NYFF Press Roundup: Day 15
Wes Anderson, Bill Murray, Anjelica Huston and Gwyneth Paltrow reunited for a Q&A following last night's screening of "The Royal Tenenbaums." Plus upcoming NYFF films "The Artist," "Policeman," "Corman's World," and "Goodbye First Love" get praised by the critics.
Demystifying Female Film Producers, Then and Now
Includes video! "Women Produce Well Developed Films," a free NYFF Forum held Wednesday in the FIlm Center Amphitheater, examined the history of female producers and recent changes in the process of film production.
NYFF1: Luis Buñuel’s “The Exterminating Angel”
Buñuel's surrealist masterpiece opened the first-ever New York Film Festival in 1963 and tomorrow it will kick off a weekly series of films, one from each year of the festival to date. "50 Years of the New York Film Festival" will run all year until the milestone 50th edition of the festival next fall!
NYFF Press Roundup: Day 14
The critics serve up more praise for NYFF entries Martha Marcy May Marlene, The Skin I Live In, and This is Not a Film, plus our "Views from the Avant Garde" series.
Paradise Lost and the West Memphis Three
Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols and Jesse Misskelley Jr. made their first public appearance since their release from prison in August to participate in an emotional Q&A following Monday's NYFF screening of "Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory" with its never-before-seen new ending.
NYFF Day 14
Includes info about rush tickets. Today at NYFF: This Is Not a Film, Martha Marcy May Marlene, The Royal Tenenbaums, Antonio Banderas and Wes Anderson at the Apple Store (UWS), a conversation with Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky ("Paradise Lost") and more!
“This Is Not a Film” Is a Powerful Political Documentary
On Thursday NYFF will present the latest work by Iranian director Jafar Panahi, which he made while he was under house arrest and a ban from filmmaking for supporting the 2009 anti-government protests in Tehran, and which had to be smuggled out of Iran on a hard drive hidden inside a cake.
NYFF Press Roundup: Day 13
Martha Marcy May Marlene, Shame, Hugo and The Skin I Live In get love from the critics in today's press roundup.
Reactions to Monday’s Surprise Screening of “Hugo”
Our sneak screening of a work in progress turned out to be "Hugo," Martin Scorsese's first film in 3D. Here are some reactions from critics who were in attendance on Monday night.
NYFF Day 13
Includes info about rush tickets. Today at NYFF: special added screening of festival hit Shame, The Skin I Live In, Sleeping Sickness, The Student, My Week With Marilyn, Sodankylä Forever, a free forum and more!
