The 57th Annual New York Film Festival begins today and runs through October 13th. In the Main Slate, there will be twenty-nine feature films from seventeen countries with "The Irishman", the latest from Martin Scorsese, as the Opening Selection. This epic crime drama (at 209 minutes!) examines the life of Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran (Robert DeNiro), a hitman that worked for the mob family of Russell Bufalino (Joe Pesci) and his involvement in the disappearance of labor union leader, Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino) who also happened to be his longtime friend.
The Centerpiece Selection is "Marriage Story", Noah Baumbach’s new film about the beginning and the end of a relationship between a married couple; a theater director (Adam Driver) and an actress (Scarlett Johansson). This dramatic-comedy appears inspired in part by Baumbach's divorce from actress Jennifer Jason Leigh.
"Motherless Brooklyn", actor Edward Norton's new film as a writer/director, has been chosen as the Closing Night Selection. Norton also stars in this New York set period drama (based on the novel by Jonathan Lethem) about a private investigator with Tourette syndrome trying to solve the mystery involving the death of his mentor (Bruce Willis). Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Bobby Cannavale, Alec Baldwin and Willem Dafoe co-star.
Some Special Events at this year's fest include the New York Premiere of "Joker" with a discussion with director, Todd Phillips and star, Joaquin Phoenix; a Screenwriting Master Class with writer/director, Olivier Assayas and a screening of his latest feature, "Wasp Network" that stars Penélope Cruz and Édgar Ramirez; and the one I can't wait to see, "The Cotton Club Encore", Francis Ford Coppola's re-cut, restored and re-imagined version of his 1984 drama that featured an impressive cast that included Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee, Bob Hoskins, Laurence Fishburne and Gregory and Maurice Hines.
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2019 NY Film Fest
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