The New York Film🌳 Festival may not boast the star wattage of Toronto or Sundance, but the films, which will be screening from Sept. 28 to Oct. 14, give the city’s cinephiles an early look at the big awards contenders. Here are some movies not to be missed.
Director Barry Jenkins’ follow-up to the Best Picture-winning “Moonlight,” “If Beale Street Could Talk” (Oct. 9 and 11), is an adaptation of♏ James Baldwin’s novel about a man being falsely accused of a grievous crime in 1970s Harlem.
Emma Stone visits the 18th century for her costume drama debut, “The Favourite” (Sept. 28). In this festival opener๊, Stone vies for tℱhe attention of Britain’s Queen Anne (Olivia Colman).
For film buffs, the must-see event of the festival is the New York premiere of Orson Welles’ final film, a Hollywood satire called “The Other Side of the Wind” (Sept. 29 and Oct. 10). Due to a production process plagued with problems, the film took more than 40 years to make. Welles, who died in 1985, thought it would be his defining masterpiece. It𝕴’s not, but itಞ’s a very entertaining look into the mind of a director nearing the end of his career.
Another movie with deafening buzz is “Roma” (Oct. 5 and 6), direܫcted by Alfonso Cuarón (“Y Tu Mamá También.”) The black-and-white autobiographical film about a family in Mexico during the 1970s won the top prize at this year’s Venice Film Festi💎val.
And for a bit of fun: The Coen Brothers’ latest film, “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” (Oct. 4, 9, 13), is a darkly comic anthology of fronti🐻er stories with a great cast, including Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeso🍸n and Tyne Daly.
Tickets are available at or at the venue’s box office. All theaters are located at 65th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.