The New York Film Festival main slate is out. We already knew about the opening, closing and centerpiece films. Among the others featured are Jim Jarmsuch’s “Paterson” and Kenneth Lonergan’s “Manchester by the Sea.”
The list is good, but some of these films will have played at Cannes, Venice, Telluride and Toronto. There’s a scarcity of good festival films this year, that’s for sure. It doesn’t help that Warren Beatty isn’t showing “Rules Don’t Apply.”
BUT: There’s good money riding on Martin Scorsese showing “Silence” as the surprise screening. He did it a few years ago with “Hugo.” He told me he’s scoring in October, but Scorsese could use temp music if the picture is ready. That would be exciting.
The 54th New York Film Festival Main Slate
Opening Night
The 13th
Directed by Ava DuVernay
Centerpiece
20th Century Women
Directed by Mike Mills
Closing Night
The Lost City of Z
Directed by James Gray
Aquarius
Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Certain Women
Directed by Kelly Reichardt
Elle
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Fire at Sea / Fuocoammare
Directed by Gianfranco Rosi
Graduation / Bacalaureat
Directed by Cristian Mungiu
Hermia and Helena
Directed by MatÃas Piñeiro
I, Daniel Blake
Directed by Ken Loach
Julieta
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Manchester by the Sea
Directed by Kenneth Lonergan
Moonlight
Directed by Barry Jenkins
My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea
Directed by Dash Shaw
Neruda
Directed by Pablo LarraÃn
Paterson
Directed by Jim Jarmusch
Personal Shopper
Directed by Olivier Assayas
The Rehearsal
Directed by Alison Maclean
Sieranevada
Directed by Cristi Puiu
Son of Joseph / Le fils de Joseph
Directed by Eugène Green
Staying Vertical / Rester vertical
Directed by Alain Guiraudie
Things to Come / L’Avenir
Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve
Toni Erdmann
Directed by Maren Ade
The Unknown Girl
Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Yourself and Yours
Directed by Hong Sangsoo
