NYFF - First Cut
New York Film Festival
Alice Tully Hall, Walter Reade Theater
25 Sept - 11 October
Once again, this finely curated festival makes it hard to do anything else for seventeen days running. Just trying to see the movies currently without U.S. distribution is a rewarding challenge.
Here’s my aspirational list:
36 Vues du Pic Saint-Loup / Around a Small Mountain
Jacques Rivette, 2009, France
Variety. review
La Barbe-Bleu / Bluebeard
Catherine Breillat, 2009, France
IMDb entry
Cheongchun’s Sipjaro / Crossroads of Youth
An Jong-hwa, 1934, Korea
Variety. article
Singularidades de Uma Rapariga Loura / Eccentricities of a Blond Hair Girl
Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal/France, 2009
IMDb entry
Alle Anderen / Everyone Else
Maren Ade, 2009, Germany
IMDb entry
Ghost Town
Zhao Dayong, 2008, China
Distributor’s website
Hadewijch
Bruno Dumont, 2009, France
Toronto International Film Festival summary
Independencia
Raya Martin, 2009, Philippines/France/Germany/Netherlands
Toronto International Film Festival summary
Kanikosen
Sabu, 2009, Japan
Asian Media Wiki entry
Lebanon
Samuel Maoz, 2009, Israel
Reuters India article
Life During Wartime
Todd Solondz, 2009, USA
IMDb entry
Min Ye… (Tell Me Who You Are)
Souleymane Cissé, 2009, Mali/France
Screen Daily review
Maedo / Mother
Bong Joon-Ho, 2009, South Korea
IMDb entry
Ne Change Rien
Pedro Costa, 2009, France/Portugal
Filmmaker’s website
Poltory Komnaty Ili Sentimentalnoe Puteshestvie na Rodinu / A Room and a Half
Andrey Khrzhanovsky, 2009, Russia
IMDb entry
Sweetgrass
Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor, 2009, USA
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Tatarak / Sweet Rush
Andrzej Wajda, 2009, Poland
IMDb entry
Morrer Como Um Homem / To Die Like a Man
João Pedro Rodrigues, 2009, Portugal
IMDb entry
Trash Humpers
Harmony Korine, 2009, USA
Toronto International Film Festival summary
White Material
Claire Denis, 2009, France
Toronto International Film Festival summary
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