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46th New York Film FestivalHappy-Go-Lucky – Press & Industry Screening & ConferenceMonday, September 26, 2008Walter Reader Theater – New York, NY
(L to R: Sally Hawkins, Mike Leigh & Lisa Schwarzbaum)
Photo by Brian Geldin

Happy-Go-Lucky is UK filmmaker Mike Leigh’s latest film, a comedy about a free-spirited 30-year-old British lass named Poppy played with great charm by [...]

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46th New York Film FestivalWendy and Lucy – Press Screening & ConferenceMonday, September 15, 2008Walter Reader Theater – New York, NY

(Wendy and Lucy director Kelly Reichardt.)
Monday I attended I my first press screening and conference at the New York Film Festival. I had always gone to the public screenings in the past where I would [...]

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The New York Film Festival is quickly approaching, and the Film Society of Lincoln Center has sent me their announcement on all the various HBO Films Dialogues, panel discussions and other special screening events for its 46th annual festival. Last year, the NYFF made it into The Film Panel Notetaker’s top 10 panels of 2007. [...]

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I know we still have about a month and a half of summer left, but I was reminded today when I received the press release for the 46th New York Film Festival line-up that fall will soon be upon us, and I for one cannot wait! It’s no secret that fall is The Film Panel [...]

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45th New York Film FestivalRedactedOctober 11, 2007

Press conference with De Palma for RedactedPhoto Credit: GODLIS
Last night at the New York Film Festival, I saw Brian DePalma’s latest film Redacted, which has been met with controversy, not only for its dark, unsettling portrait of a fictionalized account of an actual incident that occurred during the Iraq [...]

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45th New York Film FestivalHBO Films Directors Dialogues: Wes AndersonOctober 10, 2007

NYFF screening of The Darjeeling Limited. (L to R) Jason Schwartzman, Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola. Photo Credit: GODLIS
Wednesday at the New York Film Festival, Kent Jones (KJ), Associate Director of Programming of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, conducted the HBO Film Directors [...]

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45th New York Film FestivalHBO Directors Dialogue: Todd HaynesOctober 6, 2007

Todd Haynes in New York Film Fesival’s Green Room for I’m Not There. Photo Credit: C.J.Contino

Saturday at the New York Film Festival, Village Voice film critic J. Hoberman conducted an HBO Directors Dialogues with filmmaker Todd Haynes whose new film, I’m Not There, premiered at [...]

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45th New York Film FestivalI’m Not ThereOctober 4, 2007
Cate Blanchett as Jude in I’m Not There. Directed by Todd Haynes, US, 2007; 136m. Photo Credit: Jonathan Wenk/TWC 2007
I’m Not There opens in limited release at Film Forum in New York on Nov. 21.
Last night at the New York Film Festival, I saw Todd Haynes’ [...]

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