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    Nyff 2012



    September 28-October 14, 2012


    INDEX OF LINKS TO REVIEWS

    Amour (Michael Heneke 2012)
    Araf/Somewhere in Between (Yeşim Ustaoğlu 2012)
    Barbara (Christian Petzold 2012)
    Beyond the Hills (Cristian Mungiu 2012)
    Bwakaw (Jun Lana 2012)
    Camille Rewinds (Noémie Lvovsky 2012)
    Caesar Must Die (Paolo and Vittorio Taviani 2012)
    Dead Man and Being Happy, The (Javier Rebollo 2012)
    Fill the Void (Rana Burshtein 2012)
    First Cousin Once Removed (Alan Berliner 2012)
    Flight (Robert Zemeckis 2012)
    Frances Ha (Noah Baumbach 2012)
    Gatekeepers, The (Dror Moreh 2012)
    Ginger & Rosa (Sally Potter 2012)
    Here and There (Antonio Méndez Esparza 2012)
    Holy Motors (Leos Carax 2012)
    Hyde Park on Hudson (Roger Mitchell 2012)
    Kinshasa Kids (Marc-Henri Wajnberg 2012)
    Last Time I Saw Macao, The (João Pedro Rodrigues, João Rui Guerra da Mata 2012)
    Leviathon (Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Peravel 2012)
    Life of Pi (Ang Lee 2012)
    Like Someone in Love (Abbas Kiarostami 2012)
    Lines of Wellington (Valeria Sarmiento 2012)
    Memories Look at Me (Song Fang 2012)
    Night Across the Street (Raul Ruiz 2012)
    No (Pablo Larraín 2012)"]
    Not Fade Away (David Chase 2012)
    Our Children (Joachim Lafosse 2012)
    Paperboy, The (Lee Daniels 20120
    Passion (Brian De Palma 2012)
    Something in the Air (Olivier Assayas 2012)
    Tabu (Migues Gomes 2012)
    You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet (Alain Resnais 2012)



    The New York Film Festival Main Slate :

    Without further ado, the Main Slate of the 50th New York Film Festival:

    Amour (Michael Haneke, Austria/France/Germany)
    ["Love."] Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or winner of Cannes 2012 is a merciless and compassionate masterpiece about an elderly couple dealing with the ravages of old age. A Sony Pictures Classics release. [Cannes.]

    Araf—Somewhere In Between (Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Turkey/France/Germany)
    Director Yesim Ustaoglu depicts with empathy and uncompromising honesty the fate of a teenaged girl when she becomes sexually obsessed with a long-distance trucker and the promise of freedom that he embodies. [Venice.]


    PETZOLD'S BARBARA

    Barbara (Christian Petzold, Germany)
    Christian Petzold’s perfectly calibrated Cold War thriller features the incomparable Nina Hoss as a physician planning to defect while exiled to a small town in East Germany. An Adopt Films release. [Berlinale.]

    Beyond the Hills/După dealuri (Cristian Mungiu, Romania)
    4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days director Cristian Mungiu returns with a harrowing, visually stunning drama set in a remote Romanian monastery. Winner, Best Actress and Best Screenplay, 2012 Cannes Film Festival. A Sundance Selects release. [Cannes.]

    Bwakaw (Jun Robles Lana, The Philippines)
    A moving and funny surprise from the Philippines starring the great Eddie Garcia—and a truly unforgettable dog—in the story of an elderly loner going where he’s never dared venture before.


    LVOVSKY'S CAMILLE REWINDS

    Camille Rewinds/Camille Redouble (Noémie Lvovsky, France)
    Noemie Lvovsky directs and stars in an ebullient comedy of remarriage that gives Francis Ford Coppola’s Peggy Sue Got Married a sophisticated, personal, and decidedly French twist. [French release September 12, 2012.]

    Caesar Must Die/Cesare deve morire (Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Italy)
    Convicted felons stage a production of Julius Caesar in this surprising new triumph for the Taviani Brothers, winner of the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. An Adopt Films release. [Berlinale.]

    The Dead Man and Being Happy/El muerto y ser feliz (Javier Rebollo, Spain/Argentina)
    A dying hitman and a mysterious femme fatale set off on an oddball journey through Argentina’s interior in this playful and unexpectedly moving reverie on love, death and the open road. [San Sebastián Festival.]

    Fill the Void/Lemale et ha'chalal (Rama Burshtein, Israel)
    With her first dramatic feature, writer-director Rama Burshtein has made a compelling, disconcerting view of Israel's orthodox Hassidic community from the inside.

    First Cousin Once Removed (Alan Berliner, USA)
    Alan Berliner creates a compelling, heartfelt chronicle of poet and translator Edwin Honig’s loss of memory, language and his past due to the onslaught of Alzheimer’s. An HBO Documentary Films release. World Premiere.

    Flight (Robert Zemeckis, USA)
    Denzel Washington and Robert Zemeckis team on this tense dramatic thriller about an airline pilot who pulls off a miraculous crash landing...while flying under the influence. A Paramount Pictures release. Closing Night. World Premiere.

    Frances Ha (Noah Baumbach, USA)
    Lightning-in-a-bottle, Noah Baumbach’s love poem to his star and screenwriter Greta Gerwig recalls Godard’s early celebrations of Anna Karina, but, as a New York movie, it’s beautiful in a brand new way. [Will debut at Toronto.]

    The Gatekeepers/Shomerei Ha’saf (Dror Moreh, Israel/France/Germany/Belgium)
    Six former heads of Israel’s internal security agency, the Shin Bet, discuss their nation’s past, present and future, in what will surely be one of the most hotly discussed films of the year. A Sony Pictures Classics release. [Documentary. Debuted at Jerusalem Festival.]

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    GINGER AND ROSA

    Ginger and Rosa (Sally Potter, UK)
    Sally Potter’s riveting coming-of-age story, set in London in 1962, centers on two teenage best friends (played by the revelatory Elle Fanning and talented newcomer Alice Englert) who are driven apart by a scandalous betrayal. [Will debut at Toronto. UK release October 19, 2012.]

    Here and There/Aquí y Allá (Antonio Méndez Esparza, Spain/US/Mexico)
    After years in the U.S., Pedro returns home to his family in Mexico, but the lure of the north remains as strong as ever. A most impressive feature debut by Antonio Mendez Esparza. [Cannes.]

    Holy Motors (Léos Carax, France)
    Leos Carax’s unclassifiable, breathtaking, expansive movie—his first in 13 years—stars the great Denis Lavant as a man named Oscar who inhabits 11 different identities over a single day in Paris. An Indomina Releasing release. [Cannes.]

    Hyde Park on Hudson (Roger Michell, USA/UK)
    Bill Murray caps his career with a wily turn as FDR in this captivating comedy-drama about the President’s relationship with his cousin Margaret “Daisy” Suckley (Laura Linney). A Focus Features release. [Debut at Toronto. US theatrical release from December 7, 2012; UK, FEb. 1, 2012.]

    Kinshasa Kids (Marc-Henri Wajnberg, Belgium/France)
    Perhaps the most ebullient “musical” you’ll see this year, Marc-Henri Wajnberg’s singular documentary/fiction hybrid follows a group of street children in the Congolese capital. [Venice Days series.]


    THE LAST TIME I SAW MACAO

    The Last Time I Saw Macao/A Última Vez Que Vi Macau (João Pedro Rodrigues)
    This stunning amalgam of film noir and Chris Marker cine-essay poetically explores the psychic pull of the titular former Portuguese colony. [A cross between documentary and fiction. Locarno Festival.]

    Leviathan (Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel, USA)
    NYFF alumni Lucien Castaing-Taylor (Sweetgrass) and Véréna Paravel (Foreign Parts) team for another singular anthropological excavation, this time set inside the commercial fishing industry. [Locarno.]

    Life of Pi (Ang Lee, USA)
    Ang Lee's superb 3D adaptation of the great [Yann Martel 2001] bestseller resembles no other film. A 20th Century Fox release. Opening Night. World Premiere.


    LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE

    Like Someone in Love (Abbas Kiarostami, Japan/Iran/France)
    Master Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostmi ventures to Japan for this mysterious beautiful romantic drama about the brief encounter between an elderly professor and a young student. A Sundance Selects release. [Cannes.]

    Lines of Wellington/Linhas de Wellington (Valeria Sarmiento, France/Portugal)
    Passionate romance, brutal treachery, and selfless nobility are set against the background of Napoleon’s 1810 invasion of Portugal in Valeria Sarmiento’s intimate epic. [Debuts at Toronto.]

    Memories Look at Me/Ji Yi Wang Zhe Wo (Song Fang, China)
    Song Fang’s remarkable first feature, in which she travels from Beijing to Nanjing for a visit with her family, perfectly captures the rhythms of brief sojourns home. [Locarno.]

    Night Across the Street/La Noche de enfrente (Raul Ruiz, Chile/France)
    A final masterpiece from one of the cinema’s most magical artists, this chronicle of the final months of one Don Celso allows the late Raul Ruiz the chance to explore the thin line between fact and fiction, the living and the dead. A Cinema Guild release. [Cannes.]

    No (Pablo Larrain, Chile/USA)
    Gael Garcia Bernal stars as a Chilean adman trying to organize a campaign to unseat Pinochet in Pablo Larrain’s smart, engrossing political thriller. A Sony Pictures Classics release. [Cannes.]

    Not Fade Away (David Chase, USA)
    The debut feature from The Sopranos creator David Chase is a wise, tender and richly atmospheric portrait of a group of friends trying to start a rock band in 1960s suburban New Jersey. A Paramount Vantage release. Centerpiece. World premiere.

    Our Children/À perdre la raison (Joachim Lafosse, Belgium)
    Belgian director Joachim LaFosse turns a lurid European news story about a mad housewife into a classical tragedy. Émilie Dequenne more than fulfills the promise of her award-winning performance in [the Dardennes'] Rosetta. [Cannes.]


    RACHEL MCADAMS AND NOOMI RAPACE IN PASSION

    Passion (Brian de Palma, France/Germany)
    Brian De Palma brings great panache and a diabolical mastery of surprise to a classic tale of female competition and revenge. Noomi Rapace and Rachel McAdams are super-cool and oh so mean.

    Something in the Air/Après Mai (Olivier Assayas, France)
    Too young to have been on the May ’68 barricades, a group of young people explore their options for continuing the political struggle in Olivier Assayas’ incisive portrait of a generation. A Sundance Selects release. [Venice. November release in France.]

    Tabu (Miguel Gomes, Portugal)
    An exquisite, absurdist entry in the canon of surrealist cinema, Tabu is movie-as-dream—an evocation of irrational desires, extravagant coincidences, and cheesy nostalgia grounded in serious feeling and beliefs. An Adopt Films release. [Berlinale.]


    SABINE AZEMA IN YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET

    You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet/Vous n'avez encore rien vu (Alain Resnais, France)
    The latest from 90-year-old Alain Resnais is a wry, wistful and always surprising valentine to actors and the art of performance starring a who’s-who of French acting royalty. [French release date September 26, 2012.]

    For the filmlinc.com source of this information click on the logo above or HERE. The blurbs are from the FSLC.

    There are 32 films, several more than some years. If you followed the Filmleaf Forum 2012 Cannes thread you'll recognize AMOUR, BEYOND THE HILLS, HOLY MOTORS, LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE, NO, and YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET. I'd forgotten, but also at Cannes was Lafosse's OUR CHILDREN, and so was HERE AND THERE and Raul Ruiz's THE NIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. So that makes nine from Cannes, plus two from Venice and three from Locarno. LIFE OF PI and FLIGHT are opening and closing films that will not reward the film festival goer with anything not later to be in a local theater. This will be true of some others, including AMOUR, possibly HOLY MOTORS (both debuting theatrically at Film Forum in NYC, as I have mentioned). LIFE OF PI AND FLIGHT will have wide distribution. Films that have a US release coming outnumber those without release almost two to one.

    This one is not in the Main Slate, but part of the Gala Tribute to Nicole Kidman:

    The Paperboy (Lee Daniels USA)
    Nicole Kidman gives one of her best performances in this steamy southern gothic directed by Lee Daniels (Precious) and co-starring Zac Efron and Matthew McConaughey. A Millennium Entertainment release.

    Stills show some of the ladies.
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    A feast. Don't forget to lick the tip of your quill.
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    Nor will I fail to sharpen it. Too many pleasing things at once might cause it to go soft.

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    That's what it's all about. Looking forward to reading about the offerings. The Ang Lee sounds great, among others.
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    I'm salivating. Resnais, Ruiz and Kiarostami are 3 of my favorite filmmakers ever. Then a new movie from Ruiz's widow and closest collaborator Valeria Sarmiento! Latest films from the great Sally Potter (Yes will one day be recognized as a masterpiece) and Noah Baumbach. I'm also excited about films from two totally original Portuguese filmmakers (Gomes and Rodrigues). It's almost too much for a couple of weeks. I'd rather watch these one at a time over the next 2 years or so.

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    Telluride

    2012 TELLURIDE festival has announced its lineup

    39th Telluride Film Festival is proud to present the following new feature films to play in its main program, the ‘Show’: THE ACT OF KILLING (d. Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark, 2012); AMOUR (d. Michael Haneke, Austria, 2012); AT ANY PRICE (d. Ramin Bahrani, U.S., 2012); THE ATTACK (d. Ziad Doueiri, Lebanon-France, 2012); BARBARA (d. Christian Petzold, Germany, 2012); THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE (d. Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon, U.S., 2012); EVERYDAY (d. Michael Winterbottom, U.K., 2012); FRANCES HA (d. Noah Baumbach, U.S., 2012); THE GATEKEEPERS (d. Dror Moreh, Israel, 2012); GINGER AND ROSA (d. Sally Potter, England, 2012); THE HUNT (d. Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark, 2012); HYDE PARK ON HUDSON (d. Roger Michell, U.S., 2012); THE ICEMAN (d. Ariel Vromen, U.S., 2012); LOVE, MARILYN (d. Liz Garbus, U.S., 2012); MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN (d. Deepa Mehta, Canada-Sri Lanka, 2012); NO (Pablo Larraín, Chile, 2012); PARADISE: LOVE (d. Ulrich Seidl, Austria, 2012); PIAZZA FONTANA (d. Marco Tullio Giordana, Italy, 2012); A ROYAL AFFAIR (d. Nikolaj Arcel, Denmark, 2012); RUST & BONE (d. Jacques Audiard, France, 2012); THE SAPPHIRES (d. Wayne Blair, Australia, 2012); STORIES WE TELL (d. Sarah Polley, Canada, 2012); SUPERSTAR (d. Xavier Giannoli, France, 2012); WADJDA (d. Haifaa Al-Mansour, Saudi Arabia, 2012); WHAT IS THIS FILM CALLED LOVE? (d. Mark Cousins, Ireland-Mexico, 2012).

    Some items of interest not in the Nyff lineup: RUST AND BONE, Vinterberg's THE HUNT, PIAZZA FONTANA, Giannoli's SUPERSTAR.

    For other Telluride featured people and films go to their website here.

    Guest director is the writer Geoff Dyer.

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    TELLURIDE'S COMPLETE LINEUP

    Filmlinc (the FSLC website) has a complete list of everything to be shown at the Telluride festival on their website here. Below, main ones.

    Telluride Film Festival – New Films:

    A Royal Affair (Nikolaj Arcel, Denmark, 2012)
    The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark, 2012)
    Amour (Michael Haneke, Austria, 2012)

    At Any Price (Ramin Bahrani, US, 2012)

    The Attack (Ziad Doueiri, Lebanon/France, 2012)

    Barbara (Christian Petzold, Germany, 2012)

    The Central Park Five (Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon, US, 2012)

    Everyday (Michael Winterbottom, UK, 2012)
    
Frances Ha (Baumbach, US, 2012)

    The Gatekeepers (Dror Moreh, Israel, 2012)

    Ginger and Rosa (d. Sally Potter, England., 2012)

    The Hunt (Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark, 2012)

    Hyde Park on Hudson (Roger Michell, US, 2012)

    The Iceman (Ariel Vroman, US, 2012)
    Love, Marilyn (Liz Garbus, US, 2012)
    Midnight's Children (Deepa Mehta, Canada/Sri-Lanka, 2012)
    No (Pablo Larrain, Chile, 2012)
    Paradise: Love (Ulrich Seidl, Austria, 2012)
    Piazza Fontana (Marco Tullio Giordana, Italy, 2012)
    Rust and Bone (Jacques Audiard, France, 2012)

    The Sapphires (Wayne Blair, Australia, 2012)

    Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, Canada, 2012)

    Superstar (Xavier Giannoli, France, 2012)

    Wadjda (Haifaa Al Mansour, Saudi Arabia, 2012)
    What is this Film Called Love? (Mark Cousins, Ireland/Mexico, 2012)


    Telluride Film Festival - Classics and retrospectives:

    Geoff Dyer's Guest Director Program:
    Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, Russia, 1979)
    
Beau Travail (Claire Denis, France, 1999)

    Together (Lukas Moodysson, Sweden, 2000)

    A Tribute to Roger Corman:
    The Masque of the Red Death (US/UK, 1964)

    The Intruder (US, 1961)

    Baraka (Ron Fricke, US, 1992)
Unrelated (Joanna Hogg, UK, 2007)

    Additional Film Revivals:
    The Marvelous Life of Joan of Arc (Marco de Gastyne, France, 1929)

    Hands Up! (Clarence Badger, US, 1926)
    
I Knew Her Well (Antonio Pietrangeli, Italy, 1965)

    Retour de Flamme 2012, presented by Serge Bromberg


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    More about Tellulride



    MORE ABOUT TELLURIDE

    Ben Affleck presented his newest film ARGO (U.S., 2012) as an unofficial part of the Telluride Film Festival program known to attendees as a “Sneak Preview.”


    39th Telluride Film Festival guests and program participants include: Oskar Alegria, Nikolaj Arcel, Ramin Bahrani, Noah Baumbach, Gael García Bernal, Satya Bhabha, Wayne Blair, Katriné Boorman, Serge Bromberg, Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, Roger Corman, Marion Cotillard, Mark Cousins, C. Chapin Cutler Jr., Christine Cynn, Ziad Doueiri, Geoff Dyer, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Dave Eggers, Michael Fitzgerald, Scott Foundas, Liz Garbus, Jack Garfein, Greta Gerwig, Shirley Henderson, John Horn, Viktor Denes Huszar, Katrina Kirk, Robert Kirk, Shaun Kirk, Stephanie Kirk, Ed Lachman, Pablo Larraín, Valentina Leduc, Laura Linney, Ray Liotta, Leonard Maltin, Haifaa Al Mansour, Todd McCarthy, David McMahon, Deepa Mehta, Kad Merad, Mads Mikkelsen, The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, Dror Moreh, Kim Morgan, Errol Morris, David Moynihan, Bill Murray, Marielle Nitoslawska, Alessandro Nivola, Joshua Oppenheimer, Alexander Payne, Christian Petzold, Sarah Polley, Sally Potter, Juan Carlos Rulfo, Salman Rushdie, Carolee Schneeman, Matthias Schoenaerts, Donald Sosin, Mickey Sumner, Margarete Tiesel, Paolo Cherchi Usai, Ariel Vroman and Michael Winterbottom.

    Articles about film festivals indicate Telluride is listed as the world's most expensive to attend but also selective and cool. Hollywoor Reporter:
    Only the most passionate film buffs and serious film journalists attend Telluride. That is because they are the only people willing to spend the hefty sum required to get here (it's in the middle of nowhere, or at least a long way from any major city) and to see the films (everyone -- even journalists, who usually are granted complimentary press credentials by other fests -- must buy an expensive pass to ever see the inside of a theater). The titles aren't even revealed until the day before the festival begins. And Telluride is famous for its "TBA" screenings, which often wind up being high-profile films. Last year's Friday afternoon offered the world premiere of Payne's eventual best picture Oscar nominee The Descendants; this year's it's the unofficial world premiere of Affleck's Argo.

    Consequently, it is an ideal testing ground for a film: If a film plays well here, it's a good indication that it will play well elsewhere on the awards circuit, and it often leads to a higher-profile rollout. Three of the past four best picture Oscar winners -- Slumdog Millionaire, The King's Speech and The Artist -- played Telluride. If a film does not play well here (as happened last year with Butter), a studio can quietly begin to reposition it as a project that is not intended to compete for awards since there really aren't enough people here to crucify it beyond repair.

    The festival, realizing its value to studios, has become increasingly selective over the years about which films it accepts. These days, it won't even consider a film that previously has screened in North America. (For instance, I have heard that the highly anticipated The Master was disqualified after its writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson organized a few test screenings of it around the country this summer.) Films that already have premiered overseas, however, are still welcomed. (This is why many hot titles from Berlin, Cannes and Venice make their first stateside appearances here.)
    Promo quotes:
    While most festivals offer sightings of filmmakers as well as films, the population of Telluride — festival and town — is small enough that the ratio of auteurs to filmgoers may be higher than anywhere in the world. – Godfrey Cheshire, the New York Press

    … the undisputed gem of American film festivals." – William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligence
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    N.B.: TORONTO, just before New York.

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    Toronto, Sept. 6-12, 2012, just precedes the Nyff every year, so Toronto buzz accompanies some Lincoln Center screenings. On its current web page the TFF modestly proclaimes itself "THE LEADING PUBLIC FILM FESTIVAL in the WORLD." The TIFF's size, calendar time, and North American dominance make it a promotional platform for big fall-release American films. It's also, like the New York Film Festival, an Atlantic showplace for some of the best films that have debuted in earlier Europeam and Asiam film festivals. The Nyff differes in being more highly selective and focused on quality rather than promotion, seeking to be a careful sampling of the creme-de-la-creme of this year's new cinematic fare from around the world, including some premieres. The Nyff doesn't give awards so selection for the main slate counts a an honor in itself. It is not particularly a promotional event. But released films shown there are of course lookuing for distributors and NYFF screenings gain further prominence to a film, particularly if they garner a rave from a NY Times reviewer. Ang Lee's LIFE OF PI world premiere on the Nyff opening night will be the biggest promotion.

    Take a look at an intro piece from the SF Chronicle and you'll find Toronto is giving a debut to some of the hotest or more hyped semi-prestige fall-winter US movie releases, such as:

    ON THE ROAD (Walter Salles) (not so successful at Cannes)
    LOOPER (Rian Johnson) (Highly touted by Mike D'Angelo)
    ANNA KARENINA (Jon Wright)
    CLOUD ATLAS (Tom Tykwer)
    (Wonderful novel by David Mitchell; arguably unfilmable)
    THE MASTER (Paul Thomas Anderson) (it wasn't finished in time for Cannes)
    THE COMPANY YOU KEEP (Robert Redford)
    TO THE WONDER (Terrence Malick)
    (word is this is a fizzle)
    ARGO (Ben Affleck) (already debuted at Telluride, as mentioned above)

    And somewhat less promoted items such as

    HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA (Adam Sandler),
    END OF WATCH (Michael Pena)
    HYDE PARK ON THE HUDSON (with Bill Murray as FDR)
    THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
    (high school coming-of-ager cult novel adaptation which I liked a lot),
    SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS (Martin McDonagh) (with psycopathic thespians Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, and Chris Walken--this is likely to be hilarious and brilliant: this very bold and witty playwright's movie directing debut was the excellent 2008 IN BRUGES, also with Farrell.)
    QUARTET (Dustin Hoffman's directing debut).

    These should all open in US theaters before the end of 2012, some such as PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER and LOOPER, this month. None of them are part of the New York presentations.

    I have posted Mike D'Angelo's Toronto 2012 Twitter reviews on my website here.
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    BUT FIRST - VENICE




    Venice lineup. The P.T. Anderson seems to be the most anticipated. As mentioned it wasn't ready in time for Cannes, and now here it is.

    VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
    31 August - 10 September 2012


    One of Europe’s most prestigious film festivals, the Venice Film Festival is an opportunity not only to see cinema in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, but also to catch exciting new films fresh before they go on to play at the Toronto Film Festival in September. There is a four-day overlap, actually, between Venice and Toronto, and a two-day overlap between Toronto and the Nyff. What's a gal to do?

    MUBI has the lineup here.

    VENICE 2012 AWARDS:
    Venezia 69
    The following prizes were awarded at the 69th edition
    :

    Leone d'Oro (Golden Lion) for the best film: Pietà by Kim Ki-duk
    Leone d'Argento (Silver Lion) for the best director: Paul Thomas Anderson, for The Master
    Special Jury Prize: Paradise: Faith by Ulrich Seidl
    Coppa Volpi for the Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix, for The Master
    Coppa Volpi for the Best Actress: Hadas Yaron, for Fill the Void
    Premio Marcello Mastroianni, for the best emerging actor or actress: Fabrizio Falco, for Dormant Beauty and È stato il figlio
    Osella for Best Cinematography: Daniele Cipri for È stato il figlio
    Osella for Best Screenplay: Olivier Assayas, for Something in the Air
    "Luigi de Laurentis" Award for a Debut Film: Mold by Ali Aydın
    It's been reported that THE MASTER would have won Best Film, but for a rule that no film can win more than two prizes, which required a re-vote and led to PIETÀ's award.

    DENNIS LIM has a roundup of Venice 2012 on the NYTimes Arts Beat column. He noted that " half the titles in the official competition had religious themes" so PIETÀ's win made sense.
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    BACK TO THE NYFF





    Sept. 4, 2012: it's been announced that the press & industry screenings of the 2012 Nyff will run Sept. 14 - Oct 14. I'll be there. Stay tuned.

    This will be Filmleaf's 8th year of full coverage of the Nyff -- 2005-2011 can already be found in the Festival Coverage pages. We'll provide reviews of all the 2012 main slate films.


    The Filmleaf Festival Coverage thread for Nyff 50 (2012) begins here.
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    My favorite event at the NYFF this year: http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff2012/fil...t-masterpiece1. Of course I am biased: Bill Rothman is my friend and mentor and a main reason why I decided to return to academia.

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    Sounds good. I'll keep it in mind. But actually it is "standby" now; would be hard to get in for it.

    Oscar is referring to:

    Sun, Oct 1411:30 am (WRT)
    Re-Introducing Marnie: William Rothman on Hitchcock’s Last Masterpiece
    Alfred Hitchcock 1964
    USA | English | Format: 35mm | 130 minutes

    His friend and mentor Bill Rothman is a professor at the University of Miami.

    Prof. William Rothman, the dean of American Hitchcock scholars, will introduce and then analyze Marnie after our screening, the first presentation of a new chapter in the updated edition of his book Hitchcock: The Murderous Gaze.
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    2012 New York Film Festival
    Press & Industry Screening Schedule


    [main slate events in bold type]


    MONDAY SEPTEMBER 17
    10AM HERE AND THERE (110 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERNCE TO FOLLOW WITH DIRECTOR ANTONIO MENDEZ VIA SKYPE
    12:45PM CAMILLE REWINDS (110 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    3:30PM BERBARIAN SOUND STUDIO (92 min) (MIDNIGHT MOVIES)

    TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 18
    10AM PASSION (100 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERNCE TO FOLLOW WITH DIRECTOR BRIAN DE PALMA
    12:30PM THE BAY (84 min) (MIDNIGHT MOVIES)
    2:30PM ROMAN POLANSKI: ODD MAN OUT (88 min) (CINEMA REFLECTED Sidebar)
    **PRESS CONFERNCE TO FOLLOW VIA SKYPE WITH DIRECTOR MARINA ZENOVICH

    WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 19
    10:00AM BARBARA (105 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW VIA SKYPE WITH DIRECTOR CHRISTIAN PETZOLD
    12:45PM HYDE PARK ON HUDSON (95 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    2:45PM LIV AND INGMAR (82 min) (CINEMA REFLECTED Sidebar)

    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
    10AM ARAF (124 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW VIA SKYPE WITH DIRECTOR YEŞIM USTAOĞLU
    1:00PM FRANCES HA (86 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW WITH DIRECTOR NOAH BAUMBACH
    3:30PM YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET (115 min) (MAIN SLATE)

    FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 21
    9:30AM BEYOND THE HILLS (150 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW VIA SKYPE WITH DIRECTOR CRISTIAN MUNGUI
    1:00PM PUNK IN AFRICA (82 min) (ON THE ARTS Sidebar)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW VIA SKYPE WITH DIRECTOR DEON MAAS
    3:15PM JOHN CASSAVETES (50 min) (OPENING NIGHT OF CINEASTES)
    l4:10PM LANG/GODARD: THE DINOSAUR (61 min) (CINEASTES)

    MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
    10AM ONCE EVERY DAY (66 min) (SPECIAL SCREENINGS)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW WITH DIRECTOR RICHARD FOREMAN
    12PM DOWNPOUR (128 min) (MASTERWORKS)
    2:30PM BWAKAW (110 min) (MAIN SLATE)

    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
    10AM SHORTS PROGRAM #1 (91 min)
    12PM CELLULOID MAN (164 min) (CINEMA REFLECTED Sidebar)
    3:00PM TO BE ANNOUNCED: VIEWS FROM THE AVANT- GARDE
    PLEASE NOTE LOCATION:
    ELINOR BUNIN MUNROE FILM CENTER, 144 WEST 65 TH STREET
    3:15PM FINAL CUT – LADIES AND GENTLEMAN (85 min) (CINEMA REFLECTED Sidebar)

    WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
    9:30AM LINES OF WELLINGTON (151 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW VIA SKYPE WITH DIRECTOR VALERIA SARMIENTO
    1:00PM MEMORIES LOOK AT ME (91 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW VIA SKYPE WITH DIRECTOR SONG FANG
    3:30PM SHORTS PROGRAM # 2 (96 min)

    THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
    10AM CAESAR MUST DIE (76 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW WITH DIRECTORS PAOLO AND VITTORIO TAVIANI
    12:15PM NIGHT ACROSS THE STREET (107 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW VIA SKYPE
    3:00PM ROOM 237 (102 min) (CINEMA REFLECTED Sidebar)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW VIA SKYPE WITH DIRECTOR RODNEY ASCHER AND PRODUCER TIM KIRK

    FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28
    10:00AM LIFE OF PI (120 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW
    1:00PM LEVIATHAN (87 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW WITH DIRECTORS LUCIEN CASTAING –TAYLOR AND VERENA PARAVEL
    3:15PM DECEPTIVE PRACTICE: THE MYSTERIES AND MENTORS OF RICKY JAY (85 min) (ON THE ARTS Sidebar)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW WITH DIRECTORS MOLLY BERNSTEIN AND ALAN EDELSTEIN

    MONDAY OCTOBER 1
    10AM TABU (118 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW VIA SKYPE WITH DIRECTOR MIGUEL GOMES
    1:00PM BEYOND THE HILLS (150 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW WITH DIRECTOR CRISTIAN MUNGUI
    3:00PM KINSHASA KIDS (85 min) (MAIN SLATE)

    TUESDAY OCTOBER 2
    10AM FIRST COUSIN ONCE REMOVED (78 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW WITH DIRECTOR ALAN BERLINER
    12:15PM FILL THE VOID (90 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    3:30PM TO BE ANNOUNCED: VIEWS FROM THE AVANT-GARDE
    PLEASE NOTE LOCATION:
    ELINOR BUNIN MUNROE FILM CENTER, 144 WEST 65 TH STREET

    WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 3
    11:00AM OUR CHILDREN (111 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW VIA SKYPE WITH DIRECTOR JOACHIM LAFOSSE
    2:00PM THE PAPERBOY (107 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW

    THURSDAY OCTOBER 4
    10AM LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE (109 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW WITH DIRECTOR ABBAS KIAROSTAMI
    1:00PM THE LAST TIME I SAW MACAO (85 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    3:15PM SOMETHING IN THE AIR (122 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW WITH DIRECTOR OLIVIER ASSAYAS

    FRIDAY OCTOBER 5
    P&I OFFICE OPEN FROM 9AM – 5PM
    10AM NOT FADE AWAY (112 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW
    1:00PM AMOUR (127 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW WITH DIRECTOR MICHAEL HANEKE
    4:00PM OUTRAGE BEYOND (112 min) (MIDNIGHT MOVEIS)

    MONDAY OCTOBER 8
    10AM GINGER AND ROSA (89 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW WITH DIRECTOR SALLY POTTER
    PLEASE NOTE LOCATION:
    ELINOR BUNIN MUNROE FILM CENTER, 144 WEST 65 TH STREET

    TUESDAY OCTOBER 9
    10AM HOLY MOTORS (115 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW
    1:00PM THE GATEKEEPERS (97 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW
    3:30PM COUSIN JULES (91 min)
    (MASTERWORKS)

    WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 10
    10AM THE DEAD MAN AND BEING HAPPY (94 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW WITH DIRECTOR JAVIER REBOLLO

    THURSDAY OCTOBER 11
    NO SCREENINGS

    FRIDAY OCTOBER 12
    10AM No (110 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW

    SATURDAY OCTOBER 13
    NO SCREENINGS

    SUNDAY OCTOBER 14
    9AM FLIGHT (138 min) (MAIN SLATE)
    **PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW
    Last edited by Chris Knipp; 09-19-2012 at 07:39 AM.

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