New York Film Festival Line-Up

The 51st New York Film Festival has announced its official line-up.  Captain Phillips will open the festival, while The Secret Life of Walter Mitty will be the centerpiece gala and Her will close the prestigious film festival.

OPENING NIGHT
Captain Phillips (US)- Tom Hanks stars as in Paul Greengrass' latest intrigue-a-real life about the hijacking of of a US cargo ship by Somali pirates.  One of Sony's high button Oscar contenders.

MAIN LINE-UP

About Time

About Time (UK)- Domhall Gleeson (Anna Karenina) does the time warp in Richard Curtis' latest romantic fantasy co-starring Rachel McAdams and Bill Nighy.
Abuse of Weakness (France)- Catherine Breillat, director of Romance and Fat Girl, introduces her latest provocation starring Isabelle Huppert.
Alan Partridge (UK)- Declan Lowney's comedy starring Steve Coogan.
All is Lost (US)- J.C. Chandor's Margin Call follow-up is the one-man survival drama starring Robert Redford, a role that's had major awards talk since debuting in Cannes.
American Promise (US)- Docuementary by Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson that follows two African American families.
At Berkeley (US)- Frederick Wiseman's documentary is a study of the famed University of Berekely.
Bastards (France)- Claire Denis' contemporary film noir makes it's North American premiere after debuting at Cannes this past May.
Blue is the Warmest Color (France)- The controversial Cannes Palme D'or winner from director Abdellatif Kechiche will continue to polarize in it's hopes of gaining awards traction.
Burning Bush (Czech Republic)- Czech mini-series from Europa Europa director Agnieszka Holland.

Child of God (US)- James Franco's Cormac McCarthy adaptation comes to NYFF after famously premiering at Cannes.

 Gloria (Chile/Spain)- Winner at this years Berlin Film Festival for Best Actress Paulina Garcia, Sebastián Lelio's drama chronicles the newfound romance of a middle aged woman.
The Immigrant (US)- James Gray recreates 1920s New York in this period drama with Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Renner and Marion Cotillard-- comes from Cannes.  Interestingly this film, already acquired by the Weinstein Company hasn't set out release dates yet.

All is Lost

Inside Llewyn Davis (US)- The Coen Brothers return with this folk piece starring Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan-- won the Grand Prix at Cannes earlier this year and comes to theaters this December courtesy of CBS Films.
The Invisible Woman (UK)- Ralph Fiennes directs and stars as Charles Dickens and recounts his relationship with the 13-year-old who became the love of his life; Felicity Jones co-stars.
Jealousy (France)- Philippe Garrel's latest drama co-stars his son Louis Garrel.
Jimmy P. (France)- Acclaimed French director Arnaud Desplechin's English language debut stars Benicio Del Toro; the film earned mixed reviews at Cannes.
The Last of the Unjust (France/Austria)- A new documentary from Claude Lanzmann.
Like Father, Like Son (Japan)- Hirokazu Koreeda's drama won the Jury Prize at Cannes.
The Missing Picture (Cambodia)- Rithy Panh's latest revisits memories and horrors of the Khmer Rouge.
My Name is Hmmm (France)- Designer agnés B is an intimate drama starring Sylvie Testud.
Nebraska (US)- Bruce Dern won the Best Actor prize at Cannes in Alexander Payne's father/son road movie; a prime Oscar candidate coming to theaters in November.
Nobody's Daughter Hae-Won (South Korea)- Sang-soon Hong's latest concerns a secret relationship between a student and teacher.
North, The End of History (Philippines)- Lav Diaz's four-hour-plus interpretation of Crimes and Punishment.
Omar (Palestinian Territories)- Hany Abu-Assand (Paradise Now) directs his latest, a drama which won a Jury Prize at Cannes.
Only Lovers Left Alive (US)- Jim Jarmusch's vampire romance stars Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston debuted at Cannes.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (US)- Ben Stiller hopes outdo Danny Kaye in his remake of the classic adventure tale, as well as court Oscar voters in the process; Fox is hoping for a Life of Pi-style success story.  Will premiere as the centerpiece gala of the NYFF.
The Square (US/Egypt)- Jehane Noujaim (Control Room) directs her latest documentary set in Tahrir Square.

Strangers by the Lake

Strangers by the Lake (France)- Alain Guiraudie made a big stir at Cannes with his latest set at a gay cruising ground; it's sexually explicitness might make a nice counterpoint yet again to the sapphic sex scenes in Blue is Warmest Color-- it will interesting to see what the American prudes think.
Stray Dogs (Taiwan)- directed by Ming-liang Tsai.
A Touch of Sin (China)- Zhangke Jia's latest premiered in competition at Cannes.
Le Week-end (UK)- Roger Michell's comedy with Jim Broadbent.
When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism (Romania/France)- Cornelui Porumboiu's drama focuses on the life of a film director.
The Wind Rises (Japan)- Hayao Miyazki returns with his latest animated enlightenment.

CLOSING NIGHT
Her (US)- Spike Jonze's latest is a melancholic romantic drama about a lonely man (Joaquin Phoenix) becoming more and more fascinated by his Siri-like operating system, whose voice is eerily like that of smokey Scarlett Johansson.