New York Film Festival

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  Don't Blink - Robert Frank

  Review preview for Don't Blink - Robert Frank

  Frank's energy, together with Israel's rapid fire editing, keep the film appealing, though they may leave some viewers feeling worn out.

  Documentary about the photographer.
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  Right Now, Wrong Then

  Review preview for Right Now, Wrong Then

  The film persuades viewers to zero in on the details by using its second scenario to invite constant subconscious questioning of what has changed.

  A middle-aged art-film director and a fledgling artist meet - she knows he’s famous but doesn’t know his films, he’d like to see her paintings.
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  Journey To The Shore

  Review preview for Journey To The Shore

  There's a wonderful flexibility to Fukatsu's performance as a woman who bears endless slights as she struggles to retain her decorum.

  A devoted wife lets her husband, who drowned at sea three years ago, take her on a journey.
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  Arabian Nights

  Review preview for Arabian Nights

  Mixes observations on capitalism, society and storytelling.

  Stories based on the 1001 Nights but transplanted to the present day. The film is split into three parts.
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  Ran

  Review preview for Ran

  One of the greatest works of art in cinematic history.

  A warlord splits his kingdom between his sons only to see the older two cause chaos as they battle for supremacy in this vivid Japanese reworking of King Lear.
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  Miles Ahead

  Review preview for Miles Ahead

  Cheadle attempts to give us the feel of the man rather than the real essence.

  A biopic of legendary musician Miles Davis.
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  Chevalier

  Review preview for Chevalier

  Takes a bawdy idea and turns it into something far more complex.

  Six men on a boat try to judge who is best.
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  The Walk

  Review preview for The Walk

  Everything is wired for excitement.

  The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.
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  Mountains May Depart

  Review preview for Mountains May Depart

  A bold study of what it means to be Chinese in the modern age.

  A young woman chooses between two men as China is torn between its traditional values and a capitalist future.
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  Bridge Of Spies

  Review preview for Bridge Of Spies

  What seems dry and dusty on the page is far from it on the screen

  An American lawyer is recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to defend a Russian spy

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Features

• Comedy at the double
  Louis Garrel and Jean-Claude Carrière on writing A Faithful Man together
• The last waltz
  Thomas Bidegain on the dynamics in Les Cowboys and more.
• Waltzing with the West
  Thomas Bidegain on Les Cowboys.
• Bewitched, bothered and bewildered
  Don Cheadle and Emayatzy Corinealdi tell the stories behind Miles Ahead.
• Keeping score
  Grégoire Hetzel on his compositions for Mathieu Amalric and Arnaud Desplechin.
• Bringing Mars down to Earth
  Best Adapted Screenplay nominee Drew Goddard discusses The Martian.
• Old space dog
  Ridley Scott on The Martian and man's best friend.
• Keeping it honest
  Géza Röhrig on the Holocaust and the Oscar nominated Son Of Saul.
• A uniter, not a divider
  Drew Goddard on making The Martian a love letter to science.
• Life on Mars
  Matt Damon on playing the greatest botanist on the planet in The Martian.
• Making space
  Jessica Chastain on learning the rules and challenging expectations in The Martian.
• Lessons for America
  Michael Moore on Where To Invade Next and what other countries do better.
• The people in the photographs
  Géza Röhrig on Son Of Saul and the legacy of loss.
• When the signs and the stories are gone
  László Nemes on organisation and chaos in Son Of Saul.
• Self made man
  Danny Boyle on calla lilies, Eighties fashion and Steve Jobs.
• The man and the ghost
  Jeff Daniels on Steve Jobs and the fall of an international marketing rock star.
• The apple of his eye
  Aaron Sorkin on the wizardry of Steve Jobs.
• Still breathing
  László Nemes on Auschwitz, language, religion and Son Of Saul.
• The weight of the years
  Andrew Haigh on Charlotte Rampling, memory and smoking in 45 Years.
• Timing is everything
  Charlotte Rampling on the vertiginous experience of 45 Years.
• The Price Of Salt and Carol
  Christine Vachon and Elizabeth Karlsen on Todd Haynes, Cate Blanchett and women in the Fifties.
• Down to her last cigarette
  Todd Haynes, Phyllis Nagy and Cate Blanchett on Carol.
• Memories of Ingrid
  Stig Björkman and Pia Lindström on family, dogs, home movies and Ingrid Bergman.
• Picturing Ingrid
  Stig Björkman and Stina Gardell on Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
• That shocking man
  Harold Takooshian on the real Stanley Milgram and Experimenter.
• Before the committee
  Diane Lane and Michael Stuhlbarg on Trumbo
• Mountain highs
  Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi on the challenges of Mount Meru.
• The copyist
  Jacob Bernstein on stars, a song, Nora Ephron and Everything Is Copy.
• A personal view
  More from Arnaud Desplechin about My Golden Days.
• At the Experimenter reception
  Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Almereyda, Jim Gaffigan and more in New York.
• Akerman - one of cinema’s great innovators
  Death of a feminist icon
• Remembering Chantal Akerman
  Tributes to the pioneering director.
• Golden boy
  Arnaud Desplechin on My Golden Days (Trois Souvenirs De Ma Jeunesse).
• Jobs for all
  At the gala screening of Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs.
• Experimental thinking
  Michael Almereyda on Stanley Milgram and the making of Experimenter.
• All about My Mother
  Nanni Moretti on the Pope, Wings Of Desire and Mia Madre.
• New York Film Festival highlights encore
  Four more great films to look forward to.
• Encounters with De Palma
  Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow on their new documentary.
• New York Film Festival Early Bird Highlights
  A sneak peek at The Forbidden Room, Experimenter, The Assassin and Mia Madre.
• The real world of Vincent Lindon
  Cannes best actor on career and causes.
• Blanchett reveals naked truth
  Cate and Carol co-star Rooney Mara on why nudity holds no fears.

News

• Chantal Akerman special events announced
  New York Film Festival to hold free screenings today.
• A tribute to Albert Maysles
  Film Society of Lincoln Center hosts special event.
• Stars come out for the New York Film Festival
  Nanni Moretti, John Turturro and Rachel Weisz are among those on the red carpet.
• David Geffen Hall unveiled
  New York's Lincoln Center pays tribute to producer.
• The Martian to screen at New York Film Festival
  Sneak preview of Ridley Scott film announced.
• Free films at the New York Film Festival
  Open doors for opening day.
• New York Film Festival to celebrate English star
  An Evening with Kate Winslet planned.
• The 1000 Eyes Of Dr Maddin wins Best Documentary on Cinema
  Yves Montmayeur triumphs in Venice
• New York Film Festival special events announced
  Film Comment Presents to screen Son Of Saul.
• New York Film Festival announces Directors Dialogues
  On Cinema talk also scheduled.
• New York Film Festival titles announced
  Steven Spielberg's Bridge Of Spies joins main slate.
• 53rd New York Film Festival poster revealed
  Design by Heart Of A Dog director Laurie Anderson.
• Cate Blanchett to be honoured by MoMA
  New York institution celebrates international star.
• MoMA announces Zemeckis retrospective
  What Lies Beneath: The Films of Robert Zemeckis to screen this autumn.
• Habemus Papam
  Pope Francis and the New York Film Festival
• Anchoring the New York Film Festival
  Michael Fassbender, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Don Cheadle star in headline films.