Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter New York Film Festival will serve as the world premiere of Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s genre-defying series “The Curse,” led by Emma Stone; and Garth Davis’s science-fiction drama “Foe,” starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal.
They will screen as part of Spotlight, which Film at Lincoln Center describes as a selection of “significant and surprising films, one-of-a-kind presentations including adventurous portraits of creative minds, one-night only events with live musical accompaniment, bold short films by acclaimed directors, and probing documentaries.” As previously announced, Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro” will hold its North American premiere on Oct.
2 as the Spotlight Gala screening. Additional highlights in Spotlight are Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and the Heron”; a late-night showing of Harmony Korine’s “AGGRO DR1FT”; Richard Linklater’s existential comedy “Hit Man,” starring and co-written by Glen Powell; Sean Price Williams’s feature debut “The Sweet East”; and Trân Anh Hùng’s Cannes prize winner “The Taste of Things,” starring Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel.
Documentaries that will play in Spotlight include Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson’s Sundance-awarded “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project”; Steve McQueen’s “Occupied City”; Errol Morris’ John le Carré portrait “The Pigeon Tunnel”; Frederick Wiseman’s “Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros”; and and Neo Sora’s “Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus.” The 61st edition of the New York Film Festival will take place from Sept.
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