“A lot of people have been demanding answers and a response to the recent events surrounding Asia Argento’s sexual assault case,” says Rose Mcgowan in a statement. “Many people believe that because we have been close in each other’s lives over the past year that perhaps I am affiliated with this incident or being complicit. I am not.”
Special Events for the NYFF56
Special Events will feature Orson Welles’s long-awaited The Other Side of the Wind, finally completed by his collaborators this year, which follows the last night in the life of a legendary Hollywood filmmaker as he completes his final film. That will screen alongside Morgan Neville’s in-depth documentary They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead, which uncovers the fascinating story behind Welles’s last completed film, 50 years in the making.
Richard Prince’s Journal-isms – August 25, 2018
This issues headlines: After 40+ Years, the University ‘Broke My Heart’; Fired for Sharing an Article: Reporter Posted Piece on ‘White Women’s Tears; Paper Urges Restraint as Trump Bashes Immigrant; Daughter Denies Key Quote in New Till Case; Fearful Cuban Journalist Seeks Asylum in U.S.; Garcia to Receive Diversity Leadership Award; Aretha Services to Be Streamed, Televised; Threats Prompt April Ryan to Hire Bodyguard; CNN Suspends Trump Surrogate After Revelation; N. C. Papers Praise Students’ Takedown of Statue; 38 J-Students Travel Nation to Document Hate; Chicago Photographers Recall ’68 DNC Riots
The 56th New York Film Festival Spotlight on Documentary
This year’s series of dispatches from the front lines of nonfiction cinema features intimate portraits of artists, depictions of the quest for political and social justice, and much more.
Retrospective and Revivals Sections
This year’s three-part Retrospective section pays tribute to late film industry luminaries Dan Talbot and Pierre Rissient, and spotlights three documentary odes to cinema.
New York Latino Film Festival Starts Today
The New York Latino Film Festival is the premier Urban Latino film event in the country. It started in 1999