Showing: Festivals
TIFF’s First Weekend, NYTimes on the Fall Season
David O. Russell's latest wows and The Place Beyond the Pines finds distribution during a busy first weekend at Toronto; the New York Times previews the fall arts season; the first edition of the indie-focused La Di Da Film Festival approaches and more!
Austria Serves Up “Amour” for Oscar Consideration
Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or winner is his home nation's entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards. Fellow NYFF Main Slate selection Barbara from Christian Petzold will represent Germany.
Q&A with Ira Sachs, “Keep the Lights On”
Revisit our podcast interview with Sachs from this year's Sundance Film Festival, see what the critics are saying and make sure to see this award-winning love story for yourself (one week only, director in person at select screenings today and tomorrow)!
“Amour” wins FIPRESCI, Liv Ullman Coming to NYFF
In our second FilmLinc Digest: Michael Haneke's latest takes the prestigious international critics award, Honorary Academy Awards announced, Richard Linklater's Before Midnight wraps, Ullman to attend NYFF screening of doc Liv and Ingmar and more!
New Locarno Leader, PTA Talks “The Master” & More
Stay up to date on film and festival news with our new FilmLinc Digests! Today: Carlo Chatrian appointed Artistic Director of Locarno, highlights from Telluride and Venice, previewing Toronto, and conversations with Paul Thomas Anderson and Ira Sachs.
From the Mountains to 65th Street
New faces on the way to this year's Telluride Film Festival gave clues to the festival's secret lineup. Once revealed, it included seven films that will make their way to the 50th New York Film Festival this fall.
The Ever-Growing Web of NYFF
Over the history of the fest, many directors, actors and cinemas have repeatedly appeared, creating a complex network that is on prominent display in this weekend's 50 Years of the New York Film Festival marathon.
Baumbach & Bahrani, Polley & Potter Atop Telluride’s Secret Roster
You know its time for the fall movie season when cinephiles gather in Colorado for a Labor Day Weekend movie marathon in the mountains. Here's the lineup!
NYFF40: Pedro Almodóvar’s “Talk to Her”
The Spanish master returned to the New York Film Festival for the fifth time in 2002 with this Oscar-winning film, which screens Tuesday night as part of our ongoing 50 Years of the New York FIlm Festival series.
Festivals: Koehler on Locarno
Now in its 65th year, the Locarno Film Festival has reasserted itself as a place in which new and old cinema meet and merge, and as a platform for essential young cinema that may be ignored or relegated to a minor position by more commercially-oriented festivals.
