56th New York Film Festival brings Coen Brothers, Barry Jenkins, Claire Denis, Cannes winners
The New York Film Festival has announced the main slate for its 56th and it features a wealth of NYFF favorites like Jean-Luc Godard (his 25th appearance), Hong Sang-soo (14) and Olivier Assayas (9). Some highlights include Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk, the anthology-turned-feature film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs from The Coen Brothers and Claire Denis’ English-language debut High Life with Robert Pattinson.
Films from Cannes were well-represented, including Palme d’Or–winner Shoplifters from Hirokazu Kore-eda; Jean-Luc Godard’s The Image Book, which was awarded a Special Palme d’Or; Cold War, the Best Director winner for Paweł Pawlikowski; and Alice Rohrwacher’s Happy as Lazzaro and Jafar Panahi’s 3 Faces, which shared the Best Screenplay prize. Lee Chang-dong’s Burning, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s Asako I & II and Bi Gan’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night (and many more) will also be shown.
Netflix showed up today with the new Tamara Jenkins film Private Life as well as the above-mentioned Coen Brothers and Rohrwacher films, but also the previously announced ROMA, from Alfonso Cuarón, which is the festival centerpiece. No sign of the final Orson Welles film, The Other Side of the Wind yet.
NYFF Special Events, Spotlight on Documentary, Retrospective, Revivals, Convergence, Shorts, and Projections sections, as well as filmmaker conversations and panels, will be announced in the coming weeks. The 56th New York Film Festival runs September 28th – October 14th.
The 56th New York Film Festival Main Slate
The Favourite, Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos Opening Night
ROMA,” Dir. Alfonso Cuarón Centerpiece
At Eternity’s Gate,” Dir. Julian Schnabel Closing Night
3 Faces, Dir. Jafar Panahi
Asako I & II, Dir. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Ash Is Purest White, Dir. Jia Zhangke
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Dir. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Burning, Dir. Lee Chang-dong
Cold War, Dir. Paweł Pawlikowski
A Faithful Man/L’Homme fidèle, Dir. Louis Garrel
A Family Tour, Dir. Ying Liang
La Flor, Dir. Mariano Llinás
Grass, Dir. Hong Sangsoo
Happy as Lazzaro/Lazzaro Felice, Dir. Alice Rohrwacher
Her Smell, Dir. Alex Ross Perry
High Life, Dir. Claire Denis
Hotel by the River, Dir. Hong Sangsoo
If Beale Street Could Talk, Dir. Barry Jenkins
The Image Book/Le Livre d’image, Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
In My Room, Dir. Ulrich Köhler
Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Dir. Bi Gan
Monrovia, Indiana, Dir. Frederick Wiseman
Non-Fiction, Dir. Olivier Assayas
Private Life, Dir. Tamara Jenkins
RAY & LIZ,” Dir. Richard Billingham
Shoplifters, Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
Sorry Angel, Dir. Christophe Honoré
Too Late to Die Young, Dir. Dominga Sotomayor
Transit, Dir. Christian Petzold
Wildlife, Dir. Paul Dano
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