The New York Film Festival has announced that Robert Zemeckis’ “The Walk” will open this year’s annual event with Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the starring role.
The New York Film Festival lands a high-wire opening act
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:22 am · June 4th, 2015
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No (high profile) secret screening for NYFF this year?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:50 pm · October 7th, 2013
While films like “Hugo” and “Lincoln” may have received their first looks at the annual New York Film Festival via “secret screenings” in recent years, attendees can probably stop holding their breath for another surprise at the on-going 51st annual.
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How Steven Soderbergh helped edit Spike Jonze's 'Her'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:50 am · October 7th, 2013
…and how Chris Cooper got the chop.
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NYFF pays tribute to Cate Blanchett… and so do we
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:30 pm · October 3rd, 2013
The star’s sixth Oscar nod is on the way, but her career goes deeper than that.
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Roundup: Deneuve honored by European Film Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:09 am · September 26th, 2013
Also: Ranking Ron Howard’s oeuvre, and is this Lubezki’s year?
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Andrea Arnold named NYFF's first Filmmaker-in-Residence
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:40 pm · September 12th, 2013
The British Oscar winner will focus on ‘developing or refining new work’ at fest.
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'12 Years a Slave' added to New York Film Festival lineup
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:25 pm · August 30th, 2013
Steve McQueen’s hotly buzzed historical drama sneaks in Telluride tonight.
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Cate Blanchett and Ralph Fiennes to receive Gala Tributes at NYFF
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:35 am · August 22nd, 2013
Fiennes’ directorial effort ‘The Invisible Woman’ will also bow at the fest.
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2013 New York Film Festival line-up unveiled: 'Inside Llewyn Davis,' 'The Invisible Woman,' 'The Wind Rises'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:08 am · August 19th, 2013
The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced the main slate of selections for the 51st annual New York Film Festival, and it’s another choice cross-section of top festival offerings from the year so far.
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Ben Stiller's 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' to premiere at New York fest
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:14 am · August 1st, 2013
The 51st annual New York Film Festival already lined up a splashy opening night premiere in the form of Paul Greengrass’ Tom Hanks-starrer “Captain Phillips.” Today it’s been announced that Ben Stiller’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” will be the festival’s centerpiece gala.
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'Captain Phillips' to open BFI London Film Festival
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:46 am · August 1st, 2013
Paul Greengrass’ hostage drama is also opening the New York and Tokyo fests.
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Tom Hanks thriller ‘Captain Phillips’ to open New York Film Festival
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:21 am · July 29th, 2013
Paul Greengrass’ Oscar hopeful will have its world premiere on September 27
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Off the Carpet: Kicking the habit, seeing the light
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:51 am · October 15th, 2012
Looking for meaning in the season as the 50th annual NYFF comes to a close.
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Zemeckis's 'Flight' features Denzel Washington at his best in a powerful character study
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:00 am · October 14th, 2012
“Flight” may have elements of action filmmaking and courtroom drama, but it is, ultimately, a character study about the sickness of addiction. It captures the embarrassment, the denial, the rage and, crucially, the chronic fallibility that comes with it.
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David Chase's 'Not Fade Away' captures the boomer spirit of art and inspiration
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:23 am · October 5th, 2012
It was either serendipity or programming genius that the first NYFF press screening of David Chase’s “Not Fade Away” was held today on the 50th anniversary of a seminal moment in the history of rock and roll: the release of the Beatles’ first single, “Love Me Do.”
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Roundup: Mel Brooks to be honored by the AFI
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:40 am · October 5th, 2012
Also: ‘Lincoln’ to play NYFF, and parents oppose Seth MacFarlane
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NYFF entry 'Not Fade Away' from 'Sopranos' creator David Chase gets a poster
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:16 am · October 4th, 2012
Paramount has premiered a new poster for “Not Fade Away” and I’d say it’s one of the more fetching designs on a poster all year.
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Exclusive: Denzel Washington takes 'Flight' in the poster for Robert Zemeckis's latest
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:00 am · October 3rd, 2012
The film will close out the New York Film Festival later this month.
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