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Life Of Pi opened the 50th edition of NYFF
Celebrating its 50th edition, New York Film Festival aims not to be a marketplace but rather a celebration of talent, bringing together the cream of the crop from other festivals around the globe.
The festival, which runs from September 28 to October 14, opens with the world premiere of Ang Lee's 3D Life Of Pi and closes with Robert Zemeckis' thriller Flight, starring Denzel Washington.
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New York Latest Reviews
A woman secretly suffering from kleptomania is hypnotized in an effort to cure her condition. Soon afterwards, she is found at the scene of a murder with no memory of how she got there and seemingly no way to prove her innocence.
A drama centered on an office worker on the verge of retirement who begins to relive both real and imagined memories.
The story of extraordinary cinema archivist PK Nair.
Chronicle of poet Edward Honig's loss of memory.
A documentary shot in the North Atlantic and focused on the commercial fishing industry.
This stunning amalgam of film noir and Chris Marker cine-essay poetically explores the psychic pull of the titular former Portuguese colony.
A reporter heads back to his Florida hometown to investigate a possible miscarriage of justice.
Chaos breaks out in a small town in the wake of an ecological disaster.
Six former heads of Israel’s internal security agency, the Shin Bet, discuss their nation’s past, present and future.
Gael Garcia Bernal stars as a Chilean adman trying to organize a campaign to unseat Pinochet in Pablo Larraín’s smart, engrossing political thriller.
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