Film Forum

Special thanks to Nicole Woods, Kristie Nakamura (Warner Bros.), Brian Belovarac, Laura Coxson (Janus Films), Paul Ginsburg, Janice Simpson (Universal Pictures), Grover Crisp, Chris Lane, Michael Horne (Sony Pictures), Julie Pearce, Charlie Bligh (BFI), Cristina Bernaldez (Filmoteca Española, Madrid), Andrea Kalas, Judy Nicaud (Paramount Pictures), Caitlin Robertson, Joe Reid (20th Century Fox), Eric DiBernardo, Adrienne Halpern (Rialto Pictures), Chris Chouinard (Park Circus Films), May Haduong, Cassie Blake (Academy Film Archive), Calantha Mansfield (Carlotta Films U.S.), Todd Wiener, Steven Hill (UCLA Film Archive), Ron Simon (Paley Center), Lynanne Schweighofer (Library of Congress), Paolo Cherchi Usai, Daniel Bish (George Eastman House), Jake Perlin (Maysles Films), Sharon Lester Kohn (Rainbow Releasing), Emiliana Piedra, Lola Piedra, Emma Piedra, Soledad Fox, and Joseph McBride. 

ORSON WELLES ON TELEVISION at Paley Center for Media
Over two consecutive weekends (February 7-8 and February 14-15), The Paley Center for Media (215 W. 52nd St.), will present Welles television rarities, including his landmark TV pilot Fountain of Youth; starring roles in The Man Who Came to Dinner and King Lear; a compilation of classic interviews; and even an episode of I Love Lucy. For complete schedule, go to paleycenter.org.

Our neighboring restaurant Clarkson pays tribute to our festival with two specialty cocktails:

The Radio Wave
($9, Fords Gin, St. Germain, Creme de Violette, Lemon Juice) 

The Shanghai Midnight
($9, Old Overholt, Laird’s Applejack, Peychaud’s Bitters, Pernod Absinthe Rinse)

For more info visit: 
http://clarksonrestaurant.com/
225 Varick St  

Reviews

“To consider the career of Orson Welles is to enter a labyrinth, full of restlessness and uncertainty. In theater, radio, film, television and more, he cast spells and broke them, only to make magic again.”
– Kristen M. Jones, Wall Street Journal
Click here to read entire article.

Click here to listen to Welles historian and author Joseph McBride discuss the festival and his friendship with the director on WNYC's "The Leonard Lopate Show."

Click here to read Stephanie Zacharek's feature, "Orson Welles' personal favorite Chimes at Midnight Returns to the Big Screen."

Click here to read Craig Hubert on "The Many Versions of Touch of Evil" at Blouin ARTINFO

Click here to read Danny Peary's interview with Welles historian and author Joseph McBride for Sag Harbor Express

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