NYFF 2009 Archives - The Playlist

Pedro Costa’s ‘Colossal’ Masterwork Finally Coming To DVD; Criterion To Release Entire Fontainhas Trilogy

September 29, 2009 9:20 pm

It's certainly not for all tastes – nor would it likely agree with everyone on our staff – but Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa's slow-burning, stark and almost mystical "Colossal Youth" strikes this writer as ...

NYFF: “Police, Adjective” Is Quite Literally the Most Boring Movie Ever Made (Ever)

Rodrigo Perez

September 28, 2009 3:53 pm

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Romanian director Corneliu Porumboi seems to be a bright star in Romanian film, with his two most recent movies receiving accolades from Cannes and one of them, 2006's post-Communist comedy "12:08 East of Bucha...

Sony Pictures Classics Picks Up Venice Winner, ‘Lebanon’ And ‘Get Low’

Rodrigo Perez

September 21, 2009 8:21 pm

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Sony Pictures Classics has continued its domination of the indie, foreign prestige-circuit this year (read: Cannes films) and has picked up the U.S. rights to "Lebanon," the big winner of this year's Venice Fil...

Todd Solondz’s ‘Life During Wartime’ & Michael Haneke’s ‘White Ribbon’ To Play At 2009 New York Film Festival

Rodrigo Perez

August 11, 2009 8:31 pm

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If we don't go or aren't accepted as press for the Toronto Film Festival, which is looking more and more as a probability these days, there's always the nearby New York Film Festival. However, much like we pred...

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