GO TO >> A new video store is opening in Williamsburg, NYC

“ We want it to be an experience to come into the store and browse the shelves like you did back in the day, the idea of being able to find something new purely on the cover art or because of a blurb is much more exciting than finding a listing on Amazon… I think that these Blu-rays and 4Ks, these new editions, are sort of where vinyl records were 15 years ago, there’s no question it’s a niche market, but that niche is passionate, rabid and is growing all the time.” Night Owl Video opens April 11th

LISTEN >> A conversation with filmmaker Tom DiCillo

Filmmaker Tom DiCillo talks collaborating with Steve Buscemi,
why his Director of Photography purposely sabotaged his film,
receiving a heart-warming letter from Peter Dinklage’s parents,
his battle to cast an unknown actor named Brad Pitt in his first leading role,
and much more on the Film Situation Podcast.

GO TO >> You Are Here: An Immersive Film Experience in NYC

You Are Here draws on this rich archive of movies set in New York, combining thousands of cinematic moments across 16 screens. Sources include Hollywood blockbusters, independent films, documentaries, and experimental works. By juxtaposing these multiple visions, the dazzling montages of You Are Here make connections and contrasts that allow movies to comment on each other across time and space. Now through 10/5/2025 @ Museum Of The City Of New York.

READ >> Ben Stiller on Gene Hackman’s Simple Truth

I sat down and watched “The Royal Tenenbaums” with my son. He had never seen it. I hadn’t watched it since I lost my own father. I found myself getting emotional, thinking about my dad, and the experience
of making the movie all those years ago, and getting a chance to actually work with one of my idols.

WATCH >> The iPhone From Sean Baker’s “Tangerine”

In recognition of Sean Baker’s speech on indie filmmaking at the Spirit Awards,
we rehash a video from 2017 of when Baker gifted the Academy Museum the iPhone
he used to shoot his 2015 feature “Tangerine.”

GO TO >> WILD AT HEART: WILLEM DAFOE @ Anthology Film Archives NYC

This Valentine’s Day weekend, visit the Anthology Film Archives in NYC for the Willem Dafoe retrospective.
Spanning from Dafoe’s early works like THE LOVELESS, LIGHT SLEEPER and STREETS OF FIRE;
to his contemporary titles from Abel Ferrara & Lars Von Trier,
and the David Lynch romance classic, WILD AT HEART.

READ >> Oscar Nominee Colman Domingo On How He Almost Gave Up

Domingo talks going to High School with Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff,
the rejection that nearly made him quit show business; and the experience of making
“Sing Sing” with former members of a prison theatre troupe.

No Other Talent Wants to Talk About Trump With Sebastian Stan

WATCH >> Remembering James Earl Jones

From Academy Class 1996 interview: “What drew me to acting? It is language, speech.
It’s the thing I’ve denied myself all those years. I now have an abnormal appreciation for it.
The idea that you could do a Shakespeare play or any well-written play and say things you
never imagine saying or never imagine thinking in your
own life you can say easily. That’s what it’s all about.”

WATCH >> John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara and the late-great Gena Rowlands talk in a restaurant

When we first made Woman Under The Influence, I said “John, gosh, nobody who is 18 or 20 is going to know what we are talking about.” And then I found that young people would stop us on the street and say “that’s my mom and dad, that’s what I grew up in.” Then other people in their 30’s would say “that’s the story of my life. That’s exactly what I went through.” And that was the most satisfying thing as a performer I had ever done.  -Gena Rowlands