Director Mike Mills and star Annette Bening will present the world premiere of 20th CENTURY WOMEN at the New York Film Festival (photo by Merrick Morton)
Film Society of Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater, Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center,
Bruno Walter Auditorium, Alice Tully Hall
West 65th St. between Broadway & Amsterdam Ave.
September 30 – October 16
212-875-5601
www.filmlinc.org/nyff2016
The fifty-fourth New York Film Festival gets under way on September 30 with Ava DuVernay’s 13th, kicking off more than two weeks of screenings and special events at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The centerpiece selection is Mike Mills’s 20th Century Woman, with James Gray’s The Lost City of Z closing things on October 15. Divided into Main Slate, Convergence, Explorations, Projections, Retrospectives, Revivals, and Spotlight on Documentary, this year’s lineup also features works by Paul Verhoeven, Bertrand Tavernier, Gianfranco Rosi, Bill Morrison, Cristian Mungiu, Ken Loach, Errol Morris, Pedro Almodóvar, Kenneth Lonergan, Jim Jarmusch, Olivier Assayas, Cristi Puiu, Kenneth Lonergan, Eugène Green, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Douglas Gordon, and Hong Sang-soo, most of whom will be on hand for Q&As following select screenings. “A Brief Journey through French Cinema” includes films by Bertrand Tavernier, Robert Bresson, Jacques Becker, Julien Duvivier, Jean-Pierre Melville, and Jean Renoir, while a tribute to Henry Hathaway boasts a dozen movies, from Garden of Evil and Kiss of Death to Niagara and Rawhide. Among this year’s Revivals are Gillo Pontecorvo’s restored The Battle of Algiers, Bresson’s L’argent, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s Memories of Underdevelopment, and Marlon Brando’s One-Eyed Jacks. Below is a list of one highlight per day; keep checking twi-ny for reviews and further information.
Saturday, October 1
through
Sunday, October 16
Lives in Transit video installation by Global Lives Project, free, Furman Gallery, Walter Reade Theater
Saturday, October 1
Gimme Danger (Jim Jarmusch, 2016), followed by a Q&A with Jim Jarmusch and Iggy Pop, Alice Tully Hall, $25, 9:15
Sunday, October 2
Meet the Makers: Sherlock Holmes & the Internet of Things, with Lance Weller and Nick Fortugno, Howard Gilman Theater, free, 1:00
Wednesday, October 3
“The Psychology of Storytelling: Lindsay Doran,” with Oscar-nominated producer and studio executive Lindsay Doran, Howard Gilman Theater, 6:45
Tuesday, October 4
Dawson City: Frozen Time (Bill Morrison, 2016), followed by a Q&A with Bill Morrison, Francesca Beale Theater, $15, 9:00
Wednesday, October 5
Film Comment Live: A Quiet Passion (Terence Davies, 2016), followed by a Q&A with Terence Davies, Cynthia Nixon, and Sol Papadopoulos, Walter Reade Theater, 6:00
Thursday, October 6
The Death of Louis XIV (Albert Serra, 2016), followed by a Q&A with Albert Serra and Jean-Pierre Léaud, Alice Tully Hall, $20, 6:00
Friday, October 7
Harlan County USA, (Barbara Kopple, 1976), followed by a Q&A with Barbara Kopple, Walter Reade Theater, $15, 6:00
Saturday, October 8
Projections Program 2: Beyond Landscape, short films followed by Q&As with directors Rosa Barba, Tomonari Nishikawa, Sky Hopinka, and Brigid McCaffrey, Howard Gilman Theater, $15, 5:15
The one and only Jean-Pierre Léaud and director Albert Serra will be at the New York Film Festival to screen and discuss THE DEATH OF LOUIS XIV
Sunday, October 9
Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan (Linda Saffire & Adam Schlesinger, 2016), followed by a Q&A with Wendy Whelan, Linda Saffire, Adam Schlesinger, and other crew members, Walter Reade Theater, 3:30
Monday, October 10
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (Alexis Bloom & Fisher Stevens, 2016), followed by a Q&A with Carrie Fisher, Alexis Bloom, and Fisher Stevens, Alice Tully Hall, $20, 6:00
Tuesday, October 11
My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea (Dash Shaw, 2016), followed by a Q&A with Dash Shaw, Howard Gilman Theater, $20, 6:00
Wednesday, October 12
Spotlight on Documentary: The Cinema Travellers (Shirley Abraham & Amit Madheshiya, 2016), followed by a Q&A with Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya, Francesca Beale Theater, $15, 9:00
Thursday, October 13
HBO Directors Dialogues: Paul Verhoeven discussing Elle, Elinor Bunin Munroe amphitheater, free, 7:00
Friday, October 14
Explorations: Everything Else (Natalia Almada, 2016), followed by a Q&A with producer Daniela Alatorre, Walter Reade Theater, $15, 4:00
Saturday, October 15
Elle (Paul Verhoeven, 2016), followed by a Q&A with Paul Verhoeven and Isabelle Huppert, Alice Tully Hall, 3:00