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PARIS CALLIGRAMMES, avant-garde filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger's cine-memoir of the cultural and political hotbed of 1960s Paris, will open exclusively in our Virtual Cinema on Friday, April 23!

A madly romantic comedy about people who think they are most rational but who are often selfdeluding. Vincent Canby, The New York Times The second installment of Tales of the Four Seasons, Rohmer’s A TALE OF WINTER is now playing in our virtual cinema: bit.ly/3uf5rxq

Pedro Almodóvar's THE HUMAN VOICE opens theatrically tomorrow! "Sublime. The dazzling Spanish filmmaker Working with the British actress Tilda Swinton. Does this sound like a match made in heaven? Yeah, it pretty much is." - Glenn Kenny, The New York Times Read the full "Critic's Pick" review:

Now playing theatrically: Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw's THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS, "a feast for the senses (Vulture), Pedro Almodóvar’s THE HUMAN VOICE (playing with WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN), and Fellini’s LA STRADA Info/tickets: filmforum.org

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Celebrated outsider artist Bill Traylor was born 167 years ago today! Delve into Traylor's incredible story and body of work when we open the new documentary BILL TRAYLOR: CHASING GHOSTS on April 16.

Congrats to the Film Forum premieres that were shortlisted for Academy Awards! On the Documentary Features shortlist: 76 DAYS, COLLECTIVE, and GUNDA, and on the International Features shortlist: COLLECTIVE, DEAR COMRADES!, TWO OF US, and HOPE (coming soon).

Watch MINARI star @steveyeun talk about his improv work at Second City and watching the film with his dad at Sundance on @colbertlateshow! https://buff.ly/2YXJFkk https://buff.ly/3cVN5w9 MINARI opens in our Virtual Cinema this Friday, Feb. 12.

Lana Turner was born 100 years ago today O'Hara wrote Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!] on the Staten Island Ferry after seeing a headline that she had fainted at her 42nd birthday party.

From our friends: FIAF / French Institute Alliance Française's flagship festival of French animation, Animation Fest, is available nationwide online until Feb 15: https://fiaf.org/animation-first-2021/

JUST ADDED! Margarethe von Trotta's ROSA LUXEMBURG, with Barbara Sukowa in the title role, opens in our Virtual Cinema on March 5 - presented in celebration of the 150th anniversary of Luxemburg’s birth, as part of a sidebar tribute to Barbara Sukowa to mark the release of her latest film, TWO OF US (now playing).

Ray Yeung's moving, refreshingly realistic queer love story TWILIGHT'S KISS opens this Wednesday, February 10. Watch the trailer!

Opening this Friday, Nov. 6 in our Virtual Cinema - A program of short films by two of our most beloved filmmakers: Chris Marker's LA JETÉE and Fellini's TOBY DAMMIT.

JUST ANNOUNCED! A new 4K restoration of INTERVISTA, Fellini's reflection on his life and cinematic world, will open exclusively in our Virtual Cinema on Friday, November 27 via Janus Films!

IndieWire has the exclusive premiere of the new trailer for BORN TO BE, opening in our Virtual Cinema on November 18!

A new restoration of King Hu's RAINING IN THE MOUNTAIN opens today in our Virtual Cinema. "SPECTACULAR, EXHILARATING ENTERTAINMENT!" - Glenn Kenny, The New York Times

A little sunshine for a rainy day: This great postcard from Simon D came to us during lockdown earlier this year. We are so grateful for all of the wonderful support we’ve received from the Film Forum community during our temporary closing. We miss you all and can’t wait to see you back (safely) at the movies!

Frederick Wiseman’s CITY HALL opens today in our Virtual Cinema! Critic’s Pick. Magisterial... An exploration of civil society and the common good... (Wiseman’s) is the art of resistance at its finest. Manohla Dargis, The New York Times Info/tickets: bit.ly/31LSSOz

Wiseman has had the honesty and supreme decency to portray human society for what it is: a madhouse. Errol Morris Wednesdays with Wiseman continues tomorrow with SINAI FIELD MISSION, from 1978: bit.ly/3kowRfW

Check out Janus Films' brand new trailer for the 4k restoration of LA STRADA! Playing exclusively in our virtual cinema until Thurs, Oct 29: bit.ly/3lljv4k

Corri, non camminare! The new restoration of Fellini's LA STRADA, starring Giulietta Masina, is only available in our Virtual Cinema through this Thursday, Oct. 29!

CITY HALL, the latest from the great Frederick Wiseman, opens this Wednesday, 10/28. "Displays the humane values of good government and unfoldsacross four and a half hoursthe vastly complex practicalities by which they’re realized." Richard Brody, The New Yorker

A gorgeous new 4K restoration of Hou Hsiao-hsien’s lush 1998 period drama FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI will open in our Virtual Cinema on November 20.

With LA STRADA Fellini left behind the familiar signposts of Italian neorealism for a poetic fable of love and cruelty, evoking brilliant performances and winning the hearts of audiences and critics worldwide. LA STRADA is now playing in our virtual cinema: bit.ly/3lRWWV1

Two eerie and beautiful short films, Federico Fellini’s TOBY DAMMIT and Chris Marker’s LA JETÉE, will be available in our virtual cinema starting Fri, Nov 6!

NEW PODCAST EPISODE! A conversation around AGGIE with Mahogany L. Browne - Writer, Adnan Khan of Restore Justice, Tanya Selvaratnam & Rachel kuo - on the latest episode of Film Forum Presents!