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New York Film Festival · 2023

New York Film Festival 2023

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14 films · 3 reviews

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Allensworth

A year in a town called Allensworth.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: James Benning)

The Daughters Of Fire

The story of three sisters separated by a volcanic eruption.

(Country: Portugal; Year: 2023; Director: Pedro Costa; Writer: Pedro Costa; Stars: Alice Costa, Karyna Gomes, Elizabeth Pinard)

Showing as part of event Jean-Luc Godard + Wang Bing + Pedro Costa

The Feeling That The Time For Doing Something Has Passed

A fragmented, experiential look at the life of a woman as time passes in her long-term casual BDSM relationship, low-level corporate job, and quarrelsome Jewish family.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Joanne Arnow; Writer: Joanne Arnow)

The Human Surge 3 (El auge del humano 3)

Different groups of friends wander in a dark, rainy and windy world. They spend time together, trying to get away from their depressing jobs, meandering constantly towards the mystery of new possibilities.

(Country: Argentina, Portugal, Netherlands, Taiwan, Brazil, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Peru; Year: 2023; Director: Eduardo Williams; Writer: Eduardo Williams)

Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell

Review preview for Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell

There’s a freshness to this world, as if one had just stepped out of one’s own door and arrived in an unexpected place.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
A man has to return his sister-in-law's body to her hometown after an accident while, along with his nephew, he searches for his long-lost brother.

(Country: Vietnam; Year: 2023; Director: Thien An Pham; Writer: Thien An Pham; Stars: Nguyen Thi Truc Quynh, Le Phong Vu, Nguyen Thinh, Vu Ngoc Manh)

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Last Things

Evolution and extinction from the point of view of rocks. A humid take on minerals, where sci-fi meets sci-fact. The geo-biosphere is a place of evolutionary possibility, where humans disappear but life endures.

(Country: US, Portugal, France; Year: 2023; Director: Deborah Stratman; Writer: Deborah Stratman)

Mambar Pierrette

Drama about a seamstress who is trying to make ends meet.

(Country: Belgium; Year: 2023; Director: Rosine Mbakam)

Mangosteen

Review preview for Mangosteen

The film is compellingly, playfully wayward, a documentary-leaning piece so sincere you might not entirely believe it to be a fictional construction until the credits roll.

Sunil Chauhan · 4 out of 5
Beginning at a mangosteen juice factory on the east coast of the gulf of Thailand, we follow brother and sister as their interior worlds reach out to meet one another.

(Country: Thailand; Year: 2023; Director: Tulapop Saenjaroen; Writer: Tulapop Saenjaroen; Stars: Saksit Khunkitti, Saowalak Praboonpeng, Prae Pupityastaporn, Sathit Sattarasart, Dueanchai Yomphakdi)

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Showing With We Don't Talk Like We Used To

Man In Black

A lengthy exhibition piece in which the Chinese composer Wang Xilin, exiled in Germany, reflects on episodes in his life.

(Year: 2023; Director: Wang Bing; Stars: Wang Xilin)

Showing as part of event Jean-Luc Godard + Wang Bing + Pedro Costa

The Night Visitors

Documentary focusing on moths.

(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Michael Gitlin)

Nowhere Near

Review preview for Nowhere Near

It's never a difficult watch, both because of, and despite its refusal to sit with anything too long.

Sunil Chauhan · 3 out of 5
Documentary reflecting the filmmaker’s attempts to understand his and his family’s experiences as undocumented Filipino immigrants in the US.

(Country: Philippines; Year: 2023; Director: Miko Revereza; Stars: Pedro Revereza, Bernadette Gutierrez, Matthew So, Matthew Revereza, Aurora Fernandez Revereza, Jet Revereza)

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A Prince (Un Prince)

Drama about a gardening apprentice.

(Country: France; Year: 2023; Director: Pierre Creton)

Trailer of the Film That Will Never Exist: 'Phony Wars'

Rejecting the billions of alphabetic diktats to liberate the incessant metamorphoses and metaphors of a necessary and true language by returning to the locations of past film shoots, while keeping track of modern times.

(Country: France, Switzerland; Year: 2023; Director: Jean-Luc Godard; Writer: Jean-Luc Godard; Stars: Jean-Paul Battaggia)

Showing as part of event Jean-Luc Godard + Wang Bing + Pedro Costa

We Don't Talk Like We Used To

Part travelogue, part almanac, and part cinematic noise show.

(Country: Japan, Hong Kong, US; Year: 2023; Director: Joshua Gen Solondz)

Showing With Mangosteen