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Record 76 Countries Submit for Oscar
By Brian Brooks
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October 8, 2013
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences said a record 76 countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 86th Academy Awards.
NYFF51 Spotlight: The Big Screen Debut of Beloved “Alan Partridge”
By Hannah Semaya
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October 7, 2013
The Alan Partridge movie had to simultaneously make loyal fans of the character happy and introduce new viewers to the canon. Amazingly, and to the surprise of even its writer/star Steve Coogan, it succeeded.
NYFF51 Photos: Gala Tribute, Centerpiece, and Premieres Galore
By Liv Behre
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October 7, 2013
In our third batch of amazing photos from the 51st New York Film Festival, you'll find Cate Blanchett, Ben Stiller and the cast of Walter Mitty, Joaquin Phoenix, Isabelle Huppert, Andrea Arnold in a fox mask, and more!
NYFF Daily: Monday, October 7
By Erik Luers
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October 7, 2013
The New York Film Festival takes over the entire borough today with NYFF Live talks uptown and down, the premiere of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Real and agnès b.'s My Name Is Hmmm..., the conclusion of this year's Views From the Avant-Garde and more!
NYFF51 Spotlight: Claire Denis Delves into Darkness with “Bastards”
By Liv Behre
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October 7, 2013
Deeply-felt emotion and filmmaking go hand in hand for Claire Denis, who said during a recent talk about her new film Bastards: "Creating gives me the feeling that I am alive. When I feel nothing, I may as well be dead."
NYFF51: “Gloria” Is An Unlikely Heroine for a Modern Chile
By Brian Brooks
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October 6, 2013
Chilean filmmaker Sebastián Lelio and actress Paulina GarcĂa talked to FilmLinc about their film Gloria, which is Chile's entry for Best Foreign Language Oscar consideration, ahead of its U.S. premiere at the New York Film Festival.
NYFF51: Ben Stiller Talks the High Octane Fantasies of “Walter Mitty”
By Brian Brooks
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October 6, 2013
Ben Stiller gives his take on The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ahead of its NYFF Centerpiece World Premiere Saturday. The film centers on an office worker who lives inside fantasy worlds where he gets to live an adventurous life while romancing his co-worker.
Photos: NYFF51 Filmmakers in Their Early Days
By Nicholas Kemp
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October 6, 2013
Photographer David Godlis, who has been shooting NYFF for decades, went through some of his archive to find photos of these year's filmmakers on their previous trips to NYFF... and we have a feeling you'll get a kick out of what he found!
NYFF Daily: Sunday, October 6
By Liv Behre
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October 6, 2013
Four highly acclaimed Official Selection films debut today—The Immigrant, Gloria, Abuse of Weakness, and Bastards—and Views from the Avant-Garde is still going strong.
NYFF51 Spotlight: Catherine Breillat Self-Examines in “Abuse of Weakness”
By Liv Behre
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October 5, 2013
Isabelle Huppert delivers an incredible, if sometimes difficult to watch, performance as a fictionalized version of the director, who was conned out of hundreds of thousands of dollars after suffering a stroke.