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Tales from The New Yorker, a two-week series celebrating the iconic magazine’s first century, will run from Friday, February 21 to Thursday, March 6 at Film Forum, with a slate of over 30 films inspired by fiction and reporting from its pages, and by the legendary writers who helped define it.
The series opens on the 100th anniversary of the magazine’s very first issue (dated February 21, 1925, featuring the magazine’s top-hatted dandy, Eustace Tilley, on the cover), with Richard Brooks’ faithful adaptation of Truman Capote’s IN COLD BLOOD (1967), which first appeared in serial form in The New Yorker in 1965. The opening night screening will be introduced by New Yorker editor David Remnick.
Other films in the series adapted from New Yorker stories include Alexander Hall’s MY SISTER EILEEN (1942), based on stories by Ruth McKenney; Vincente Minnelli’s MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944), based on stories by Sally Benson, Norman Z. McLeod’s THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY (1947), based on the story by James Thurber; Nicholas Ray’s BIGGER THAN LIFE (1956), based on the Annals of Medicine story “Ten Feet Tall” by Berton Roueché; Frank Perry’s THE SWIMMER (1968), based on the short story by John Cheever; Ang Lee’s BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (2005), based on the short story by Annie Proulx; Lee Chang-dong’s BURNING (2018), based on the short story “Barn Burning,” by Haruki Murakami; and many more.
Two of the films inspired influential pieces in the magazine: John Huston’s THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE (1951), the subject of Lillian Ross’ five-part series about the film’s production (published in book form in 1952 as Picture); and Orson Welles’ CITIZEN KANE (1941; written by former New Yorker theater critic Herman Mankiewicz), the subject of Pauline Kael’s controversial two-part essay “Raising Kane.”
Other films in the series were written or co-written by famous contributors, including members of the fabled Algonquin Round Table: Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, Ring Lardner, and George S. Kaufman.
A special program of Robert Benchley comedy shorts, including the Oscar-winning How to Sleep (1935), has been compiled by Film Forum’s Bruce Goldstein and will be introduced by New Yorker Cartoons editor, Emma Allen.
A complete series schedule and introductions by New Yorker editors/writers is below.
“Whether through adaptation, inspiration, or thoughtful critique, film has been a part of The New Yorker from the very beginning,” said New Yorker editor David Remnick. "No celebration of our history would be complete without revisiting these films that are as varied as the stories in the magazine itself."
Tales from The New Yorker is part The New Yorker’s centenary, a year-long celebration that will begin February 2025 and will include “A Century of The New Yorker,” an exhibition at the New York Public Library, special issues, and the digitization of the magazine’s hundred-year archive, among other programming and events.
Coinciding with Tales from The New Yorker, Film Forum will present the US theatrical premiere of ART SPIEGELMAN: DISASTER IS MY MUSE, directed by Molly Bernstein and Philip Dolin, on Friday, February 21. The documentary, about the Pulitzer Prize winner who revolutionized comics and illustrated New Yorker covers from 1993-2003, had its world premiere at the 2024 DOC NYC, where it was awarded the top prize in the festival’s Metropolis competition, dedicated to stories about New Yorkers and New York City.
Tales from The New Yorker has been programmed by Bruce Goldstein, Film Forum Repertory Artistic Director.
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