As the theater lights of Cantor dimmed and the Christmas music played, the entire crowd, including NYU affiliates and film industry professionals, fell into a trance only to be jolted out of it soon after. The street setting in the opening sequence of the film isn’t the standard for a ‘holiday movie,’ but it is […]
Black Nativity, a modernized adaptation of Langston Hughes’ celebrated play, follows a Baltimore teenager as he comes to New York City to spend Christmas with his estranged relatives. Gospel numbers serve as the core of the musical film, so director Kasi Lemmons brought on Grammy Award winning music producer Raphael Saadiq to donate his musical […]
is proud to launch 2014’s festival season with a FREE NYU ADVANCE SCREENING* OF BLACK NATIVITY followed by a Q&A with director Kasi Lemmons Thursday, November 21 @ 7PM Cantor Film Center free admission NYU ID required The film is a modern adaptation of the Langston Hughes play of the same name, directed […]
Join us on Friday October 19, 2012 at 7:00pm at the Cantor Film Center for a special early screening of Cloud Atlas directed by Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski, and Tom Tykwer. The film stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, James D’Arcy, Zhou Xun, Keith David, David Gyasi, Susan […]
Nice Girls Suck! Wait, allow us to explain. Fusion Film Festival presents an early screening of VAMPS with an exclusive Q & A with Film alum Amy Heckerling! This Fusion exclusive event will take place in the Michelson Theater located at 721 Broadway on the 6th Floor. The film starts at 6:30PM sharp on November 30th. Be sure […]