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 During the first full week of The 62nd New York Film Festival, I attended a screening of the new musical crime drama “Emilia Pérez”, starring Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez.  Synopsis When a drug dealer wants to retire and have a sex change operation, can the lawyer he hires help him?Story Rita (Saldaña) is an overworked and underappreciated lawyer working in Mexico. 

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 On the opening weekend of the 62nd New York Film Festival, I attended a screening of the horror comedy, “Rumours”, starring Cate Blanchett.  Synopsis When the leaders of the G7 countries meet for a summit, will they be able to survive attacks by mysterious beings?Story The leaders of the G7 countries gather for a summit in Germany, hosted by the country’s Chancellor Hilda Orlmann (

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At the beginning of the first week of the 62nd New York Film Festival, I attended a screening of “Maria”, starring Angelina Jolie. Synopsis The final days of the late opera singer Maria Callas as she resides in Paris post-retirement.  Story Maria Callas (Jolie) has been retired from her career as a world-famous opera singer for about the past four years – and she’s miserable. 

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 At the opening weekend of the 62nd New York Film Festival, I attended a screening of the comedy-drama “Anora”, starring Mikey Madison and directed by Sean Baker.  Synopsis When a young sex worker marries a wealthy Russian, will their marriage survive despite his parents’ objections?Story Anora (Madison), 23, prefers to go by the name Ani; she lives in Brooklyn with her sister, who

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 Recently, I attended a screening at Lincoln Center for the new French drama directed by Catherine Breillat “Last Summer”. Synopsis When a woman has an affair with her husband’s teenage son from a previous marriage, what impact will this have on everyone’s relationship?Story Anne and Pierre (Léa Drucker, Olivier Rabourdin) appear to be happily married; she’s a successful lawyer and he’s

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 This week at Lincoln Center, I attended an advance screening of the new comedy-drama, “Kinds Of Kindness”, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Jesse Plemons.  Synopsis Three vignettes about the strange lives of different characters as they struggle to make sense of their life.  Story "The Death of R.M.F":  In order to display loyalty to

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 Recently at Lincoln Center, I attended an advance screening of the new HBO documentary, “Movie Pass, Movie Crash”.  Synopsis When the Movie Pass business seems to become successful, can it stay afloat in the face of insufficient revenue and dishonest executive management?Story In a seemingly short eight year period, a revolutionary new company called Movie Pass came and went with

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 This weekend, I attended the opening night of the new comedy “The Feeling That The Time For Doing Something Has Passed”, written/directed and starring Joanna Arnow. Synopsis Will a woman who explores the BDSM lifestyle be able to find the “Mr. Right” or will she have to settle for “Mr. Right Now”?Story Ann (Arnow) is feeling somewhat stuck both personally and professionally.  Her

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 Recently, I attended an advance screening of “Challengers”, starring Zendaya and directed by Luca Guadagnino.  Synopsis When an aging tennis player seeks a comeback, can he defeat an old ally despite the fact that one of them is being coached by a woman who has had a relationship with both of them?Story At the age of 31, Patrick (Josh O'Connor) realizes he’s nearing the end of his

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 This week, I attended a special screening at Lincoln Center for the historical drama, “The Peasants”, Poland's Oscar® Entry for Best International Feature Film from Sony Pictures Classics.  Synopsis When a young woman casts aside traditional values to live her own life as she sees fit, will she be able to overcome the unfounded rumors that are surrounding her by the jealousy older

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 This week at Film At Lincoln Center, I attended a special screening of the historical drama, “The Promised Land” starring Mads Mikkelsen.  It is Denmark's Oscar® Entry for Best International Feature Film.  Synopsis When a Danish army veteran is granted land on which to farm, will he be able to succeed despite a vengeful nobleman who sees him as an interloper?Story In 1755,

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 At the close of the first weekend of the 61st New York Film Festival, I attended a screening of the Finnish romantic comedy “Fallen Leaves”, directed by  Aki Kaurismäki.   Synopsis When two lonely people fail to connect due to a variety of circumstances, can they overcome each other’s shortcomings to finally become a couple?Story Helsinki residents Ansa (Alma Pöysti) and

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 At the close of the middle weekend of the 61st New York Film Festival, I attended a screening of the new comedy-drama by playwright and first-time director Annie Baker, “Janet Planet”.  Synopsis A single mother and her daughter spend their summer together as various people drift in and out of their life in rapid succession. Story It’s the early 1990’s in Western Massachusetts

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 Recently at Film at Lincoln Center, I attended an advance screening of the new historical drama, “Rustin”, starring Colman Domingo in the title role.  Synopsis The personal and professional struggles of civil rights activist/organizer Bayard Rustin as he attempts to plan the historic March On Washington. StoryBeing an African-American has never been easy – and when you’re both a

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 During the first full week of the 61st New York Film Festival, I attended the U.S. Premiere of the new Japanese drama, “Evil Does Not Exist”.  Synopsis When a corporation seeks to build a “glamping” site in a rural area, will the residents who oppose it be able to prevent its construction?StoryHarasawa is a small rural village in Japan where Takumi and his daughter Hana live. 

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 On the middle weekend of the 61st New York Film Festival, I attended the U.S. Premiere of the new Romanian comedy from Radu Jude, “Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World”. Synopsis A day in the life of an overworked and underpaid production assistant for an instructional video about workplace safety.  Story Angela (Ilinca Manolache) has a long and very busy day driving all

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 On the opening weekend of the 61st New York Film Festival, I attended the World Premiere of the new science-fiction drama, “Foe” starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal. Synopsis When climate change forces the government to recruit people to help save the planet, will this threaten a couple’s marriage?Story In the year 2065, Henrietta and Junior (Ronan and Mescal) live in a ramshackle

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 During the final week of the 61st New York Film Festival, I attended a screening of the World Premiere of first three episodes of the new Showtime comedy series, “The Curse”, starring Emma Stone, Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie. Synopsis When a recently-married couple gets a TV show to do a home makeover for the underprivileged, will they be able to find success even after a curse is

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 On the final weekend of the 61st New York Film Festival, I attended a special screening of the new crime adventure, “The Killer”, directed by David Fincher and starring Michael Fassbender in the title role.  Synopsis When a paid assassin’s latest assignment goes awry, will he be able to find who tried to have him murdered afterwards?Story When you’re a paid assassin (Fassbender),

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 On the closing night of the 61st New York Film Festival, I attended the North American Premiere of the biographical drama, “Ferrari”, directed by Michael Mann and starring Adam Driver in the title role, Penélope Cruz and  Shailene Woodley.  Synopsis When race car manufacturer Enzo Ferrari is at risk of losing his business and his marriage, which one will he choose to preserve?

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 This week at the 61st New York Film Festival, I attended the U.S. Premiere of the new comedy-drama from Argentina, “The Delinquents”.  Synopsis When a bank employee embezzles money for his retirement, he asks a co-worker to temporarily hold onto the sum – but once this co-worker becomes involved, how will both of their lives change?StoryMorán (Daniel Elías) works as a

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 This year’s Centerpiece screening of the 61st New York Film Festival was the North American Premiere of the biographical drama “Priscilla”, written and directed by Sofia Coppola. Synopsis The life of Priscilla Wagner as Elvis Presley’s girlfriend and wife.Story In 1959, Priscilla Wagner-Beaulieu (Cailee Spaeny) is a 14 year old military brat living at a base in Germany with her parents.&

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 This week at the 61st New York Film Festival, I attended the U.S. Premiere of the new action comedy “Hit Man”, directed by Richard Linklater.  Synopsis When a college professor is recruited to go undercover as a hit man for the police, can he pull it off without risking his own life?Story Gary Johnson (Glen Powell) is living a perfectly satisfying life as a professor of Philosophy

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 In the first full week of the 61st New York Film Festival, I attended the North American Premiere of the biographical drama, “Maestro”, directed by Bradley Cooper who also stars with Carey Mulligan.  Synopsis The personal and professional life of composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein.StoryAt 9:30AM on a mooning in 1947, Leonard Bernstein (Cooper) got the telephone call that

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 On the opening weekend of the 61st edition of The New York Film Festival, I attended a screening of the new science fiction comedy “Poor Things”, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Mark Ruffalo.  Synopsis When an acclaimed surgeon successfully revives a dead woman, will he be able to control his new creation?StoryIn Victorian Era Scotland, Dr.

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