New York Film Festival Sets Spotlight Slate: Pablo Larraín’s ‘Maria’ With Angelina Jolie, Leos Carax’s ‘It’s Not Me’, Elton John Doc, ‘A Real Pain’ & More
deadline.comFilm at Lincoln Center unveiled its Spotlight section including Pablo Larraín’s Maria with Angelina Jolie as legendary opera singer Maria Callas in her final days; the North American premieres of Leos Carax’s It’s Not Me; Alex Ross Perry’s Pavements, Andrei Ujică’s Beatles documentary TWST / Things We Said Today and the U.S.
premiere of doc Elton John: Never Too Late, with an appearance by the legendary musician. Jacques Audiard’s Cannes Jury Prize winner Emilia Pérez joins new works by Jacques Audiard, Petra Costa, Jesse Eisenberg, Jean-Luc Godard, Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Jackson, Scott McGehee and David Siegel, Walter Salles, Brett Story and Stephen Maing.
NYFF calls Spotlight a showcase of the fall’s most notable films — a selection of literary adaptations, portraits of musical artists, Cannes award winners, works dealing with political and historical realities, and the final film of Jean-Luc Godard, screening alongside a documentary of the master at work.
As previously reported, the Spotlight Gala will be the U.S. premiere of Luca Guadagnino’s Queer. The festival runs September 27–October 14.
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