Film Forum
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Film Forum is a nonprofit movie theater at 209 West Houston Street in Greenwich Village, Manhattan.
It began in 1970 as an alternative screening space for independent films, with 50 folding chairs, one projector and a $19,000 annual budget.
In 2018, Film Forum had a major renovation, adding new seats (and in turn, more leg room) and a fourth theater. In 2023, it was announced that Cooper would step down from her position and she will be succeeded by the theater's deputy director, Sonya Chung.[2]
Programming
Film Forum presents two distinct film programs. Premieres of American independents and foreign art films, programmed by Karen Cooper and Mike Maggiore, and repertory programming, which includes foreign and American classics, genre works, festivals, and directors' retrospectives, programmed by Bruce Goldstein. In January 2013 Goldstein started a series called Film Forum Jr. which shows a classic films appropriate for children and their parents.[citation needed]
Reputation
Filmmakers such as Agnès Varda, D. A. Pennebaker, Christopher Nolan, Kelly Reichardt, Ramin Bahrani and many others have praised the theater and its programming.[3] Director and actor André Gregory said in 2022, “If New York lost the Statue of Liberty, it would not be a real loss, but if Film Forum disappeared, it would be absolutely heartbreaking.” [4]
See also
References
- ^ "Past Village Award Winners". GVSHP.org. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ Goldsmith, Jill (2023-01-09). "Film Forum Director Karen Cooper To Step Down After 50 Years At Helm Of The NYC Indie Cinema; Deputy Director Sonya Chung To Succeed Her". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
- ^ Aridi, Sara (31 July 2018). "How Influential Is Film Forum? Christopher Nolan and Others Explain". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ Nadelson, Reggie (30 March 2022). "How Film Forum Became the Best Little Movie House in New York". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 March 2022.