Classic Tarantino in Theaters; “Petunia” Purchased
Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs return to the big screen this winter; Herzog to adapt D. B. C. Pierre’s Vernon God Little, and dark comedy Petunia (NewFest '12) gets distribution.
Festival Award Winners; IFP at reRun Theater
Accolades were handed out to films at the Chicago and London Film Festivals, Sundance sets its return to the UK, the Independent Filmmaker Project teams up with the reRun Theater in Brooklyn, and more news in today's FilmLinc Digest!
Lee’s “Oldboy” gets release date; Fincher wants Pitt for “Leagues”
David Fincher adapts 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Spike Lee remakes Oldboy, and Indiewire shows Chasing Ice some political love.
“Beasts,” “Kingdom” & “Nowhere” Get Gotham Awards Nods
Twenty-six films were nominated for Gotham Awards, the first prizes to be presented as awards season begins.
ND/NF Alums Are Geniuses; First Doc-Only Theater
Two of this year's MacArthur fellows come from the ranks of New Directors/New Films, the President of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts announces his departure, Pathé set to go digital with film catalog, and more in our FilmLinc Digest!
Spielberg Surprises Fest With “Lincoln” Sneak
For the first time, Steven Spielberg took the stage at the New York Film Festival with a work-in-progress screening of his topical and political melodrama Lincoln starring Daniel Day-Lewis.
Three More NYFF Films Submitted to Oscars
Rama Burshtein's Fill the Void (Israel), Pablo Larrain's No (Chile) and Paolo and Vittorio Taviani's Caesar Must Die (Italy) bring the total number of NYFF films representing their countries in the Best Foreign Language Film race to eight.
NYFF Films Find Distribution; Marshall to Direct Rodman Doc
Iran calls for Muslim nations to join its boycott of the 84th Academy Awards, Ginger and Rosa and You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet get picked up, Penny Marshall boasts her love of the insane (er... game), and more!
NYTimes on “Heaven’s Gate;” New “Life of Pi” Trailer
In today's FilmLinc Digest, Dennis Lim looks back on Michael Cimino's often misunderstood classic; two notable NYFF press screenings are discussed; NYFF Opening Night film Life of Pi gets a new trailer, and more!
“Hitchcock” Joins Oscar Race; Polanski to Adapt “Venus in Fur”
Fox Searchlight has moved up the release of the Anthony Hopkins-starring film about the master of suspense; Roman Polanski will take on the Broadway sensation before his anticipated D; and more cinema news.
