One of fall's great pleasures -- the exceptional New York film festival at Lincoln Center (September 26-October 12) -- continues with a wildly diverse mix of commercial and foreign fare. This year is one of their strongest yet and while I've seen many of these, there are still a few I cannot wait for.
Gone Girl
The book by Gillian Flynn was a huge success but the allure of this film about a woman's mysterious disappearance, is that the director of the film version is David Fincher and the star is Ben Affleck. It's bound to be stylish and riveting.
Goodbye to Language
A 3D movie by Jean-Luc Godard? I am so there! Goodbye to Language proves that, even in his 80s, Godard is still as radical and visionary as ever.
Foxcatcher
A mesmerizing, bizarre, true-crime tale expertly directed by Bennett Miller (Capote) about an Olympic-gold-medal wrestler Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) who is sponsored by the wealthy eccentric millionaire, John du Pont (played by an almost unrecognizable and brilliant Steve Carell).
Misunderstood
Director Asia Argento's personal and poignant portrait of the chaotic childhood of 9-year-old Aria (Giulia Salerno) shuttling back and forth (along with her street cat named "Dac" in a cage) between the homes of her separated self-obsessed parents.
Maps to the Stars
David Cronenberg's blistering dark comedy about the grubby desperate side of Hollywood with a harrowing performance by Julianne Moore as a needy, difficult movie star.
Pasolini
Abel Ferrara's latest is a savagely beautiful portrait of the last days of the great master of Italian cinema, Pier Paolo Pasolini (uncannily played by Willem Dafoe).
Whiplash
I've only been hearing great things about Damien Chazelle's film about a jazz drummer at a music academy (Miles Teller) and his demanding teacher (J. K. Simmons)
Two Days, One Night
A heart wrenching new film by French masters Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne starring the luminous Marion Cotillard as a mother who has to spend the weekend hunting down people she works with to convince them to vote for her to keep her job.
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Inherent Vice
A new film by one of my favorites,Paul Thomas Anderson, based on a Thomas Pynchon novel about a druggy investigator (Joaquin Phoenix) in '70s California.
Mr. Turner
Timothy Spall is glorious in Mike Leigh's stunning looking portrait of the artist J. M. W Turner, the British romantic painter and a cranky, grunting, fascinating eccentric.
Gone Girl
The book by Gillian Flynn was a huge success but the allure of this film about a woman's mysterious disappearance, is that the director of the film version is David Fincher and the star is Ben Affleck. It's bound to be stylish and riveting.
Goodbye to Language
A 3D movie by Jean-Luc Godard? I am so there! Goodbye to Language proves that, even in his 80s, Godard is still as radical and visionary as ever.
Foxcatcher
A mesmerizing, bizarre, true-crime tale expertly directed by Bennett Miller (Capote) about an Olympic-gold-medal wrestler Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) who is sponsored by the wealthy eccentric millionaire, John du Pont (played by an almost unrecognizable and brilliant Steve Carell).
Misunderstood
Director Asia Argento's personal and poignant portrait of the chaotic childhood of 9-year-old Aria (Giulia Salerno) shuttling back and forth (along with her street cat named "Dac" in a cage) between the homes of her separated self-obsessed parents.
Maps to the Stars
David Cronenberg's blistering dark comedy about the grubby desperate side of Hollywood with a harrowing performance by Julianne Moore as a needy, difficult movie star.
Pasolini
Abel Ferrara's latest is a savagely beautiful portrait of the last days of the great master of Italian cinema, Pier Paolo Pasolini (uncannily played by Willem Dafoe).
Whiplash
I've only been hearing great things about Damien Chazelle's film about a jazz drummer at a music academy (Miles Teller) and his demanding teacher (J. K. Simmons)
Two Days, One Night
A heart wrenching new film by French masters Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne starring the luminous Marion Cotillard as a mother who has to spend the weekend hunting down people she works with to convince them to vote for her to keep her job.
Inherent ViceA new film by one of my favorites,Paul Thomas Anderson, based on a Thomas Pynchon novel about a druggy investigator (Joaquin Phoenix) in '70s California.
Mr. Turner
Timothy Spall is glorious in Mike Leigh's stunning looking portrait of the artist J. M. W Turner, the British romantic painter and a cranky, grunting, fascinating eccentric.