Film Forum

PREVIOUSLY PLAYED

THE COMPLETE WISEMAN: PART II
(1986-1996)

Through Thursday, September 14

EX LIBRIS: THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY,  Frederick Wiseman’s 43rd film, will have its world premiere at Film Forum on Wednesday, September 13, running through September 26.

COIMING EARLY 2018: THE COMPLETE WISEMAN: PART III

Reviews

“A SINGULAR FILMMAKER. After experiencing even one of Wiseman’s cinematic journeys, it is difficult to think of any institution the same way again.”
– Eric Monder, Film Journal International

“When last we left Frederick Wiseman, he was still mad. The opening of Film Forum’s complete retrospective covered the prolific and pioneering documentarian’s angriest period. ‘The Complete Wiseman: Part II’ picks up in 1986 with a radical shift. It’s here he started immersing himself in institutions that weren’t overtly poisonous... Mid-period Wiseman films show us how hard it is to do good.”
– Matt Prigge, The Village Voice