Report From the New York Film Festival

  • ‘My Week With Marilyn’ to Premiere at NY Film Fest

    Film stars Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe; restored “Ben-Hur,” Nicholas Ray film also added to NYFF slate

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  • Against ‘Festivalism’: Final Thoughts on NYFF

    If the audience for the New York Film Festival is defined as a standard American bunch, there are a number of entries this year to which one could apply the dubious label of "obscure": The African melodrama "Min Yè…," a document of sheep herding called "Sweetgrass," and Filipino director Raya Martin’s stylish colonialist indictment "Independencia"…

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    Eric Kohn

  • This Year’s NYFF Theme: Divisiveness

    Both “Precious” and “Trash Humpers” bring on the dissent

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    Eric Kohn

  • NY Filmfest Gets Even More Eccentric

    A complete rundown of the 17-day festival.

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    Eric Kohn