Slideshow
LÉON MORIN, PRIEST
Introduced by film critic and essayist Phillip Lopate
Sunday, July 28
2:45
Phillip Lopate will sign copies of his new book My Affair with Arthouse Cinema (available for purchase at our concession) in the lobby after the film.
Phillip Lopate is a central figure in the revival of the American essay, both through his ubiquitous edited anthology, Art of the Personal Essay, and his own essay collections, Bachelorhood, Against Joie de Vivre, Portrait of My Body and Portrait Inside My Head. He is also the author of such book-length nonfiction works as Being with Children Waterfront, Notes on Sontag, Rudy Burckhardt: Photographer and A Mother’s Tale. Additionally, he has written books of fiction (Confessions of Summer, The Rug Merchant, Two Marriages) and poetry (At the End of the Day). Finally, he has edited other anthologies (Writing New York and American Movie Critics), and a three-volume historical anthology of the American essay. His most recent books are My Affair With Art House Cinema and A Year and a Day (personal essays). He is a member of the American Academy of Ars and Letters, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a winner of Guggenheim, New York Public Library and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, and an emeritus professor of Columbia University’s School of the Arts.
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