The 45th New York Film Festival: Take 1

Well, it's going on now (though tickets are also now pretty scarce):






4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Cristian Mungiu, Romania, 2007; 113m

Actresses
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, France, 2007; 107m

Alexandra
Alexander Sokurov, Russia, 92m

The Axe in the Attic
Ed Pincus & Lucia Small, US, 2007; 110m

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Sidney Lumet, US, 2007, 117m

Blade Runner: The Definitive Cut
Ridley Scott, US, 1982/2007; 118m

Calle Santa Fe
Carmen Castillo, Chile/France/Belgium, 2007; 163m

The Darjeeling Limited
Opening Night
Wes Anderson, US, 2007; 91m

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Julian Schnabel, France/US, 2007; 112m

Flight of the Red Balloon
Hou Hsiao-hsien, France, 2007; 113m

A Girl Cut In Two
Claude Chabrol, France, 2007; 115m

Go Go Tales
Abel Ferrara, US, 2007; 96m

I Just Didn't Do It
Masayuki Suo, Japan, 2007; 143m

I'm Not There
Todd Haynes, US, 2007; 136m

In the City of Sylvia
Jose Luis Guerin, Spain/France, 2007; 90m

The Last Mistress
Catherine Breillat, France, 2007; 114m

The Man From London
Béla Tarr, Hungary/France/Germany, 2007; 135m

Margot at the Wedding
Noah Baumbach, US, 2007; 93m

Married Life
Ira Sachs, USA, 2007; 90m

Mr. Warmth, The Don Rickles Project
John Landis, US, 2007; 89m

No Country for Old Men
Centerpiece
Joel and Ethan Coen, US, 2007; 122m

The Orphanage
Juan Antonio Bayona, Spain, 100m

Paranoid Park
Gus Van Sant, US, 2007; 85m

Persepolis
Closing Night
Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud, France, 2007; 95m

Redacted
Brian De Palma, US, 2007; 110m

The Romance of Astreé and Céladon
Eric Rohmer, France, 2007; 109m

Secret Sunshine
Lee Chang-dong, South Korea, 2007; 142m

Stellet Licht (Silent Light)
Carlos Reygadas, Mexico/France/The Netherlands, 2007; 130m

Useless
Jia Zhangke, Hong Kong, 2007; 80m


Once the fest is over, get my take on the ones I've seen or will see, as well as general commentary on the rest.