Tag: Film at Lincoln Center
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Lincoln Center’s ‘Open Roads’ Series Celebrates Roberto Rossellini
It’s the 25th anniversary of “Open Roads,” Film at Lincoln Center’s annual festival of new films from Italy. The 14 New York premieres in the series include two biopics and a documentary about one of Italy’s most renowned directors. The fest coincides with the 120th birthday of Roberto Rossellini (1906-1977), a pioneer of Italy’s Neorealism…
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Jewish Film Festival Salutes Charles Grodin, Rebel with a Cause
Each fall’s New York Film Festival is always a big highlight of the year, but Film at Lincoln Center’s other annual events are also a welcome opportunity to experience new international films. Coming up later this year are “New Directors/New Films,” “Rendez-Vous with French Cinema” and “Open Roads: New Italian Cinema.” And every January brings…
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Open Roads Italian Series Returns with Stories of Familia
For the 24th year, Film at Lincoln Center and the legendary Italian studio Cinecittà are presenting “Open Roads: New Italian Cinema,” a chance for New Yorkers to catch up with the latest offerings from one of the world’s greatest cinema nations. Running May 29 to June 5, the 2025 series opens with a film that…
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More Highlights from the 62nd New York Film Festival
The 62nd New York Film Festival ends on October 14, having screened 73 features plus various programs of shorts. I managed to see 28 films over a whirlwind three weeks of press screenings. Here are some highlights, in addition to the films I’ve discussed in previous posts. One of the most haunting and disturbing films…
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Sigrid Nunez’s Tales of Grief Enliven the New York Film Festival
Avid readers of fiction will know the name Sigrid Nunez, author of nine novels and winner of the National Book Award for her seventh, The Friend (2018). But for many of us, the 2024 New York Film Festival has been the introduction to her world, with the New York premieres of two film versions of her books,…
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New York Film Festival Welcomes Comedies of All Kinds
The annual New York Film Festival has no shortage of exotic, esoteric, and demanding films. But some of the biggest highlights of this year’s event are comedies. Yes, comedies. Raucous comedies. Quirky comedies. Comedy-thrillers. Comedies that double as poignant character studies. But comedies nonetheless. Among the most popular and crowd-pleasing entries at NYFF 62 is…
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