The Arri-Zeiss-Award being awarded for the first time goes to: "GOMORRHA"

Director: Matteo Garrone

Producer: Domenico Procacci

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Arri-Zeiss-Award Jury Statement:

The jury awards its top prize to a film whose frightening portrait of a contemporary community transforms the familiar generic portraits of criminal life into a superbly enacted harshly realistic depiction of a modern day gomorrha. Its direction, its ensemble of creators and its fresh and original storytelling makes for a film experience that captures ones imagination as it effects our view of...

Now in its fifth year, “The Barnard Project,” seen at the theater on Thursday night, remains pretty much where it started: hopeful intentions, lukewarm results.

In response to Patrick Healy’s profile of the actor James Spader:.

The oboist Albrecht Mayer, in town to play with Orpheus at Carnegie Hall on Saturday, was guest of honor at a private gathering of the oligarchs of the oboe world on Monday.

There were so many wonderful things at this year's NY Art Book Fair that I'm kind of glad they didn't take credit cards. My favorite purchase was an envelope of Michael Schmelling prints he mailed to J & L Books just for the event. I finally opened the envelope today and found these little gems...

The documentary, “The Red Race” by Chinese filmmmaker Chao Gan, shows the hard training of 6-year-old children, future Olympic sportsmen.

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Also were awarded:

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Best First Documentary: “La Reina del Condón”

by Silvana Ceschi and Reto Stamm, (Switzerland)

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Best Short Documentary: “Death Valley Superstar”

by Michael Yaroshevsky (Canada)

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Special Mention was awarded to “Rakushka”

by Dmitiy Lavrinenko...