World premieres from Ava DuVernay and Mike Mills, Foreign Language Oscar contenders (Chile, France, Germany, Italy, Romania, et al), Revivals from Bresson and Rivette, and standout films from Berlin, Cannes, Telluride and beyond form the core slate of the 54th annual New York Film Festival, opening this Friday at Lincoln Center.
Below are Filmatique's top picks for the festival, which is open to the public. Many screenings will be followed by Q&A's with the filmmakers.
13th, Ava Duvernay
20th Century Women, Mike Mills
Aquarius, Kleber Mendonça Filho
L'Argent, Robert Bresson*
The Battle of Algiers, Gillo Pontecorvo*
Certain Women, Kelly Reichardt
Fuocoammare, Gianfranco Rosi
Graduation, Cristian Mungiu
I, Daniel Blake, Ken Loach
I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck
I Had Nowhere To Go, Douglas Gordon
Jackie, Pablo Larraín
Kékszakállú, Gastón Solnicki
Manchester by the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan
Mimosas, Oliver Laxe
Moonlight, Barry Jenkins
Neruda, Pablo Larraín
The Ornithologist, João Pedro Rodrigues
Paterson, Jim Jarmusch
The Settlers, Shimon Dotan
Taipei Story, Edward Yang*
Toni Erdmann, Maren Ade
*Denote revivals and restorations.
Mimosas, Oliver Laxe (2016)
