by Nathaniel R
Jeremy Pope is a gay marine in "The Inspection"
The 60th Annual New York Film Festival runs September 30th through October 16th (passes are already on sale) and as per usual the festival will have a couple of premieres but the bulk of titles are cherry-picked from the Big Five: Berlin, Cannes, Venice, Sundance, and Toronto. Because of that practice this is a superb festival to catch up with if you don't have the funds to travel to the other festivals. And on that note, disappointment for those hoping for / expecting Tchaikovsky's Wife, Broker, Close, Women Talking or The Fabelmans (a.k.a. me!). But perhaps there will be last minute additions? After the jump the main slate titles this year....
OPENING NIGHT
White Noise (Noah Baumbach, US)
Baumbach adapts the satirical Don DeLillo novel about a Hitler Studies professor (Adam Driver) and his eccentric wife (Greta Gerwig) and family. It will premiere at Venice.
CENTERPIECE
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (Laura Poitras, US) 113 minutes
A new doc from the Oscar winning filmmaker behind Citizen four. This doc, which will premiere at Venice, weaves together two stories you wouldn't immediately pair: the career of artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of those Big Pharma criminals, the Sackler family dynasty.
CLOSING NIGHT
The Inspection (Elegance Bratton, US) 93 minutes
A narrative drama based on Bratton's own experiences as a gay man in the Marine Corps. Jeremy Pope, Raúl Castillo, Bokeem Woodbine, and Gabrielle Union star. It will premiere at TIFF.
NYFF 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION SCREENING
Armaggedon Time (James Gray, US)
Because New York is a character in this film it is getting a screening "celebrating New York City and the New York Film Festival" though what that will mean in practice -- how that will be different than any other screening -- we're not sure. Elisa reviewed this one at Cannes. In theaters October 28th
OTHER TITLES IN THE MAIN SLATE
- Aftersun (Charlotte Wells, UK/US) - premiered at Cannes
- Alcarràs (Carla Simon, Spain) - Golden Bear winner at Berlinale
- All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen, India) - doc about brothers trying to protect the bird known as The Black Kite, premiered at Sundance.
- Corsage (Marie Kreutzer, Austria) -reviewed at Cannes
- A Couple (Frederick Wiseman, US) - premieres at Venice
- De Humani Corporis Fabrica (Vérea Paravel & Lucien Castain-Taylor, France) doc about five Parisian hospitals. Premiered at Cannes
- Decision to Leave (Park Chan-wook, South Korea) -reviewed at Cannes. In theaters October 14th
- Descendant (Margaret Brown, US) -doc about survivors from the last ship which carried enslaved Africans to the US. Premiered at Sundance, in theaters Oct 21st
- Enys Men (Mark Jenkin, UK) - premiered at Cannes
- EO (Jerzy Skolimowski, Poland) - reviewed at Cannes
- The Eternal Daughter (Joanna Hogg, UK) - premieres at Venice
- Master Gardener (Paul Schrader, US) - premieres at Venice
- No Bears (Jafar Panahi, Iran) - premieres at Venice
- The Novelist's Film (Hong Sang-Soo, South Korea) -premiered at Berlin
- One Fine Morning (Mia Hansen-Løve, France) - reviewed at Cannes
- Pacification (Albert Serra, France/Spain) - reviewed at Cannes
- RMN (Cristian Mungiu, Romania) - reviewed at Cannes
- Return to Seoul (Davy Chou, South Korea) -premiered at Cannes
- Saint Omer (Alice Diop, France) - premieres at Venice
- Scarlet (Pietro Marcello, Italy) - reviewed at Cannes
- Showing Up (Kelly Reichardt, US) - premiered at Cannes
- Stars at Noon (Claire Denis, France) -reviewed at Cannes
- Stonewalling (Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka, China) - premiere???
- TÁR (Todd Field, US) - premieres at Venice. In theaters October 7th
- Trenque Lauquen (Laura Citarella, Argentina) -premieres at Venice
- Triangle of Sadness (Ruben Östlund, Sweden/UK) -reviewed at Cannes
- Unrest (Cyril Schäubelin, Switzerland) - premiered at Berlin
- Walk Up (Hong Sang-soo, South Korea) -premieres at TIFF
Which of these films are you most looking forward to? If you're in NYC will you be attending?