New York Film Festival 2008

[Chris Knipp]

The NYFF 2008 press screenings will include what looks like a richer selection than usual of directors and actors on hand for press conferences afterwards. So in case I forget to mention them in my reviews--because sometimes I prefer to focus on the films themselves--be it known that the following are included in the lineup of press conferences, listed alphabetically:


Darren Aronofsky (with Mickey Rourke),
Olivier Assayas,
Joao Botelho,
Antonio Campos,
Laurent Cantet,
Arnaud Desplechin (with Catherine Deneuve),
Sergey Dvortsevoy,
Clint Eastwood,
Ari Folman,
Matteo Garrone (with Roberto Saviano),
Hong Sang-soo,
Agnes Jaoui,
Jia Zhang-ke,
Kyoshi Kurosawa,
Mike Leigh (with Sally Hawkins)
Lucrecia Martel,
Steve McQueen,
Gerardo Naranjo,
Alexander Olch (with Susan Meiselas)
Kelly Reichardt
Jaime Rosales,
Steven Soderbergh,
Jerzy Skolminowski,
Wong Kar-wai (with Brigitte Lin, Chris Doyle)