46th new york film festival.

[Stefen]

Trash Thumpers is going to make me sick and I can't wait to watch it. Did anyone see Broken Embraces? I know Mod got tix, but did you make it to the screening?

[Astrostic]

I think you're asking me, so I'll answer.  I didn't go to Broken Embraces, because it has distribution in Canada already, and paying $20 for a film I could pay $7 for is not my idea of a good time.

My issues with Trash Humpers has nothing to do with the tastelessness of the content, but that the film, after 15-20 minutes, is very boring and repetitive.  Also, even if you don't get bored, there's not much to make you sick, unless you get sick watching grown people act like morons.

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Opening Night
THE SOCIAL NETWORK, David Fincher, 2010, USA, 120 min

Centerpiece
THE TEMPEST, Julie Taymor, 2010, USA, 110 min

Closing Night
HEREAFTER, Clint Eastwood, 2010, USA, 126 min

ANOTHER YEAR, Mike Leigh, 2010, UK, 129 min
AURORA, Cristi Puiu, 2010, Romania, 181 min
BLACK VENUS, (Venus noire), Abdellatif Kechiche, France, 166 min
CARLOS, Olivier Assayas, 2010, France, 319 min
CERTIFIED COPY (Copie conformé), Abbas Kiarostami, 2010, France/Italy, 106 min
FILM SOCIALISME, Jean-Luc Godard, 2010, Switzerland, 101 min
INSIDE JOB, Charles Ferguson, 2010, USA, 120 min
LE QUATTRO VOLTE, Michelangelo Frammartino, 2010, Italy, 88 min
LENNON NYC, Michael Epstein, 2010, USA, 115 min
MEEK'S CUTOFF, Kelly Reichardt, 2010, USA, 104 min
MY JOY (Schastye moe), Sergei Loznitsa, 2010, Ukraine/Germany, 127 min
MYSTERIES OF LISBON (Misterios de Lisboa), Raul Ruiz, Portugal/France, 272 min
OF GODS AND MEN (Des homes et des dieux), Xavier Beauvois, 2010, France, 120 min
OKI'S MOVIE (Ok hui ui yeonghwa), Hong Sang-soo, 2010, South Korea, 80 min
OLD CATS (Gatos viejos), Sebastian Silva, 2010, Chile, 88 min
POETRY (Shi), Lee Chang-dong, 2010, South Korea, 139 min
POST MORTEM, Pablo Larrain, 2010, Chile/Mexico/Germany, 98 min
REVOLUCION, Mariana Chenillo, Fernando Embecke, Amat Escalante, Gael Garcia
Bernal, Rodrigo Garcia, Diego Luna, Gerardo Naranjo, Rodrigo Plá, Carlos Reygadas,
Patricia Riggen, 2010, Mexico, 110 min
THE ROBBER (Der Räuber), Benjamin Heisenberg, Austria/Germany, 90 min
ROBINSON IN RUINS, Patrick Keiller, 2010, UK, 101 min
SILENT SOULS (Ovsyanki), Alexei Fedorchenko, Russia, 75 min
THE STRANGE CASE OF ANGELICA (O estranho caso de Angélica), Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal, 97 min
TUESDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS (Marti, dupa craciun), Radu Muntean, Romania, 99 min
UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL PAST LIVES (Lung Boonmee raluek chat), Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010, UK/Thailand, 113 min
WE ARE WHAT WE ARE (Somos lo que hay), Jorge Michel Grau, Mexico, 90 min

SO not into this lineup!  i really want to see Broken Embraces The Social Network and... thats about it.

[Astrostic]

Well, for anyone who isn't into this line-up but still wants to see some completely awesome cinema, I can personally vouch for Uncle Boonmee, Certified Copy, Tuesday After Christmas, and Le Quattro Volte, which, along with Blue Valentine, are up there with the very best films of this year.  Poetry, Strange Case of Angelica, My Joy, and Aurora ain't too shabby, neitha. Film Socialism for the adventurous.  Another strong year for NYFF, proving again that NYers are the luckiest cineastes on the planet.

[matt35mm]

The Social Network is 120 minutes?  That's really surprising.  From the script, I thought the running time would be at least 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Also, someone go see Meek's Cutoff and report back, please!  I'm really looking forward to it.

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I wish NYFF were TIFF. 

[Stefen]

Uncle Boonmee is the one that won the Palme d'Or right?

Meek's Cutoff should be really great. Old Joy and especially Wendy and Lucy were fantastic.

[Reinhold]

i know that i should know this, but how do you get tickets for these screenings?

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Tickets go on sale to the general public on Sunday, September 12.
http://filmlinc.com/nyff/index.html

Members get first crack at tickets.
http://filmlinc.com/membership/membership_pro.htm

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excerpt from Todd McCarthy's blog about the NYFF selection process:

Sometimes, of course, we were mixed or positive with reservations, and we would generally put these titles on a back burner for further consideration, once we'd seen what else was out there; you don't want to book your festival so completely that there's no room for entries viewed on the final day.

In this department, the gorilla in the room was Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life." As late as early May, the reclusive auteur's incipient effort was still awaited as a possible last-minute entry at Cannes. After its non-appearance there, it was considered a sure thing for the Venice-Toronto-New York circuit. We got excited when we learned it wouldn't make those first two fall-season festivals but would almost certainly be ready for us in New York, which allowed us to dare to dream of the most brilliant closing night attraction ever.

All through our recent two weeks in the dark, we received periodic updates and tentative promises about the imminent arrival of the film for us to view; even well into the second week we were still being thus tantalized. Finally, of course, came word that Malick was still not done and it now seems clear the picture will not be opening this year. I can't prove it, of course, and he's supposedly set to start shooting a new film in Oklahoma in October, but I'm convinced we won't be seeing "The Tree of Life" until, at the earliest, the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Or perhaps it could turn up at the New York Film Festival a year from now.

http://blogs.indiewire.com/toddmccarthy/archives/up_in_the_basement/

[samsong]

saw two at nyff tonight.  poetry was disappointing for lee chang dong as i expect nothing short of greatness from him (this was relatively long-winded and impotent) but a decent enough movie in and of itself, i guess.  uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives is easily "joe" weerasethakul's most confounding film, which is saying a lot considering how elusive his work already is.  not quite the mind-blowing experience that i hoped it would be but it made good on at least providing me the pleasure that i expect from a new film of his.  i want to see it again immediately.

going to see as many as i can.  certified copy is my top priority.