The NY Film Festival has its centerpiece film.
Pedro Almodovar’s first full length feature in English, The Room Next Door, stars Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton. It will debut on October 4th at Alice Tully Hall.
The Room Next Door joins the previously announced RaMell Ross’s “Nickel Boys,” the Opening Night selection, and Steve McQueen’s “Blitz,” the Closing Night film of NYFF62.
This will be a hot festival.
The Almodovar film, from his home at Sony Pictures Classics, will be an Oscar contender. Here’s the description: “Ingrid (Julianne Moore), a best-selling writer, rekindles her relationship with her friend Martha (Tilda Swinton), a war journalist with whom she has lost touch for a number of years. The two women immerse themselves in their pasts, sharing memories, anecdotes, art, movies—yet Martha has a request that will test their newly strengthened bond.”
Alessandro Nivola — very hot right now — and the always popular John Turturro co-star.
