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She Said and Till
Bones And All
(Country: Italy, US; Year: 2022; Director: Luca Guadagnino; Writer: David Kajganich, based on the book by Camille DeAngelis; Stars: Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet, Mark Rylance, André Holland, Chloë Sevigny, Jessica Harper, David Gordon Green, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jake Horowitz)
Maren, a young woman, learns how to survive on the margins of society.
A Cooler Climate
(Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Giles Gardner, James Ivory; Writer: Giles Gardner, James Ivory)
The Oscar-winning filmmaker uncovers boxes of film he shot during a life-changing trip to Afghanistan in 1960. This footage unleashes a Proustian reverie during which Ivory recounts his life as traveller, outsider, and artist.
Is That Black Enough For You?
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Elvis Mitchell; Stars: Margaret Avery, Harry Belafonte, Charles Burnett, Suzanne De Passe, Laurence Fishburne, Whoopi Goldberg, Samuel L. Jackson, Glynn Turman, Billy Dee Williams, Zendaya)
Documentary about the Black revolution in 1970s cinema.
Personality Crisis: One Night Only
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Martin Scorsese, David Tedeschi; Stars: David Johansen)
A Cafe Carlyle set by entertainer David Johansen, lead singer of The New York Dolls.
Solaris (Solyaris)
(Country: Soviet Union; Year: 1972; Director: Andrei Tarkovsky; Writer: Stanislaw Lem, Fridrikh Gorenshtein, Andrei Tarkovsky; Stars: Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet, Vladislav Dvorzhetsky, Nikolai Grinko, Anatoli Solonitsyn, Sos Sargsyan, Olga Barnet, Tamara Ogorodnikova, Georgi Tejkh)
A psychologist is sent to a space station to find out what has become of the occupants.
50th anniversary screening with live musical accompaniment
Women Talking and The Super 8 Years
She Said
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Maria Schrader; Writer: Jodi Kantor, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Megan Twohey; Stars: Samantha Morton, Carey Mulligan, Tom Pelphrey, Jennifer Ehle, Zoe Kazan, Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher, Adam Shapiro, Maren Lord, Elle Graham, Dalya Knapp, Anastasia Barzee, Angela Yeoh, Sean Cullen, Keilly McQuail)
Drama about a New York Times investigation into sexual harassment in Hollywood.
"Sr."
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Chris Smith; Stars: Robert Downey Sr.)
Portrait of the life and career of Robert Downey Sr.
The Super 8 Years (Les Années Super 8)
(Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Annie Ernaux, David Ernaux-Briot; Writer: Annie Ernaux; Stars: Annie Ernaux, David Ernaux-Briot, Eric Erneaux, Philippe Ernaux)
A trip to the Seventies via family video shot at the time.
Till
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Chinonye Chukwu; Writer: Keith Beauchamp, Chinonye Chukwu, Michael Reilly; Stars: Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Jamie Renell, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Patrick Thomas, John Douglas Thompson, Gem Marc Collins, Diallo Thompson, Tyrik Johnson, Enoch King, Haley Bennett, Carol J. Mckenith, Elizabeth Youman, Keisha Tillis, Sean Michael Weber)
The story of Mamie Till-Mobley, the Chicago woman whose son, Emmett Till, was lynched while visiting cousins in Mississippi and whose body became an indelible image of the horrors of American racism.
Women Talking
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Sarah Polley; Writer: Sarah Polley, based on the novel of Miriam Toews; Stars: Jessie Buckley, Rooney Mara, Frances McDormand, Claire Foy, Ben Whishaw, Judith Ivey, Sheila McCarthy, Michelle McLeod, August Winter, Kira Guloien, Emily Mitchell, Will Bowes, Shayla Brown, Nathaniel McParland, Kate Hallett)
A group of women from a remote religious community deal with the aftermath of sexual assault perpetrated by the colony’s men.
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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