The New York Film Festival Opens Quietly at Alice Tully with Alain Resnais’ Wild Grass

Matt — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:01:20 +0000

“It’s like prom night didn’t happen this year,” said documentarian Aviva Kempner (Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg) on Friday, September 25, standing in the lobby of Alice Tully Hall, where the New York Film Festival was celebrating its opening night. She was disappointed at the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s decision to move the party from its traditional home at beleaguered restaurant Tavern on the Green.

Psychologist Eva Fogelman agreed, disapproving of “the level of dress.” Dr. Fogelman, a specialist in Holocaust survivors who wore a black sequined frock, pointed out that formerly this premiere social event for New York’s cinephiles was a black-tie affair. More>

But Will it Play in Peoria? Esky Nervously Fetes Moore’s Anti-Capitalism Doc at Ultimate Bachelor Pad

Matt — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:56:16 +0000

“They promised me I would mellow as I got older, and it didn’t happen,” a graying Michael Moore bellowed before the New York premiere of his new film, Capitalism: A Love Story, at Alice Tully Hall on Monday, Sept. 21. The screening, a pre–New York Film Festival event put on by Esquire and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, drew noted capitalists like chef Mario Batali and editor Tina Brown despite its radical premise: that capitalism is, in a word, evil. More>

Matt Frassica » New York Film Festival

The New York Film Festival Opens Quietly at Alice Tully with Alain Resnais’ Wild Grass

But Will it Play in Peoria? Esky Nervously Fetes Moore’s Anti-Capitalism Doc at Ultimate Bachelor Pad