BAMcinemaFest Archives - The Playlist

‘En El Séptimo Día’ Delivers A Robust Snapshot Of The Immigrant Experience [BAMCinemafest Review]

June 25, 2017 11:27 am

In his doctoral dissertation submitted to Harvard in 1916, renowned modernist poet T.S. Elliot wrote, “every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is relative; in that it somehow alwa...

‘Common Carrier’ Is A Demanding Experimental Pleasure [BAMcinemaFest Review]

Bradley Warren

June 24, 2017 9:04 am

News, Reviews

A cursory glance at the BAMcinemaFest program might give the false impression that the festival serves merely as a launching pad for under-appreciated Sundance and SXSW films. To assume so would do a disservice...

Fresh & Diverse ‘Signature Move’ Is Also Overly Familiar [BAMcinemaFest Review]

Gary Garrison

June 16, 2017 2:19 pm

News, Reviews

For a couple of weeks now, we’ve been living in a post-“Wonder Woman” world. A world which, you can be certain, is a better world. One where the genuine hunger for a female (super)hero has been served a tasty m...

BAMcinemaFest 2017: 8 Must-See Films To Watch

The Playlist Staff

June 14, 2017 4:35 pm

News

Many of the world’s most prestigious film festivals happen elsewhere — Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, SXSW — but BAMCinematek always has your cinephile back every summer with their BAMcinemaFest festival. Carefully...

‘Gemini,’ ‘Wind River,’ ‘Golden Exits’ & ‘The Big Sick’ Lead 2017 BAMcinemaFest Line Up

Oliver Lyttelton

May 4, 2017 1:04 pm

Festivals, News

It might be overshadowed a bit by other NYC festivals like the New York Film Festival and Tribeca, but the BAMcinemaFest, which takes place in June, has consistently been pulling off some pretty great line-ups,...

Exclusive: Watch The Trailer For Drama ‘A Woman, A Part’ With ‘Billions’ Star Maggie Siff

Rodrigo Perez

June 24, 2016 1:50 pm

News, Trailers

If you’ve watched your fair share of prestige TV you probably know Maggie Siff from “Mad Men” and “Sons of Anarchy.” She also had a terrific lead turn in the Sundance indie “Concussion” in 2013. Currently kicki...

BAMcinemaFest: Craig Zobel Talks Conversation-Starting True-Crime Tale ‘Compliance’

Cory Everett

June 28, 2012 2:45 pm

News

BAMcinemaFest: Craig Zobel Talks Conversation-Starting True-Crime Tale 'Compliance'

Retro-Spective Cinema: Coppola’s ‘Rain People,’ The Late Auteur Film, Mike Nichols, Satyajit Ray More…

Rodrigo Perez

April 23, 2009 8:29 pm

News

We like old, classic movies too, and in many cases more so than the regular old bullshit.- We were just talking about Francis Ford Coppola's little-seen, 1969 feature, "The Rain People" (starring Shirley Knight...

BAMcinemaFEST To Feature ‘Big Fan,’ ‘Humpday’ ‘Beeswax’ & Many More In Festival Running June 17–July 2

Rodrigo Perez

April 21, 2009 4:30 pm

News

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Earlier this year, we lamented the fact that Brooklyn's BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) theater would no longer be running its excellent Sundance At Bam series. For those not in New York, Sundance at BAM took p...

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