The 52nd New York Film Festival will run from September 26th to October 12th, and as per usual, it’s set to be packed to the gills with promising movies. This year, the Film Society of Lincoln Center has managed to lock down a bevy of highly promising titles, including major Oscar contenders (Foxcatcher, Inherent Vice) and entries from acclaimed directors like David Cronenberg (Maps to the Stars) and Mike Leigh (Mr. Turner).
NYFF 2014 will see the world premiere of David Fincher’s mystery thriller Gone Girl, starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike, as its opening night selection. The world premiere of Paul Thomas Anderson’s hotly anticipated detective film Inherent Vice will serve as the festival’s centerpiece film. And ambitiously shot drama Birdman, from director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, will make its U.S. premiere as the closing night selection.
Other huge titles making an appearance at NYFF 2014 include Foxcatcher, Bennett Miller’s drama about the real-life murder of Olympic champion freestyle wrestler Dave Schultz (Mark Ruffalo) at the hands of paranoid schizophrenic John du Pont (Steve Carell); Clouds of Sils Maria, Olivier Assayas’ drama about an aging actress (Juliette Binoche) confronting the up-and-comer (Chloë Grace Moretz) who is tackling her most iconic role; and Whiplash, about a young drummer (Miles Teller) challenged by a ruthless band conductor (J.K. Simmons).
What are you most excited to see out of the included titles? Sound off below!
52nd New York Film Festival Main Slate
Opening Night Gala Selection
GONE GIRL
Director: David Fincher
Centerpiece Gala Selection
INHERENT VICE
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Closing Night Gala Selection
BIRDMAN OR THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE
Director: Alejandro G. Inarritu
BELOVED SISTERS (Die geliebten Schwestern)
Director: Dominik Graf
THE BLUE ROOM (La chambre bleue)
Director: Mathieu Amalric
CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA
Director: Olivier Assayas
EDEN
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
FOXCATCHER
Director: Bennett Miller
GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE (Adieu au langage)
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT
Directors: Josh & Benny Safdie
HILL OF FREEDOM (Jayuui Eondeok)
Director: Hong Sang-soo
HORSE MONEY (Cavalo Dinheiro)
Director: Pedro Costa
JAUJA
Director: Lisandro Alonso
LIFE OF RILEY (Aimer, boire et chanter)
Director: Alain Resnais
LISTEN UP PHILIP
Director: Alex Ross Perry
MAPS TO THE STARS
Director: David Cronenberg
MISUNDERSTOOD (Incompresa)
Director: Asia Argento
MR. TURNER
Director: Mike Leigh
PASOLINI
Director: Abel Ferrara
THE PRINCESS OF FRANCE (La Princesa de Francia)
Director: Matías Piñeiro
SAINT LAURENT
Director: Bertrand Bonello
LA SAPIENZA
Director: Eugène Green
’71
Director: Yann Demange
TALES OF THE GRIM SLEEPER
Director: Nick Broomfield
TIMBUKTU
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako
TIME OUT OF MIND
Director: Oren Moverman
TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT (Deux jours, une nuit)
Directors: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
TWO SHOTS FIRED (Dos Disparos)
Director: Martín Rejtman
WHIPLASH
Director: Damien Chazelle
THE WONDERS (Le meraviglie)
Director: Alice Rohrwacher
