54th New York Film Fest at Lincoln Center

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Published on Monday, 15 August 2016 15:56

Written by Brad Balfour

The 13th

Featuring work from around the world from new and legendary directors alike, the 54th New York Film Festival focuses on a theme of “internal landscapes” and “the urgency of self-realization.”

Running from September 30 to October 16 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the festival opens with The 13th, Selma director Ava DuVernay’s documentary on the loophole in the 13th Amendment that allowed for a progression from slavery to the horrors of mass incarceration and the prison industry.

20th Century Women is the Centerpiece film. Directed by Mike Mills, this World Premiere is warm, funny, and a work of passionate comedy.

James Gray’s Lost City of Z, starring Charlie Hunnam as a British explorer on a quixotic search for a lost city in the Amazon, closes the festival.

The 54th New York Film Festival’s main slate features a selection of 25 films from around the globe. Among the other main slate of films are:

• Certain Women
  Directed by Kelly Reichardt
  
  
• Elle
  Directed by Paul Verhoeven
  
  
• Graduation / Bacalaureat
  Directed by Cristian Mungiu
  
  
• I, Daniel Blake
  Directed by Ken Loach
  
  
• Julieta
  Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
  
  
• Manchester by the Sea
  Directed by Kenneth Lonergan
  
  
• Neruda
  Directed by Pablo Larraín
  
  
• Paterson
  Directed by Jim Jarmusch
  
  
• Personal Shopper
  Directed by Olivier Assayas
  
  
• Sieranevada
  Directed by Cristi Puiu

• Things to Come / L’Avenir
  Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve
  
  
• The Unknown Girl
  Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
  
  
• Yourself and Yours
  Directed by Hong Sangsoo

It wouldn’t be a festival without a slate of revivals too.

Kenji Mizoguchi’s classic ghost tale, Ugetsu Monogatari, is on display with a pristine new restoration. Marlon Brando’s sole shot at directing, One-Eyed Jacks, loosely based on the life of Billy the Kid, was the last film shot at Paramount using the VistaVision (an early form of widescreen) and has been restored under the supervision of Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.

Gillo Pontecorvo’s Battle of Algiers, a film that is woefully always relevant, follows Algeria’s brutal fight for independence from France, is being screened with a new 4K restoration.

 

The NYFF also features a section called Convergence, a slate of “non-traditional film experiences” that use virtual reality, augmented reality, and installations that explore themes of war, religion, domestic violence, and life in a hyper connected world.

To learn more, go to: http://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2016/

54th New York Film Festival
September 30 - October 16, 2016

Film Society of Lincoln Center
144 W 65th St.
New York, NY 10023