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New York Film Festival sets main slate with movies by Pedro Almodóvar, Sean Baker and Mati Diop

Aug. 06, 2024 11:17 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Film Festival on Tuesday unveiled the main slate for its 62nd edition, with selections including Sean Baker's Palme d'Or-winning “Anora,” Pedro Almodóvar's “The Room Next Door” and Mati Diop's “Dahomey.” Thirty-three features will make up...

Adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s ‘Nickel Boys’ to open New York Film Festival this fall

Jul. 22, 2024 09:09 AM EDT

“Nickel Boys,” an adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, will open the 62nd New York Film Festival in September, organizers said Monday. Filmmaker RaMell Ross directed the drama based on the 2019 novel about two Black teenagers in an abusive reform...