Saturday/Sunday, December 2/3-----The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) presents the theatrical world premiere of Jonathan Nossiter's MONDOVINO in its 10 hour entirety, starting today at the Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters. The 10-part series on the aesthetic, politics and commerce of winemaking is being presented in five two-hour programs. MONDOVINO was one of the first documentary films ever presented in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004. Tracing winemaking’s past and present and, j...

Nominees for the Golden PalmMondovino by Jonathan Nossiter Press Conference: "Mondovino"Jonathan Nossiter's Mondovino made it into the official selection, a story of the globalization of wine over three continents. The drink of the gods—or what he calls “the sole guardian of Western civilization” has lost its personal stamp and perhaps its soul. "It is the reflection of the land from which it came and should also reflect its cultivator," one of the sad conclusions the filmmaker has come to...

A few hours after the opening of the 57th festival began, Thierry Frémaux announced that Mondovino by Jonathan Nossiter would be the 19th film in the official selection for the Palme d'or and will be screened at the Grand Théâtre Lumière on May 14. The film was originally placed out of competition. ...