US EditionToby Talbot, Leading Patron of Art House Film, Dies at 96, Report Says
The Talbots pioneered art house cinema in Manhattan, championing international filmmakers and transforming movies into a respected art form in the 1960s and '70s.
- The New York Times reported Monday that Toby Talbot, patron of art house cinema, died at age 96 from complications of Guillain-Barré syndrome at her Manhattan home.
- In 1964 the Talbots launched New Yorker Films after seeing Bernard Bertolucci's Before the Revolution at the New York Film Festival, expanding from The New Yorker into bookselling and distribution.
- The New Yorker Theater opened in March 1960 with Laurence Olivier's Henry V and The Red Balloon, earning praise for its Jules Feiffer mural and star photo gallery, where Gloria Swanson once arrived by limousine to see Sunset Boulevard.
- Their institutions later closed or changed hands—the New Yorker Theater closed in 1973, New Yorker Films shut in 2009 before reopening, and Dan Talbot died in 2017 after the Lincoln Plaza lease was not renewed.
- The Talbots' work helped transform movies into a serious art form, supporting directors like Satyajit Ray and Jim Jarmusch and premiering Claude Lanzmann's Shoah.
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Toby Talbot: The Legacy of an Art House Cinema Icon
Toby Talbot: The Legacy of an Art House Cinema Icon Toby Talbot, a revered advocate of art house cinema, has died at age 96 in Manhattan. She and her husband, Dan Talbot, were instrumental in advancing the art film industry, distributing international works and elevating movies to high culture.The Talbots’ influence was profound during the 1960s and '70s, especially through their distribution company New Yorker Films. Their cinemas, such as The …
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Toby Talbot, leading patron of art house film, dies at 96, report says
Toby Talbot, a great patron of art house cinema, has died at age 96. Talbot and her husband, Dan, helped introduce audiences to works from Jean-Luc Godard, Pedro Almodovar and hundreds of other international filmmakers and to American favorites old and new.
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