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IFC Center mural heralds the theater’s expansion

10-18-09: Looks like someone had fun painting the mural on the construction site adjacent to the IFC Center.

As Brian Brooks wrote in indieWIRE, “New York’s IFC Center is expanding its venue from three to five auditoriums, augmenting the arthouse theater’s capacity by 25%. Construction is underway, in the space once used as a bar and restaurant, and the new theaters are expected to open to the public in early 2010.”

rania posted to Movie Houses on October 18, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (1)

iChat @ IFC

Arnaud, Chiara, and Mathieu

rania posted to Director, Movie Houses on November 30, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Pall cast over East Village as Pioneer Theater closes

A midnight Halloween screening of “Night of the Living Dead” was the final show for the beloved downtown playhouse that specialized in outrageous, bizarre, and other truly independent cinema.

rania posted to Movie Houses on November 2, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (2)

Actual good news for independent film

A new theater opened today on Manhattan’s Upper East Side! And—be still my heart—foreign language pictures will be among those shown!!!

rania posted to Film Biz, Movie Houses on October 24, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Anthology ♥ Thai film

Last January, I went to see the phenomenal Thai filmmaker, Apichatpong “Joe” Weerasethakul, discuss his short films at a retrospective of his work at Anthology Film Archives. The soft-spoken writer/director said he sees himself more a “collector” of words and images than a storyteller.

rania posted to Director, Movie Houses on July 17, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)