#provincetown-international-film-festival

#provincetown-international-film-festival

On May 2, 2025, arts and cultural organizations across the country received notifications that grants and funding promised by the National Endowment for the Arts were being rescinded. This was part of a larger initiative by the Trump Administration to dismantle not just the NEA, but also other arts advocacy programs including the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute for Museum and Library Services.

April O'Neil comes down out of City Hall as the ace reporter and then walks into the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station. That secret, that the Downtown Brooklyn station is subbing in for City Hall, is at the heart of an upcoming film series at BAM.

The Sonoma Film Festival will offer a dozen queer features, documentaries, and shorts, showcasing diverse narratives and perspectives within the LGBTQ+ community.

Under her leadership, Jackson said, 'The most important thing is to make sure that Film Forum continues its mission.' This reflects her commitment to the organization and its role in independent cinema.

LORNE, an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes glimpse at the man who built an inimitable empire of comedy, shaping television and culture for generations.

I really wanted to look at the differences between films made by men ... when they're directed by men, it's very taboo, it's sensationalized, it's explicit and it's often violent .... (with) the films made by women, or best case, lesbian women because it's so different, it is like night and day. I'm trying to show that contrast, and that difference.

Sam Green's documentary follows his relentless pursuit of the world's oldest person, a journey that reveals deep insights into the nature of time and memory over a decade.

'I started crying,' Azar told me one afternoon last summer, as we sat on the sun-drenched porch of Gifford, overlooking the brick courtyard. Guests popped over to bid him hello, and he gently directed them over the lobby bar for a moment of respite from the heat. He continued the story: 'I was like, 'This is actually why I'm doing this.'

Billy Preston was a genre-bending singer-songwriter whose work climbed the charts, won Grammys, and saw him collaborating with fellow legends like Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin & The Beatles (even earning him the nickname "The Fifth Beatle). Yet he was battling a number of demons on-stage & off, including struggling to come to terms with his sexuality, which he'd repressed thanks to a lifetime in the church.

I never sang as a child, but in my guts, and a whole lot of chaos, music wasn't something I planned. It was something that saved me. It gave me a voice when I felt I didn't have one. It let me scream when I needed to scream and whisper when the world needed to listen. Every scar, every tattoo, every song has a story.

Stand-up is a high-wire act. One night you're king of the world, and four days later you're wondering if you ever had it. But that's the beauty of it-it keeps you honest.

Agnès Varda's sprightly late-career documentary The Gleaners and I (2000) is more complex than it first appears. The film follows foragers of all forms, from dumpster diggers to oyster scavengers, while drifting into meditations on waste and art. Varda becomes a gleaner in her own right, gathering images and ideas that most wouldn't give a second glance.