Category: Media Studies

December 4, 2009

Best films of the decade

Since it is 2009 we are seeing both best-of-the-year and best-of-the-decade lists. While many of these lists seemingly serve to reinforce critical consensus, the same cannot be said of the Toronto International Film Festival’s list of the best movies from...

December 1, 2009

Bertolucci called us a kind of wild cinema university — Toby Talbot in Rorotoko

* There will be a discussion and reception with Toby Talbot for her new book on Thursday, December 3rd at 7:00 pm at Lincoln Plaza Cinemas at 1886 Broadway (at 62nd Street) Peter Bogdanovich says the New Yorker Theater is...

November 17, 2009

Video: Toby Talbot talks about the New Yorker Theater

The following is a video of Toby Talbot discussing her new book The New Yorker Theater and Other Scenes from a Life in the Movies. The book chronicles Talbot’s legendary movie theater, which during the 60s and 70s brought cutting-edge...

November 10, 2009

Isabella Rossellini joins the Talbots to discuss The New Yorker Theater

The New Yorker Theater and Other Scenes from a Life at the Movies by Toby Talbot was just reviewed in The East Hampton Star, which said the book “will certainly appeal to film buffs, to New Yorkers, and to celebrity...

October 26, 2009

Archives from the New Yorker Theater

The New Yorker Theater was known not only for the movies it showed but for the people who came to the theater to watch everything from the newest New Wave film to a forgotten Hollywood classic. Patrons to the theater...

October 8, 2009

Toby Talbot at the Hamptons International Film Festival

The Hamptons International Film Festival kicks off today and continues through the Columbus Day weekend. Some of the highlights for this year’s festival includes the U.S. premier of Heath Ledger’s last film The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus. Among the many...

October 1, 2009

Have dinner with Andre (and Toby Talbot)

For those in New York City (and sorry for the short notice), there is a great event tonight at the New York Film Festival surrounding Toby Talbot’s new book The New Yorker Theater and Other Scenes from a Life at...

September 17, 2009

Stephen Prince discusses 9/11 films on NPR

Stephen Prince, author of Firestorm: American Film in the Age of Terrorism was recently on On the Media to discuss how filmmakers have taken on the challenge of capturing the truth of the 9/11 attacks. In the interview, Prince discusses...

September 11, 2009

Two new looks at cinematic and literary representations of 9/11

As Stephen Prince author of Firestorm: American Film in the Age of Terrorism points out in a recent interview in Rorotoko, “shortly after the attacks, many people predicted that storytelling … would be changed forever.” Prince’s book explores a range...

August 5, 2009

Ang Lee

With the complete retrospective of his films currently running at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and with his next film Taking Woodstock due to release later this month, Ang Lee is once again in the news. For those interested...

July 21, 2009

Walter Cronkite and Fred Friendly — a post by Ralph Engelman

The following is a post by Ralph Engelman, author of Friendlyvision: Fred Friendly and the Rise and Fall of Television Journalism. Walter Cronkite’s recent death prompted thoughts about the complex relationship between the great anchor and Fred Friendly. The mixed...

July 2, 2009

Kindle & The Future of Print Journalism — A Post by Ted Striphas

The following post is from Ted Striphas, author of The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture from Consumerism to Control. The post originally appeared on his blog The Late Age of Print. As someone who writes about the future...