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‘Titane’: Vincent Lindon On Finding Heart In Absurdism, Hating Dancing & Comparing The Wild Film To ‘The Shape Of Water’ [NYFF]

October 5, 2021 12:45 pm

Vincent Lindon is the heart of “Titane.” Since French director Julia Ducournau’s provocative new film premiered at Cannes Film Festival, making her the second woman to win the coveted Palme d’Or, similar ...

‘Introduction’ Is Hong Sang-Soo Stripping Down His Artistry To its Simplest, Most Telling Gestures [NYFF Review]

Mark Asch

October 4, 2021 3:21 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

South Korean film director Hong Sang-soo is cinema’s reigning poet of strained politeness, awkward confrontation, and space-filling chatter. In film after film—there are two Hongs at this year’s New York Film ...

‘Titane’: Julia Ducournau Talks Her Provocative New Film, ‘The Macarena’ & More [NYFF Interview]

Robert Daniels

October 4, 2021 11:10 am

Features, Interviews, News

“When I write, I always write about the image first,” explains French director Julia Ducournau. It’s her indelible, singular use of imagery that made her previous film, “Raw,” about a vegetarian who becomes a ...

‘Power Of The Dog’: Jane Campion & The Cast Talk The “Violent Beauty Of The Masculine Myth” [NYFF]

Isaac Feldberg

October 2, 2021 10:32 am

Features, Festivals, News

Premiering this week at the New York Film Festival, filmmaker Jane Campion’s mesmerizing neo-Western “The Power Of The Dog” is one of the year’s most anticipated films. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the cru...

‘Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn’ The Golden Bear Winner Delivers The Goods [NYFF Review]

Mark Asch

October 1, 2021 1:47 pm

News, Reviews

Let’s get this out of the way out front: Yes, the Romanian film “Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn,” winner of the Golden Bear at the 2021 Berlinale, opens with about three and a half minutes of hardcore pornogra...

‘The Tsugua Diaries’: Miguel Gomes & Maureen Fazendeiro Deconstruct Filmmaking In A Meta-Arthouse ‘Tenet’ [NYFF Review]

Mark Asch

September 26, 2021 1:56 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Unfolding like an arthouse version of that joke about what you get when you play a country song backward (you wife, your truck, and your dog come back), Miguel Gomes and Maureen Fazendeiro’s “The Tsugua Diarie...

‘The Tragedy Of Macbeth’ Trailer: Something Wicked This Way Comes For Denzel Washington & Frances McDormand On Dec 25

Ned Booth

September 21, 2021 9:00 am

Festivals, News, Trailers

"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes." Just as the witches anticipate Macbeth's arrival at their heath, so too do audiences await the world premiere of Joel Coen's "The Tragedy Of Mac...

Mike Mills’ ‘C’mon C’mon’ First-Look & Details: Joaquin Phoenix Stars In New A24 Drama Screening At NYFF 2021

Charles Barfield

August 19, 2021 1:31 pm

News

After not hearing too much about the film except the cast and filmmaker involved, with today's NYFF Spotlight announcement, we got our first real look at "C'mon C'mon," including a new image and a detailed syn...

Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Parallel Mothers’ Will Close The 59th New York Film Festival

Edward Davis

August 3, 2021 1:14 pm

Festivals, News

The 59th edition of New York Film Festival is taking shape and today Film at Lincoln Center announced Pedro Almodóvar’s latest drama "Parallel Mothers" starring Penélope Cruz, as the Closing Night selection of...

The Power Of The Dog, TIFF, Venice, Telluride

Jane Campion’s ‘The Power Of The Dog’ Will Premiere As New York Film Festival’s Centerpiece Movie

Edward Davis

July 27, 2021 12:00 pm

Festivals, News

Following news of the 2021 Venice Film Festival line-up, announced yesterday morning and including Jane Campion's "The Power Of The Dog" as a world premiere, Film at Lincoln Center announces Campion’s latest ...

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