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The Film Society of Lincoln Center presents a 17-day festival showcasing important cinematic works by emerging talents from around the world and premiere international directors.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center presents a 17-day festival showcasing important cinematic works by emerging talents from around the world and premiere international directors.
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New York Film Festival's 12 best bets
amNewYork movie criticLast year's New York Film Festival gave us 'No Country For Old Men' and 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.' This year, the festival, now in its 46th year, offers a crop of equally enticing and sobering movies. On the slate are 28 films from 18 countries,...Tags: Alaska, New York, Holidays, Celebrity, New York Weather
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New York film fest highlighted by 'Che,' Eastwood
The New York Film Festival defines itself as an annual chance to take account of the state of film as art.
Last year's story line was obvious enough: American filmmakers, from Julian Schnabel to Wes Anderson, were making -- and finding ways to distribute...Tags: Kent Jones, Movies, New York, Woody Allen, Pedro Almodovar
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TriBeCa Film festival's delicate balancing act
Special to NewsdayThe most poignant movie experience of the TriBeCa Film Festival, which opens Wednesday, may turn out to be an 89-minute documentary about a trapeze artist, made up largely of black-and-white still photographs, and set in - and above - a Manhattan of 34...Tags: David Mamet, Mariah Carey, John Anderson, Theater, Film Festivals
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'The Darjeeling Limited'
jan.stuart@newsday.comMovies are unique in their power to mess with our sense of what's real and what's made up. This blurring of lines is felt most perversely in how we tend to define stars by their roles. Intellectually, we know they are not the characters they are playing....Tags: Adrien Brody, Owen Wilson, Movies, Natalie Portman, Texas
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France picks 'Persepolis' as Oscar entry
France has selected "Persepolis," a black-and-white animated film about a young girl growing up in Iran during the Islamic revolution in the late 1970s, as the nation's entry for best foreign language film at the Oscars.
Based on Marjane Satrapi's...Tags: Sony Corp., Movies, National Government, Academy Awards, Catherine Deneuve
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American directors dominate NY Film Fest
From Wes Anderson to Sidney Lumet, this year's New York Film Festival is dominated by top American directors spanning generations.
Though the NYFF has always put forth a highly international slate of selections, this year's fest -- the 45th annual --...Tags: Sidney Lumet, John Landis, New York, Abel Ferrara, Natalie Portman
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Target your networking for blockbuster results
Special to amNewYorkThrough October 14, the New York Film Festival will run a lineup of 28 films at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of jazz at Lincoln Center. Unlike other premieres, ruled by fashion stylists and actor shenanigans, the focus will be on the real stars: The...Tags: Movies, Lincoln Center, Film Festivals
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The hottest ticket for serious film fans
Newsday Staff WriterFestivalgoers may feel a trace of deja vu as they scan the offerings at Friday's kickoff of the 44th New York Film Festival, a 17-day bliss-out of international films presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. If so, it is probably because the...Tags: Akira Kurosawa, Diana, Princess of Wales, Theater, Kirsten Dunst, Michelangelo Antonioni
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And now, to crown the 44th king ...
Every film festival has its unofficial prom queen and king, actors whose shadow dominates by virtue of a single commanding role or by seeming to be everywhere at once. Media acclaim (and opening night glare) have already installed Helen Mirren as queen of...Tags: Elizabeth II, Movies, Imperial and Royal Matters, Catherine Deneuve, Film Festivals
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Review: 49Up
Newsday Staff WriterIt can't be easy having your life invaded by a camera crew every seven years and trotted out for public inspection. And indeed, many of the pushing-50 subjects in the documentary series - which has been checking in with a group of socially diverse...Tags: Michael Apted, Movies, Emma Thompson, Film Festivals, Julianne Moore
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Review: Little Children
Newsday Staff WriterYou remember that scene in "Annie Hall" where all the kids in Alvy Singer's elementary school flashback testify in their younger selves how they eventually turned out as grown-ups. ("I'm into leather," one says.) The conceit of "Little Children," which...Tags: Movies, Kate Winslet, People, Children, Sexual Assault
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Opening a door to African cinema
Newsday Staff WriterFor decades, African cinema has been poised for the kind of international breakthrough that Asian and Middle Eastern films have enjoyed. There are lots of stories to be told and there have been directors willing and able to tell them, but the financial...Tags: Movies, Elections, New York, Danny Glover, Lincoln Center
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