New Yorker Films | 249 followers on LinkedIn. For over 45 years, New Yorker Films has been America's leading source for the films on the cutting edge of world cinema. | For over forty-five years, New Yorker Films has been America's leading source for the films on the cutting edge of world cinema. The company was founded in 1965 by Daniel Talbot as an outgrowth of his legendary movie house, the New Yorker Theater. Unable to obtain several crucial foreign titles, Talbot was obliged to import them himself.