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New York Film Festival

2007

No Country For Old Men was among the films receiving their premiere.
No Country For Old Men was among the films receiving their premiere.

The New York Film Festival was created in 1963 to bring to New York the best films from abroad and to highlight American films "that might have otherwise passed unnoticed," wrote Richard Roud, who, along with Amos Vogel, co-founded the festival. Now in its 45th year, it aims to showcase the cream of the crop from around the world.

Although not as large as leviathans such as Sundance and Toronto, it aims to provide a smaller showcase, with the emphasis firmly on quality. This means many of the films on show have already won awards - 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days (Golden Palm), The Diving Bell And The Butterfly (Best Director At Cannes), Redacted (Silver Lion in Venice) - while others, such as Sidney Lumet's Before The Devil Knows You're Dead and the Coen Brothers' No Country For Old Men were hotly (and rightly) tipped to be audience hits. This year's festival featured 28 films.

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  • The Flight Of The Red Balloon
    Review preview for The Flight Of The Red Balloon

    A contemplative and visually dulcet experience.

    Paul Griffiths · 3.5 out of 5
    A busy mother’s young boy attracts the attention of a large balloon.
  • The Man From London
    Review preview for The Man From London

    The forlorn beauty of The Man From London might inspire you to question the assumptions we make about cinema.

    Chris · 5 out of 5
    After witnessing a murder, a railway switchman makes a discovery which will change his life forever.
  • In The City Of Sylvia
    Review preview for In The City Of Sylvia

    You feel your will to live give a whimper, make its excuses and start heading for the bar.

    Amber Wilkinson · 1.5 out of 5
    A boy dreams of finding a lost love.
  • Married Life
    Review preview for Married Life

    The feel of this film is sumptuous - convincingly recreated mid-century sets, an evocative soundtrack, gorgeous gowns for the women and smart suits for the guys.

    Martin Gray · 3.5 out of 5
    How do you avoid humiliating you wife with a divorce? Kill her.
  • Redacted
    Review preview for Redacted

    Unlike most of the films about Iraq, Redacted portrays a military that’s a catchall for the uneducated and unsocialised; and while many may find this offensive, it’s perfectly in line with the draft-deferring lowering of recruitment standards.

    The Exile · 4.5 out of 5
    Controversial story, asking where, in the censored war in Iraq, do we find the truth? Plus read what Brian De Palma said about the film - and the redaction of it, .
  • Margot At The Wedding
    Review preview for Margot At The Wedding

    Margot ought to be a plum rôle, but Kidman withers it to a prune.

    Anton Bitel · 2 out of 5
    A neurotic woman undermines her whole family and her sister's impending marriage.
  • The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
    Review preview for The Diving Bell And The Butterfly

    Truly cutting-edge cinema, daring and imaginative, quite unlike anything else you'll see this year.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    The memoirs of a man who awoke from a coma to discover he was completely paralysed apart from his left eye.
  • Persepolis
    Review preview for Persepolis

    Seen purely in aesthetic terms, Persepolis is an object of rare beauty, with no obvious precedents or parallels in the history of anime.

    Anton Bitel · 4.5 out of 5
    A girl's eye view of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.
  • No Country For Old Men
    Review preview for No Country For Old Men

    Against the whisper of wind and buzz of flies, the Coens manage to find tension in the subtlest of movements and cut the dialogue through with humour as arid as the landscape.

    Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
    A man goes on the run from a psychopath in Texas after coming across a briefcase of stolen cash.
  • Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
    Review preview for Before The Devil Knows You're Dead

    The way the plot manipulates every worst case scenario is fiendishly clever. Seldom has an ensemble cast meshed so effectively.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    Damage limitation after a jewellery heist goes wrong.

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