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NY Film Festival Sets ‘After the Hunt' as Opening Night Movie
The 2025 New York Film Festival has selected Luca Guadagnino's After the Hunt as its opening night film. The movie — which stars Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri and Andrew Garfield — will receive its North American premiere at New York's Alice Tully Hall on Friday, Sept. 26. More from The Hollywood Reporter Venice Strikes Back: Alberto Barbera on His Powerhouse 2025 Festival Lineup A Cornered Julia Roberts Confronts Dark Past in 'After The Hunt' Trailer Taylor Kitsch to Star in 'Eleven Days' Prison Hostage Thriller After the Hunt, from Amazon MGM Studios, follows Roberts' Yale philosophy professor Alma whose personal and professional lives are disrupted after her PhD candidate protégée Maggie (Edebiri) accuses Alma's longtime friend and colleague Henrik (Andrew Garfield) of sexual assault. Exploring the murkiness of contemporary morality, the film sees Alma navigating minefields of gender, sexuality, race and institutional power, as she attempts to reconcile her choices with past demons. Directed by Guadagnino from a script by Nora Garrett, After the Hunt also stars Michael Stuhlbarg and Chloë Sevigny. After the Hunt just earlier this week was selected for the 2025 Venice Film Festival and is set to be released in theaters in New York and L.A. on Oct. 10 before expanding on Oct. 17. Guadagnino's Call Me by Your Name, Bones and All and Queer all screened as part of past New York Film Festivals. 'I have always found the New York Film Festival to be an arbiter of global cinema. For over 60 years it has been a festival that makes audiences open their minds and hearts to the most daring and compelling global cinema from both established and emerging filmmakers,' Guadagnino said in a statement. 'To be invited to open the 63rd edition is a tremendous responsibility and honor. I, alongside the incredible cast and crew and our companions at Amazon MGM Studios who made After the Hunt possible, am elated and thrilled to bring to New York our tale of morality and power. My most heartfelt thanks to Dennis Lim and the singular NYFF team.' NYFF artistic director Lim added, 'We are excited to open this year's festival with Luca Guadagnino's latest, which confirms his status as one of the most versatile risk-takers working today. Brilliantly acted and crafted, After the Hunt is something rare in contemporary cinema: a complex, grown-up movie with a lot on its mind that also happens to be a deeply satisfying piece of entertainment.' The 63rd New York Film Festival is set run from Sept. 26-Oct. 13. Best of The Hollywood Reporter The 40 Greatest Needle Drops in Film History The 40 Best Films About the Immigrant Experience Wes Anderson's Movies Ranked From Worst to Best Solve the daily Crossword
Pink Villa
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
'Achi film aap dabbe mein rakhoge': Kennedy's Rahul Bhat is disappointed over delay in film's release; calls it Anurag Kashyap's 'love letter' to city
It has been quite a long time since Anurag Kashyap's Kennedy has been awaiting its release. The noir thriller screened at the Cannes 2023 features Rahul Bhat and Sunny Leone in the lead roles. Despite significant acclaim, the film continues to face a delay in its release and reflecting on the same Bhat recently expressed his disappointment. Rahul Bhat is currently attending Cannes Film Festival 2025 for the third time. He is there to unveil the first look of his Hollywood debut film, Lost and Found in Kumbh. While speaking with Sucharita Tyagi, Rahul Bhat also talked about his delayed release, Kennedy, directed by Anurag Kashyap. He reflected on the love their film has received, he remembered thousands of people clapping in Mumbai's Mahim during the screening. Despite lathi charge, he shared people attended Kolkata International Film Festival because somehow people wanted to watch it. He expressed his disappointment, noting how studios don't understand this aspect. "Log bolte hain achi filmein banate nahin hain, toh jab achi film aap dabbe mein rakhoge to kya hoga(People complain they don't make good films but when good films would be canceled then what will happen)? I can't understand what does it take to wake up some people," he said. The Black Warrant actor pointed out how Kennedy is one of the most travelled films all over the world. He cited names of the countries including Toronto, Australia and New York Film Festival being the latest one where he has been nominated. Bhat remembered people from NYFF telling him that it was a houseful. He further admitted feeling disheartened and sad about the delay as he further hoped for people to see it. According to him, noir-thriller is a "quintessential" Anurag Kashyap film. "It is you know uski jo mohabbat hai usko is city se mohabbat, vo jo uska ek nazar hai ek uska point of view hai city ka (It is his love for this city and his point of view of this city) and Kennedy is also one of the point of views Anurag's you know... it's a love letter to the city," he further added. On a concluding note, Bhat shared that he has heard the film will be released soon.
