"You’re born and you die, and between those two events, it’s a really difficult and hard journey," said British director Mike Leigh. While his films may seem at first like improvised slices of life, they are in fact sharply crafted and brilliantly performed, with a bracing view of modern life that is at once hard-edged and optimistic; hilarious comedy is never far from tragedy. Happy-Go-Lucky (08), Vera Drake (04), Naked (93).

Jonathan Demme with Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt and other cast members for the September 29th, 2008 preview of 'Rachel Getting Married' at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema in the lower East Side of Manhattan.

The acclaimed director behind such diverse hits as Traffic, Ocean's Eleven, and Sex, Lies and Videotape, will host a rare screening of his mind-bending satire SCHIZOPOLIS. A special benefit event celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Slamdance Film Festival (where SCHIZOPOLIS premiered), the screening was followed by a Q&A with Mr. Soderbergh, moderated by journalist Anthony Kaufman. (9/16/2008)

On October 13th, 2007, Michael Haneke spoke after a screening of his film 'Code Unknown' at the Museum of Modern Art in New york City. The screening was part Micheal Haneke retrospective from October 3rd to the 15th including 'The Castle' ('97), 'Funny Games' (97) and 'Benny's Video' ('92).

On October 5th, '07, John Turturro screened his film, "Romance and Cigarettes" at Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington Long island then hung out with the audience afterwords.