Michael Appler On Friday evening, halfway through the march of this year’s New York Film Festival, the legendary director and writer Jane Campion joined Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos in premiering her newest film, “The Power of the Dog,” to a New York audience.
Friday’s event spilled over into Central Park’s Tavern on the Green for an intimate after party. The evening continued “The Power of the Dog’s” fall tour across the world’s film festivals, from Venice to Telluride to Toronto.
It also sustained the film community’s continued elation to find Campion, whose movies have offered a few of the better-drawn feminist characters in film, promoting her first feature in 12 years. “Ever since.
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