Plenty of cinematic nourishment for the filmgoers headed to NYC 27/09-13/10, as the slate for NYFF 2013 has revealed. Lots of Cannes favourites, mixed in with some potential awards contenders.
- Captain Phillips (Paul Greengrass) - Opening Night Gala Selection
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller) - Centrepiece Gala Selection
- Her (Spike Jonze) - Closing Night Gala Selection
- About Time (Richard Curtis)
- Abuse of Weakness (Catherine Breillat)
- Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (Declan Lowney)
- All Is Lost (J.C. Chandor)
- American Promise (Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson)
- At Berkeley (Frederick Wiseman)
- Bastards (Claire Denis)
- Blue Is the Warmest Colour (Abdellatif Kechiche)
- Burning Bush (Agnieszka Holland)
- Child of God (James Franco)
- Gloria (Sebastian Lelio)
- The Immigrant (James Gray)
- Inside Llewyn Davis (Ethan Coen and Joel Coen)
- The Invisible Woman (Ralph Fiennes)
- Jealousy (Philippe Garrel)
- Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian) (Arnaud Desplechin)
- The Last of the Unjust (Claude Lanzmann)
- Like Father, Like Son (Hirokazu Koreeda)
- The Missing Picture (Rithy Panh)
- My Name Is Hmmm... (Agnes B)
- Nebraska (Alexander Payne)
- Nobody's Daughter Hae Won (Hong Sang Soo)
- Norte, the End of History (Lav Diaz)
- Omar (Hany Abu-Assad)
- Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch)
- The Square (Jehane Noujaim)
- Stray Dogs (Tsai Ming Liang)
- A Touch of Sin (Jia Zhang Ke)
- Le Week-End (Roger Michell)
I'm not terribly impressed by this list. Such a major film festival could surely do more to show premieres from less well-known directors. This is the weakest festival lineup I've seen so far this year (except Belfast, obvs lol).
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