New York Screenings / Film Events Articles
Long-Unseen Giorgio Moroder-Revamped METROPOLIS to Have North American Screenings
Another Metropolis rerelease? As Tea Party favorite Sarah Palin would say, "You Betcha!" (Yikes. Sorry. I just couldn't resist.) As the Kino Lorber press release explains, back in 1981, three-time Academy Award-winning composer Giorgio Moroder (Midnight Express, Flashdance, Top Gun) began a three-year endeavor to restore Fritz Lang's 1927 sci-fi classic, Metropolis. At the time, Moroder came up with a contemporary score for the film [...]
Olivia de Havilland, John Hubley Oscar 1967 Photo: Academy to Celebrate John Hubley
Faith Hubley, Olivia de Havilland, John Hubley, Michael Goldman, Oscar 1967 "An Academy Salute to John Hubley" to be held as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Monday Nights with Oscar screening series in New York City. Hubley is considered one of animation’s most innovative and influential designer-directors. (Right: Hubley's Oscar-winning animated short The Hole [1962].) The Hubley celebration will take [...]
Three-Time Oscar-Winning Animator John Hubley Academy Celebration
Carl Reiner, John Hubley, Hope Lange, Oscar 1959 John Hubley, considered one of animation’s most innovative and influential designer-directors, will have his life and art celebrated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Monday Nights with Oscar screening series. A special evening featuring rarely seen John Hubley movies will be held on Monday, October 10, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at [...]
Bob Dylan in Murray Lerner's FESTIVAL
Bob Dylan, Festival Bob Dylan, along with Joan Baez; Judy Collins; Peter, Paul and Mary's Peter Yarrow; Donovan; Odetta; Son House; and others, is featured in Murray Lerner's Festival. Nominated for the 1967 Academy Award in the Best Documentary Feature category, Festival will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Monday Nights with Oscar series on Monday, July 18, [...]