2010 NYFF Main Slate

This morning, the folks at the New York Film Festival announced their complete main slate for this year’s NYFF. I’ve got to say, it looks pretty sweet. Check it out:

NYFF Main Slate
The Social Network – David Fincher, USA (Opening Selection)
The Tempest – Julie Taymor, UK/USA (Centerpiece)
Hereafter – Clint Eastwood, USA (Closing Selection)

Another Year – Mike Leigh, UK
Aurora – Cristi Puiu, Romania
Black Venus – Abdellatif Kechiche, France
Carlos – Olivier Assayas, France
Certified Copy – Abbas Kiarostami, Iran/Italy
Film Socialisme – Jean-Luc Godard, Switzerland/France
Inside Job – Charles Ferguson, USA
Lennon NYC – Michael Epstein, USA
Meek's Cutoff – Kelly Reichardt, USA
My Joy – Serge Loznitsa, Russia
Mysteries of Lisbon – Raul Ruiz, Portugal/France
Of Gods and Men – Xavier Beauvois, France/Algeria
Oki’s Movie – Hong Sang-soo, South Korea
Old Cats – Sebastian Silva, Chile
Poetry – Lee Chang-dong, South Korea
Post Mortem – Pablo Larrain, Chile
Le Quattro Volte – Michelangelo Frammartino, Italy
Revolucion – Chenillo/Eimbcke/Escalante/Garcia Bernal/Garcia/Luna/Naranjo/Pla/Reygadas/Riggen,
Mexico
The Robber – Benjamin Heisenberg, Germany
Robinson in Ruins – Patrick Keiller, UK
Silent Souls – Alexei Fedorchenko, Russia
The Strange Case of Angelica – Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal
Tuesday, After Christmas – Radu Muntean, Romania
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives – Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand
We Are What We Are – Jorge Michel Grau, Mexico

Most of the expected Cannes titles made it, including competition favorites like Another Year and Of Gods and Men, plus the latest from Kiarostami and Joe’s Palme-winning Uncle Boonmee. On top of that, new titles by Assayas, Godard, Oliveira, Kechiche, Reichardt, Ruiz, Puiu, and Hong (to say nothing of an omnibus film containing a new Reygadas short) make this lineup pretty impressive.

And in case you were wondering, I made a quick list of NYFF predictions last week that ended up being fairly accurate as far as these things go. Here they are, for the curious:

My Predictions
Another Year
Black Venus
Carlos
Cave of Forgotten Dreams – Werner Herzog, Germany/France
Certified Copy
Film Socialisme
Hahaha – Hong Sang-soo, South Korea
The Illusionist – Sylvain Chomet, France
Inside Job
I Wish I Knew – Jia Zhang-ke, China
Meek's Cutoff
Miral – Julian Schnabel, USA/France/Italy/Israel
Norwegian Wood – Anh Hung Tran, Japan
Of Gods and Men
Poetry
Post Mortem
The Princess of Montpensier – Bertrand Tavernier, France
The Screaming Man – Mahamet-Saleh Haroun, Chad
Somewhere – Sofia Coppola, USA
The Strange Case of Angelica
Tabloid – Errol Morris, USA
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

More details about this year’s NYFF, including synopses of the selected films, can be found at the Film Society of Lincoln Center site. And if there are any friends of Muriel who plan on covering NYFF this year, leave a note in the comments so we know to keep an eye out for your reviews.