Archive for tag: New Yorker Films

New Yorker Essentials – DVDs for the Week

28 February, 2009 (15:37) | by Sean Axmaker, DVD, Essays, lists | By: Sean Axmaker

As the shock of New Yorker’s announcement sinks in, so does the complicated legacy of New Yorker. In conversations with friends and colleagues who programmed college campus films series and commercial repertory calendars (back when such things were a vital part of a metropolitan city cinema landscape), we all recalled the high prices of New [...]

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DVD for the Week – Remembering New Yorker Films 1965-2009

23 February, 2009 (13:14) | by Sean Axmaker, DVD, Essays, Industry | By: Sean Axmaker

I got the news from Girish Shambu (via Facebook), who directed me to a report on IndieWire by Eugene Hernandez, who confirmed it: New Yorker Films is closing its doors. The devastating news is on the New Yorker homepage. Anyone who was active in film culture in the days before the video business gave us [...]

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