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Alexander Payne's 'The Descendants' To Close The New York Film Festival

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • August 17, 2011 5:28 AM
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Impressive Main Slate Includes 'The Artist,' 'Shame,' 'Le Havre,' 'Melancholia,' 'Miss Bala,' 'The Kid With The Bike' & MoreWith TIFF and Venice solidifying their lineups, organizers at the New York Film Festival revealed their full main slate today and it's pretty impressive. Kicking things off, the fest announced that Alexander Payne's "The Descendants" has landed the Closing Night Gala slot. To refresh your memory, the film is co-written by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, and follows the story of a wealthy Hawaiian man named Matt King (Clooney), who takes his daughters (Shailene Woodley and Amara Miller) on a road trip to find the man his wife has been having an affair with after a boating accident leaves her critically injured. Beau Bridges, Matthew Lillard, Judy Greer, Robert Forster, Mary Birdsong and Nick Krause all co-star in the film which Payne has described as, “a drama with a light touch. Or it aspires to have a light touch.” The film will hit theaters on November 23rd.
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More: Films, Foreign Films, Shame, The Descendants, Pina, Melancholia, Martha Marcy May Marlene, The Turin Horse, The Kid With The Bike, Miss Bala, Le Havre, The Artist, New York Film Festival

'A Dangerous Method' & 'The Skin I Live In' Latest Gala Presentations At New York Film Festival

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • August 15, 2011 5:03 AM
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Get ready New York, the stars are on their way for the New York Film Festival and this afternoon, organizers announced two big additional special gala presentations to the slate.
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More: Films, Foreign Films, A Dangerous Method, The Skin I Live In, New York Film Festival

'My Week With Marilyn' Starring Michelle Williams To Make World Premiere At New York Film Festival

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • August 4, 2011 3:57 AM
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One film noticeably absent from the recent announcements for TIFF and Venice has been "My Week with Marilyn," teased by Film Society Lincoln Center in a Tweet this morning as a "movie about movies. Based on a forgotten chapter from memoir about young asst aiming to break into biz." Well, the New York Film Festival now has its centerpiece and another strong film added to the line-up for what will be a starry showing in the Big Apple this fall.
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More Photos From New York Film Festival Opener, Roman Polanski's 'Carnage'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • July 29, 2011 7:51 AM
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Also A Sneak Peek At Alexander Payne's 'The DescendantsAh, the sour taste of buttered popcorn is dissipating and the headier airs of the fall film festival circuit are upon us, as peeks at the films vying for awards are going to be coming in full force.
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More: Films, The Descendants, Carnage, New York Film Festival

New Restoration Of Nicholas Ray's 'We Can't Go Home Again' To Premiere At Venice & New York Fests

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • May 18, 2011 4:36 AM
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Nicholas Ray is a truly fascinating figure. The filmmaker, who was born 100 years ago this year, directed a series of hugely influential pictures in the 1940s and 1950s, most notably "Johnny Guitar" and "Rebel Without a Cause," but never quite got the respect he was due in the States (although the Cahiers du Cinema crowd were obsessed with him), and spent much of his life in the throes of drug and alcohol addiction, working on difficult, experimental projects.
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More: Films, Vintage Directors, '70s Films, Nicholas Ray, Venice, New York Film Festival, We Can't Go Home Again

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