’s Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop), “the single largest teacher of young children in the world,” and the originator of Sesame Street, Joan Ganz Cooney is a television pioneer whose work …
The Color Wheel, Alex Ross Perry’s highly original second feature, beautifully filmed in black-and-white 16mm, follows the calamity and chaos when a young woman, JR, forces her reluctant and disapproving younger brother Colin on a …
As part of the Fashion in Film Festival series “Birds of Paradise,” curated by Marketa Uhlirova, this panel discussion with Ronald Gregg, Stuart Comer, Agosto Machado, and Ela Troyano offered a lively conversation about the …
Bennett Miller’s acclaimed film Moneyball, based on a true story, stars Brad Pitt as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A’s, and features a remarkable ensemble cast including Jonah Hill and Phillip Seymour …
Payne’s The Descendants is a smart and moving dramatic comedy with a remarkable ensemble cast led by George Clooney in his most affecting performance to date. Clooney is Matt King, heir of a prominent Hawaiian …
In 2005, Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King co-created The Comeback, a penetrating and often brutal satire of reality TV, sitcoms, and show business in general. The series was cancelled, but quickly developed a cult …
Errol Morris’s film Tabloid is an entertaining and provocative compendium of some of his favorite themes, including crime, obsession, truth, and the nature of self-presentation. It digs deeply into a sensational and salacious news story …
Bill Cosby is one of the most influential and successful creative figures in television history. I Spy, the first network series starring a black actor, made Cosby one of the most popular actors in television. …
On the opening night of his retrospective at Museum of the Moving Image, director David O. Russell (The Fighter, Spanking the Monkey, Flirting With Disaster, Three Kings, and I Heart Huckabees) was interviewed by his …
Tom Hooper won the Academy Award for Best Director for The King’s Speech, which also won Best Picture and two other Oscars. Hooper, and cast members Claire Bloom and Jennifer Ehle, were the first guest …
