The history and development of the New York Film Festival

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The image features an artistic illustration of a vintage film projector with two orange film strips crossing over each other. The projector is depicted with a lens and a tripod base, set against a teal background. The film strips have a perforated edge, and the design includes a dynamic, abstract layout with overlapping elements. The image is credited to “geralt / Pixabay” in the bottom right corner.

Since its founding in 1963, the New York Film Festival (NYFF), presented by Film at Lincoln Center, has established itself as one of the most prestigious and influential film festivals in the … Continue

Spotted Sandpiper: Teeter-peep

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This YouTube video was produced by the American Bird Conservancy.

Teetering, bobbing, and darting along the water’s edge or springing into shallow, stiff-winged flight with a soft weet-weet-weet call, the Spotted Sandpiper is a distinctive and delightful sight. During its breeding season this bird shows a densely-spotted throat and breast (reminiscent of a Wood Thrush’s), a black-tipped orange bill, brown back, and white eyebrow, or supercilium, that extends behind the eye. Even without its eponymous spots, which are absent during the nonbreeding season, the Spotted Sandpiper’s telltale foraging behaviors and flight style make it easy to identify.

The “Spotty” is

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