Risk-taking Almodovar still has some modesty Nov 20, 2009
In a recent interview in Manhattan, where his latest film, "Broken Embraces," closed the New York Film Festival and where he conducted a seminar at Lincoln Center, Almodovar says he was very happy with his most recent work, again starring Penelope Cruz and which Nov. 20 in the U.S.. The movie, a combination of film noir, drama and slapstick comedy, follows Lena (Cruz), an actress who is loved by screenwriter Harry Caine (Lluis Homar) and obsessively desired by a powerful businessman, Ernesto... (MSNBC -- News)
Focus Shorts Nov 7, 2009
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Beyond the Multiplex Nov 7, 2009
I first saw Hong's dry, wry, difficult-to-capture comedy "Woman on the Beach" at the 2006 New York Film Festival, and only after revisiting it a second time do I feel confident enough to fit that description to it ... When informed during a press conference conducted by videophone after a New York Film Festival screening of "Antichrist" -- the Danish director rarely travels, and has never been to the United States -- that there had been few, if any, walkouts during the film, von Trier sighed... (Salon)
"The Men Who Stare at Goats": Quick, look away Nov 6, 2009
With Toronto in the rearview mirror and the New York Film Festival opening on Friday -- always the unofficial kickoff to award season -- it's time to ask another question about this year's movie marketplace: Where the hell are 10 best-picture Oscar nominees going to come from. The Academy's brilliant and/or desperate decision to double down for 2010 looks especially strange in a season that so far is bereft of either Oscar-friendly middlebrow hits or "Dark Knight"-style pop smashes with artistic... (Salon)
Lionsgate Music, in Association With Matriarch/Geffen Records, Announces Release of Soundtrack to Lee Daniels' Highly Anticipated Film PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE Nov 6, 2009
It has since screened at such prestigious venues as the Cannes International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival, and has won audience prizes at the Toronto International Film Festival, the San Sebastian Film Festival and the recently concluded Chicago International Film Festival. It is the only film ever to receive the Audience awards at both Sundance and Toronto. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Grief, cancer, Nietzsche and Santa Nov 6, 2009
" It's tempting to respond to Lars von Trier's "Antichrist" purely as an act of provocation, when it's really a cry of pain, and as such not fully articulate or comprehensible. Throughout his career, von Trier has fed on strong reactions, even insisted upon them. When informed during a press conference conducted by videophone after a New York Film Festival screening of "Antichrist" -- the Danish director rarely travels, and has never been to the United States -- that there had been few, if any,... (Salon)
Review: 'Antichrist' an atrocity Oct 25, 2009
Apparently someone had a seizure when the movie showed at the New York Film Festival recently. When I caught up with it at the Vancouver International Film Festival two weeks ago, the screening was punctuated with the single loudest shriek I've ever heard in the theatre -- that would have been when Gainsbourg gets out the scissors for a spot of ad hoc auto-surgery. (CNN)
DVDs you should have seen -- but didn't Oct 22, 2009
When informed during a press conference conducted by videophone after a New York Film Festival screening of "Antichrist" -- the Danish director rarely travels, and has never been to the United States -- that there had been few, if any, walkouts during the film, von Trier sighed heavily: "Then I have failed." He got a big laugh. I'm inclined to think that the only honest way to deal with a movie as dreamlike and filled with self-hatred and sealed off from the world as "Antichrist" is by resisting... (Salon)
Newsweek: The death of shock cinema Oct 19, 2009
The American Harmony Korine, whose envelope-pushing movie Trash Humpers debuted at the New York Film Festival alongside Antichrist, plays the same game differently: his persona (which you can see on his Letterman appearance on YouTube) is somewhere between mumbling space cadet and idiot savant. 1. (MSNBC -- News)
Penelope Cruz's ring fuels engagement rumors Oct 14, 2009
The sparkling ring Penelope Cruz wore to closing night of the New York Film Festival on Sunday sparked more talk about the actress' rumored engagement to Spanish actor Javier Bardem, People. com reports. (FOX59, IN)
Click to read: Star Jones: Polanski Allowed to Evade Jail Oct 14, 2009
Protestors gather in front of the New York Film Festival to speak out against supporters of Roman Polanski in New York, Saturday, October 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes). (CBS News -- Early Show)
New on DVD: A remastered 'Snow White,' 'Anvil!' Oct 9, 2009
During the '86 New York Film Festival news conference, someone asked Schell what Dietrich looked like. His diplomatic response: "Well, do you have a grandmother?". (USA Today -- Life)
Lionsgate makes 'Black Friend' with Winfrey, Rock Oct 6, 2009
Deal expands the relationship between Lionsgate and Winfrey, who with Tyler Perry is exec producer and co-presenter of the Lee Daniels-directed drama Precious: Based on the Novel `Push' By Sapphire, which Lionsgate just premiered at the New York Film Festival. Lionsgate holds worldwide distribution on Will You Be My Black Friend. (Variety)
* FILM REVIEW: Chinas new guerillas Oct 2, 2009
Several hundred saw it Sunday afternoon when the film premiered at the New York Film Festival ... Theres been an extraordinary explosion of young filmmakers X quite a few of them are quite talented X who are dedicated to record and tell the real story of whats going on in China, said Richard Pena, program director for the Film Society of Lincoln Center, which produces the New York Film Festival. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
A little piece of Oz Sep 25, 2009
JERRY Maren, 18 when he made The Wizard of Oz in 1939, is one of five Munchkins who will appear when a newly restored version of the classic is shown tomorrow at the New York Film Festival ... JERRY Maren, 18 when he made The Wizard of Oz in 1939, is one of five Munchkins who will appear when a newly restored version of the classic is shown tomorrow at the New York Film Festival. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Fest of the world Sep 24, 2009
The 47th edition of the New York Film Festival the city s most important cinematic event opens tomorrow with Wild Grass, a love fantasy by veteran French director Alain Resnais ... The 47th edition of the New York Film Festival the city s most important cinematic event opens tomorrow with Wild Grass, a love fantasy by veteran French director Alain Resnais. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Pillow stalk Sep 24, 2009
Wild Grass which opens the New York Film Festival tomorrow night is a tale of l amour fou ... Wild Grass which opens the New York Film Festival tomorrow night is a tale of l amour fou. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Party moves to Tully Sep 23, 2009
THE New York Film Festival kicks off Friday night at Lincoln Center, but for the first time in 25 years the after-party won t be at Tavern on the Green ... THE New York Film Festival kicks off Friday night at Lincoln Center, but for the first time in 25 years the after-party won t be at Tavern on the Green. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Girls whip fest into shape Sep 15, 2009
After playing again at the upcoming New York Film Festival, Sapphire will open in November ... After playing again at the upcoming New York Film Festival, Sapphire will open in November. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
New on DVD: 'Hamilton Woman,' 'Homicide,' 'Valentino' doc Sep 11, 2009
Though on a more pedigreed level, his police procedural nabbed the prized closing-night slot at 1991's New York Film Festival. Back story: 's character considers himself a cop first and a Jew second, even bursting into an anti-Jewish harangue in one scene. (USA Today -- Life)
Fox rocks flicks fest Sep 11, 2009
Dead opposite each other as screenings began yesterday were "Jennifer's Body," a comic zombie movie written by Diablo Cody that will open in the US next week -- and Danish director Lars von Trier's "Antichrist," which is showing here after scandalizing the Cannes Film Festival and will turn up shortly in the New York Film Festival and American theaters ... Dead opposite each other as screenings began yesterday were "Jennifer's Body," a comic zombie movie written by Diablo Cody that will open in... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
WOOD THAT SHE WERE STILL HERE Aug 19, 2009
FORTY years after it opened the 1969 New York Film Festival, Elliott Gould and Dyan Cannon will return to Lincoln Center this weekend for two screenings of "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice.". Paul Mazursky's satiric comedy about swinging couples is among the 12 films being shown as part of "Yesterday's Angel: Natalie Wood," a tribute to the actress who died 1981. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
THE 'ANTICHRIST' COMETH Aug 17, 2009
"Antichrist," by the great Dane Lars von Trier, is one of 29 films from 17 countries that will unspool in the main section of the New York Film Festival, which is returning to Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall (newly renovated) after an absence of several years. "Antichrist" stars Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe as a grieving couple who retreat to a cabin in the woods. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Warner Bros. Entertainment to Stage Spectacular Events in New York City to Culminate Worldwide 70th Anniversary Celebration of The Wizard of Oz Aug 12, 2009
Entertainment will continue celebrating The Wizard Oz with a star-studded, exclusive screening at Alice Tully Hall as part of this year's New York Film Festival, which is produced by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Visit , the official site for all Oz-related events and products. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
'We're all Melburnians': Uighur leader controversy goes global Aug 5, 2009
In a , the magazine's movie editor, Richard Brody, has called for the documentary The 10 Conditions of Love to be screened worldwide at upcoming festivals, including the Toronto Film Festival in September and the New York Film Festival in October. The title of the blog, "We are all Melbournian (sic)" echoes the rhetoric of former US president John F Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" declaration. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Still Dreaming Jul 22, 2009
The 2-hour, 50-minute film won an Audience Award at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival, scored a major distribution deal from Fine Line Cinema, became the first documentary to close down the prestigious New York Film festival and ended its theatrical run as the highest-grossing documentary in U.S. history. Hoop Dreams resonated with audiences because it was indisputably authentic, that rare movie that unfolds in real time. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NCAA Basketball)
2009 New York Film Festival Begins ... Jul 14, 2009
2009 New York Film Festival Begins September 25. 2009 New York Film Festival Begins September 25 ... The New York Film Festival screens around twenty-eight feature films and twelve shorts per year. (Suite101.com)
Asian Film Fireworks for the Fourth Jul 5, 2009
In its scope and vigor, this is the New York film festival, and it's run not by a heavily subsidized arts institution but by a few knowledgeable guys from Brooklyn who want to share their enthusiasms with the fanboys of the tristate area. The playlist has grown from 11 features in 2002 to more than 50 this time, and includes movies not just from Japan and China but also Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Tamil state of India. (Time.com)
President Barack Obama Delivers July 4 Message on PBS's A Capitol Fourth, America's National Independence Day Celebration Jul 4, 2009
Since then, both holiday specials have been honored with over 80 awards including the New York Film Festival Award, the Telly Award, the Golden Cine Award, the Videographer Award, the National Education Association Award, the Aurora Award, the Christopher Award, the Communicator's Award, the AXIEM Award, the Omni Award and the Writer's Guild of America Award. A Capitol Fourth 2009 is made possible by grants from The Boeing Company, the National Park Service, the Corporation for Public... (PR Newswire)
Pitt, Soderbergh's 'Moneyball' benched Jun 23, 2009
FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2008 file photo, director Steven Soderbergh arrives to the New York Film Festival screening of the film 'Che', in New York. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, file). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Inventing a family May 15, 2009
I spoke with Assayas last fall, when he was in town for the U.S. premiere of "Summer Hours" at the New York Film Festival. Here, he talks about the way history can disappear with the death of a person, and about how the process of making a movie is one way of creating a temporary family. (Salon)
The Independent Filmmaker Project and The United Nations Partner for New 'Envision' Forum To Address Global Issues Through Documentary Filmmaking May 13, 2009
After debuting with a program in the 1979 New York Film Festival, the nonprofit IFP has evolved into the nation's oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, and the premier advocate for them. ABOUT UN DPI'S CREATIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH INITIATIVE. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Ashanti has lead role in musical 'The Wiz' in N.Y. May 5, 2009
The award is determined by audience voting throughout the New York film festival, which has entries from 36 countries. Comic arrested in domestic abuse case. (Honolulu Advertiser)
DOWNSIZED & OUT Mar 13, 2009
Although few families are likely to suffer the extreme fate of this one, the well-acted, sensitively told "Tokyo Sonata" - which screened at last year's New York Film Festival - hits home in this time of financial crisis. It makes one realize how important a job is to personal identity. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
'Selling Democracy' screens propaganda films of the Marshall Plan Mar 8, 2009
A veteran film and television producer, Schulberg curated the series, which she's previously presented at venues ranging from the Berlin Film Festival to the New York Film Festival. " 'Houen Zo!' " about the rebuilding of Rotterdam, "won an award at the Cannes Film Festival," Schulberg said. (Boston Globe)
NO OSCAR NIGHT FEVER Feb 22, 2009
I missed it at the New York Film Festival, but was lucky to get a seat at Rotterdam's classy Luxor Theater. Set in 1978 Santiago, during the brutal Pinochet reign, it is the story of 50-something lowlife Raul (an impressive Alfredo Castro), who has a sick obsession with Tony Manero, the John Travolta disco dancer in "Saturday Night Fever" (1977). (New York Post -- Entertainment)
'A fine Godard film sees the light Feb 20, 2009
Despite the title, the 1966 movie has been unavailable in the USA for four decades; after it debuted at the 1967 New York Film Festival, rights issues kept the film off limits. It remains the least-seen work from Jean-Luc Godard's most fertile period - a brass ring for acolytes and completists. (Boston Globe)
Film Festivals Feb 10, 2009
The Wrestler' premieres at the 46th annual New York Film Festival ... Clint Eastwood's period drama, 'Changeling' premires at the 46th New York Film Festival. (Variety)
