With SAG and WGA strikes and little talent to promote them, the deep worry about this fall was that festival season would suffer. And guess again, as the 2023 New York Film Festival proves, anything is but the case. The 61st edition of NYFF announced the inclusion of Bradley Cooper’s much-anticipated “Maestro” to lead its Spotlight section, and today, the complete Spotlight section has been announced, and it’s fantastic.

Continue reading Full 2023 NYFF Spotlight: Emma Stone Leads With The Safdies & Nathan Fielder’s ‘Curse,’ & New Yorgos Lanthimos Short & More at The Playlist.

Greek “Weird Wave” auteur Yorgos Lanthimos is a profoundly idiosyncratic filmmaker known for comedically bizarre and far-left-of-center films like “The Lobster” and “Dogtooth.” His 2018 period film, “The Favourite,” earned ten Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, and Lanthimos is already plotting a follow-up with its Academy Award-winning star Emma Stone. Titled “Poor Things,” and co-starring actors like Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe, the film was shot late last summer, so there’s hope we’ll see the movie later this year somewhere on the film festival circuit.

Continue reading ‘Bleat’ Trailer: Emma Stone Stars In A New Yorgos Lanthimos-Directed Short Premiering May 6 In Greece at The Playlist.