Venice and Toronto. The Wrestler.
GreenCine Daily — ... "had the chance to see Aronofsky's film earlier this summer during the selection screenings for the New York Film Festival (where it will be the closing-night gala on October 12) and again last week in LA, in a finished version that included the original song ...

New York Film Festival, 2008
The Auteurs Notebook — Hot off the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, we’ll be returning home to New York to cover our local mega-goliath of select and prestige international films.  The line-up is as strong as it always is, although just as with every year, the festival’s limited amount of films in their program prompts questions about what’s missing.  (Strongest among them, to my mind, the Lisandro Alonso, Claire Denis, Abbas Kiarostami, and Straub/Huillet films, but it is always a matter of personal opinion.) Much of interest and many favorites have already been covered here from Berlin and Cannes, ...

NYFF 08, 9/16.
GreenCine Daily — The New York Film Festival's press screenings began on Friday. In a way, then, there are two NYFFs, the first being a sort of extensive virtual preview, as online critics rush their reviews to an eager readership, while the second - running September 26 through October 12 - is the more traditional affair, the one open to the public who may or may not be choosing which films to see based on what they've read in the morning papers (whose editors have held their writers' reviews in accordance with the official NYFF calendar) or on what they remember reading ...

Film Fests: Exquisite Observing
Thompson On Hollywood — ... After Telluride, Toronto and a taste of NYFF press screenings here in New York, as this cartoon suggests, I'm ready to go home. ...

NYFF 08, 9/23.
GreenCine Daily — Last week's New York Film Festival-in-general entry is about to fall off the front page, so I'll pick things up here. First, take a look at this: the Film Society of Lincoln Center has launched the filmlinc blog. Continued reading NYFF 08, 9/23.... Comments (0) Comments on this Entry:

The 46th New York Film Festival Has Begun!
ComingSoon.net - 30 most recent stories — [image] The 46th New York Film Festival is taking place in New York staring this weekend and running through October 12. As always, it creates a great opportunity for anyone in the New York area that hasn't been able to get to any of the other recent international film festivals a chance to see a lot of the big films in the Fall awards season before anyone else. Although ComingSoon.net has not been able to get to as many advance screenings as in years past, it looks like another great festival with more than usual returning alum and a couple very high profile movies making ...

NYFF Podcast. Film Criticism.
GreenCine Daily — ... begin this year's series of podcasts from the New York Film Festival by talking with a few of the participants in Saturday's panel, ...

NYFF. Junkets Dispatch. 1.
GreenCine Daily — ... The New York Film Festival's press screenings aren't just a clubby way for New York's circle of critics and journalists to catch up on world cinema together; it's also a chance to see many of the world's premiere directors speak about their work. But many of the questions turn out to be excessively vague or unhelpful; wasted opportunities abound. I recently sat in on as many panels as I could and took some notes on what went down. ...

What's the Buzz: New York Film Festival
Cinematical — ... Does the New York Film Festival still matter? The 46th edition opened last Friday, and while the fest may not have the celebrity cachet and discovery intent of Sundance and Cannes, or the welcoming populist mentality of Toronto, it stubbornly insists on being recognized as the gatekeeper for all that is worthwhile in world cinema. ...

NYFF 08, 10/3.
GreenCine Daily — John Magary introduces an interview: "Richard Peña joined the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 1987, controversially replacing New York Film Festival co-founder Richard Roud as the event's programming chief less than a year later. Now overseeing his 21st festival alongside his FSLC colleague Kent Jones and critics J Hoberman, Scott Foundas and Lisa Schwarzbaum, Peña recently spoke with The Reeler about this year's selection and how the NYFF both reflects and rejects some of contemporary cinema's ...

Exclusive: Leigh & Hawkins are Happy-Go-Lucky
ComingSoon.net - 30 most recent stories — ... seen in previous films, even from Leigh. Leigh is an amazing filmmaker, having been nominated and won many awards for his work, and though he has a reputation for being a terse and tough interview subject, he's amazingly modest in the amount of credit he transfers to the actors with whom Leigh collaborates with for months while assembling every film. ComingSoon.net sat down with Leigh and the divine star of his latest film when they came to New York to premiere the movie at the New York Film Festival . Admittedly, we were slightly nervous to talk to Leigh, having seen him ...

NYFF 46 (2008): Chouga, Four Nights With Anna, Bullet In The Head, shorts
The House Next Door — ... [The 46th New York Film Festival began September 26th, 2008 and runs through October 12th, 2008. Screening information can be found here.] ...

Movie Moxie — ... , specifically how it will disallow the chances of Waltz with Bashir from the running. They stat the new rules indicate that for the upcoming 81st Academy Awards there is a required one week screening in Los Angelas and Manhattan by August 31. The hoopla regarding the timeframe is that the deadline comes before the New York Film Festival. ...

NYFF Podcast. Scott Foundas.
GreenCine Daily — ... , and New York Film Festival selection committee member. First, of course, is the story of how he wound up on the committee. Next: What's the process? Are decisions unanimous? And which films would he most recommend catching, now or whenever possible? ...

The Wrestler : The NYFF Press Conference
ComingSoon.net - 30 most recent stories — ... a heart-rendering performance, but he's equally impressive with the way he built up a credible physique to portray a wrestler, and his moves in the ring are just as impressive. Marisa Tomei co-stars as a stripper with the proverbial heart of gold that Randy takes a shine to, and Evan Rachel Wood plays Randy's estranged daughter with whom he'd like nothing better than to reconcile now that he may never wrestle again. On Sunday, October 12, Aronofsky's latest movie will close the 46th New York Film Festival , playing at the New York's largest and most prestigious theater, the ...

NYFF 08, 10/11.
GreenCine Daily — How to spend the New York Film Festival's last weekend? John Magary has recommendations at the Reeler. The Nation's letting non-subscribers see only a bit of Stuart Klawans's NYFF dispatch, but even just that bit's very much worth noting: Continued reading NYFF 08, 10/11.... Comments (0) Comments on this Entry:

NYFF Podcast. Tony Manero.
GreenCine Daily — ... 's favorite feature at this year's New York Film Festival. Wrapping their series of podcasts, Aaron and Andrew talk with another fan of the film, ...

Jamie Stuart's NYFF46, part 4.
GreenCine Daily — "In Jamie Stuart's final episode from his New York Film Festival series, Mickey Rourke reflects on the bad time in his career while Jamie learns the present is the best place to be," notes Filmmaker's Jason Guerrasio. As noted earlier, Ann Hornaday's talked with Jamie for the Washington Post. NYFF46, part 4.">NYFF46, part 4.">NYFF46, part 4.">Comments (0) Comments on this Entry:

NYFF 08. Index.
GreenCine Daily — The New York Film Festival is one of the most thoroughly covered events of each movie year - at least online, and certainly on a per-film basis. For all the obvious reasons: It's in New York, a city thronged with writers working for media old and new, and some simply for themselves. Most importantly, the festival is a vital measure of the year so far, just before Hollywood rolls out its awards season contenders. Not a complete measure, of course - many would like to have seen, say, the new ...

Brooklyn Rail. Nov 08.
GreenCine Daily — ... This year's New York Film Festival "ran into trouble when it reached out too eagerly to Hollywood, but otherwise presented a true omnibus, a comprehensive report from the world - the entire world - of movies." A roundup from ...

Steven Soderbergh Talks (A Lot!) about Che
ComingSoon.net - 30 most recent stories — ... see both parts back-to-back with a 15-minute intermission. If you go see this "Roadshow Edition," you'll also get a very special printed program guide. You can see it at those venues for the next week, and then have another chance to see it in January when it gets its official release. Soderbergh is an endlessly fascinating filmmaker to talk to, and ComingSoon.net attended not one but two press conferences where Soderbergh talked about this groundbreaking film. The first was at the New York Film Festival where the entire film was screened at the Ziegfeld Theater before a Q ...

Exclusive: Laurent Cantet Teaches The Class
ComingSoon.net - 30 most recent stories — ... shows what goes on behind closed doors as teachers and students challenge each other in the tough education system. What might seem fairly innocuous at first turns into a riveting story as François finally meets his match in a couple of strong-willed students. The movie won out over a lot of other films to become France's selection for consideration in the Foreign Language Oscar race, after winning the coveted Palme d'Or Prize at this year's Cannes Festival and opening this year's New York Film Festival . ComingSoon.net sat down with Cantet shortly after that to learn more ...

Exclusive: Ari Folman's Waltz with Bashir
ComingSoon.net - 30 most recent stories — ... lesson as much as a personal look at one man's war experiences using imaginative animation to embellish the soldier's stories with evocative dream sequences. Without having studied the Lebanon War, it's sometimes hard to figure out exactly where the movie is going, but the ending is probably one of the most shocking things you're likely to experience this year, and it's one of the things that makes the film so powerful and memorable. ComingSoon.net sat down with Folman after the New York Film Festival press conference for Bashir back in October. ComingSoon.net: I don't ...

The Auteurs Daily: NYFF Lineup Roundup
The Auteurs Notebook — "Dear everyone with blase reactions to the NYFF lineup in the indieWIRE piece," C Mason Wells tweeted yesterday: "it must be hard leading such joyless lives." In the piece he's referring to, iW editor Eugene Hernandez asks a slew of bloggers for immediate reactions to the then-just-announced lineup for his year's New York Film Festival and, as he notes, "responses conflicted."

New York Film Festival Announces Lineup
Cinema Blend News — ... The White Ribbon from Austrian Michael Haneke, Pedro Almodovar's Broken Embraces , and Lars von Trier's already legendary Antichrist . Repping for the home team will be just three American titles-- Lee Daniels' Precious , marked as the Centerpiece, Todd Solondz's Life During Wartime , and the documentary The Art of the Steal from Don Argott. Technically there's a fourth American film on the lineup--a restored print of The Wizard of Oz . The full lineup is available at the official NYFF site , where you can read about all the obscure foreign films I'll be seeing in ...

The Auteurs Daily: The White Ribbon: How German Is It
The Auteurs Notebook — Since premiering in Cannes, where it won the Palme d'Or, Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon has been on a roll. Headed to the Toronto and New York film festivals, it's just picked up the International Federation of Film Critics' (FIPRESCI) Grand Prix 2009 and has been selected as Germany's entry in the race for the Foreign Language Oscar. Hold it right there, interrupt Vienna-based papers Der Standard and Die Presse: Couldn't - and shouldn't - The ...

Not Feeling It
Hollywood Elsewhere — Not Feeling It I'm not the first one to say this, but scan the lineup for the 47th New York Film Festival and tell me where the big-jolt films are. Because all I see are a lot of Cannes and Toronto re-runs along with a few marginals and oddities. I'm sorry but I've been visiting this festival off and on for 30 years now -- I remember what a charge it was in the Richard Roud days of late '70s and early '80s -- and it's hard to look at what's happening today and go, "What happened?" Because the NYFF really used to matter. I wasn't around in the glory days of the '60s ...

The Auteurs Daily: Telluride. Red Riding
The Auteurs Notebook — Back in March, the UK's Channel 4 broadcast a three-part series based on four books by David Peace known as the Red Riding Quartet. In May, IFC Films picked up the US rights to this Red Riding Trilogy and, as Anthony Kaufman notes, it'll be screened at the New York Film Festival (but not Toronto). Yesterday, the first part kicked off the Telluride Film Festival.

Why Look At That
my new plaid pants — ... comes the German poster for Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon, aka my most anticipated movie for the rest of 2009. It's out in December! But before that it's playing at the New York Film Festival next month and I'm gonna try my damndest to get a ticket. Everybody send me hopeful lucky vibes! That and Antichrist and Todd Solondz's Life During Wartime are playing... I's gonna be a busy boy! ...

FILM FESTIVAL YEARBOOK 1—A Response to Section Two
The Evening Class — With the 47th edition of the New York Film Festival currently in progress, I thought now would be a good time to follow-up on ...

Overview of the 47th New York Film Festival
ComingSoon.net - 30 most recent stories — [image] The Toronto Film Festival has been over for less than a week, and ComingSoon.net is already well into its next film festival of the year, and that's the annual New York Film Festival held by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. This is the 47th year for the festival, and granted, there's a lot of crossover with Toronto, but it's a far more relaxed festival in terms of there being fewer movies and venues, so the selection committee has been far more selective about what movies they include that have already played other festivals. This year's slate is made up mostly of ...

The Knack, and How to Get It
pullquote — ... . I know, right? Eh, what can I say? Apparently not much. Reaching this anniversary seems to have had an effect so paralyzing that I haven't been able to write a word since my brief jaunt to the opening weekend of the New York Film Festival two weeks ago. Which is a shame. I saw four festival films, one press conference, and one repertory flick while in the city and two new releases since -- there should be plenty to say. Moreover, with the exception of the folks with whom I stayed and three film-y New York-based friends who date back to Boston, everybody with whom I spent ...