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The well-liked film critic is fondly remembered as a passionate supporter of arthouse films.

Figures from the UK and international industry have been paying tribute to the beloved former Guardian, Screen International and Evening Standard film critic Derek Malcolm, who died aged 91 at the weekend.

“Derek Malcolm was a great critic and a true friend of the Venice Film Festival. Even at the Lido he exercised his great curiosity and sensitivity towards global cinema. It’s a big loss for film culture,” Alberto Barbera, artistic director of the Vernice Film Festival, told Screen.

Legendary US documentary maker Fred Wiseman reminisced...

The Board of Governors from AMPAS have finally announced their selections for this year's Honorary Oscars. This year they're not giving out the Thalberg (for Producing) or the Hersholt (for Huminatarian efforts) but just the regular ol' Honorary Oscars. If such a thing can be deemed "regular" since they're so hard to come by. Consider that James Ivory still doesn't have one despite being a masterful oft imitated but never duplicated director behind three major Best Picture contenders (and many other beautiful films) and never having won an an Oscar and being 88 years old. Nathaniel wept. Oscar remains remarkably stingy with the gays but at least they've noticed the need for diversity in other ways.

Congratulations to this year's esteemed recipients! 

Jackie Chan's starmaking hit The Legend of Drunken Master (1978)

Superstar Jackie Chan

He's a famous actor, producer, and director and his filmography is just enormous with well over 100 films under his belt.

As the Museum of the Moving Image points out, introducing its series Frederick Wiseman's New York (today through November 7), In Jackson Heights is Wiseman's ninth film made in the City. We've got a fresh round of reviews, clips and notes—from Errol Morris and many others—on the other documentaries in the series: Ballet, Hospital, Welfare, Racetrack, Model, Central Park and High School II. Wiseman will be at Momi on October 28 and at Film Forum on November 4, 5 and 7. » - David Hudson...

As the Museum of the Moving Image points out, introducing its series Frederick Wiseman's New York (today through November 7), In Jackson Heights is Wiseman's ninth film made in the City. We've got a fresh round of reviews, clips and notes—from Errol Morris and many others—on the other documentaries in the series: Ballet, Hospital, Welfare, Racetrack, Model, Central Park and High School II. Wiseman will be at Momi on October 28 and at Film Forum on November 4, 5 and 7. » - David Hudson...

Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repertory showings into one handy list. Displayed below are a few of the city’s most reliable theaters and links to screenings of their weekend offerings — films you’re not likely to see in a theater again anytime soon, and many of which are, also, on 35mm. If you have a chance to attend any of these, we’re of the mind that it’s time extremely well-spent.

Film Society of Lincoln Center

To commemorate her passing, free screenings of Chantal Akerman‘s Jeanne Dielman (on 35mm) and her self-portrait Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman will screen for free on Friday.

Hou Hsiao-hsien‘s The Boys from Fengkuei will play on Friday night, with Hou making an appearance.

Museum of the Moving...

Read More: Frederick Wiseman's 'In Jackson Heights' Explores One of the Most Diverse Neighborhoods in the World The Museum of the Moving Image has announced the schedule for its Frederick Wiseman retrospective, running from October 9 - November 1. The event will feature seven of the prolific documentarian's films focusing on New York City, including "Ballet," "Central Park," and "High School II." The retrospective also includes a discussion with Wiseman about his films and a first look at his latest documentary, "In Jackson Heights." The full schedule is as follows: "Ballet"Friday, October 9, 7:00 P.M. "Hospital"Saturday, October 10, 3:00 P.M. "Welfare"Sunday, October 11, 3:15 P.M. "Racetrack"Saturday, October 17, 3:00 P.M. "Model"Saturday, October 24, 3:00 P.M.  "Central Park"Sunday, October 25, 3:00 P.M.  An Evening with Frederick WisemanWednesday, October 28,...

It is the first time a film editor has received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival.

Film editor Thelma Schoonmaker and film director Frederick Wiseman, are to be the recipients of the Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement of the 71st Venice International Film Festival, which runs August 27-Sept 6.

Schoonmaker has received three Oscars (Raging Bull, The Aviator, The Departed) and two BAFTAs (Raging Bull, Goodfellas) during her career as an editor. Since 1980 she has edited all of Scorsese’s feature-length films including the most recent, The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). I

It is the first time the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement has been awarded by the Venice Film Festival to an artist in the field of film editing.

Film director Frederick Wiseman’s acclaimed documentaries include Titicut Follies (1967), Welfare (1975), Public Housing (1997), Near Death (1989), La Comédie Française ou L’amour joué (1996), La danse – Le ballet de l’Opéra de Paris (2009) and [link=tt...

It is the first time a film editor has received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival.

Film editor Thelma Schoonmaker and film director Frederick Wiseman, are to be the recipients of the Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement of the 71st Venice International Film Festival, which runs August 27-Sept 6.

Schoonmaker has received three Oscars (Raging Bull, The Aviator, The Departed) and two BAFTAs (Raging Bull, Goodfellas) during her career as an editor. Since 1980 she has edited all of Scorsese’s feature-length films including the most recent, The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). I

It is the first time the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement has been awarded by the Venice Film Festival to an artist in the field of film editing.

Film director Frederick Wiseman’s acclaimed documentaries include Titicut Follies (1967), Welfare (1975), Public Housing (1997), Near Death (1989), La Comédie Française ou L’amour joué (1996), La danse – Le ballet de l’Opéra de Paris (2009) and [link=tt...

There are documentarians and then there are documentarians. Frederick Wiseman has spent almost half a century painstakingly detailing institutions, the people who work for them, and those who depend on them in films such as 1967′s Titicut Follies, which portrayed conditions at the State Prison for the Criminally Insane in Bridgewater, Mass., and 1975′s Welfare, about the travails of welfare workers and their clients.

Wiseman’s new movie is the four-hour At Berkeley, an epic investigation of life at the famed university. The film is screening today at New York’s IFC Center and opens at L.A’s Laemmle Music Hall tomorrow.

Looking back at 2011 on what films moved and impressed us it becomes more and more clear—to me at least—that watching old films is a crucial part of making new films meaningful. Thus, our end of year poll, now an annual tradition, which calls upon our writers to pick both a new and an old film: they were challenged to choose a new film they saw in 2011—in theaters or at a festival—and creatively pair it with an old film they also saw in 2011 to create a unique double feature. Many contributors chose their favorites of 2011, some picked out-of-the-way gems, others made some pretty strange connections—and some frankly just want to create a kerfuffle. All the contributors were asked to write a paragraph explaining their 2011 fantasy double feature. What's more, each writer was given the option to list more pairings, with or without explanation, as further imaginative...