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‘After the Hunt' is the latest Best Picture hopeful to open the New York Film Festival
Luca Guadagnino is going to be on the road a lot in the coming months. One day after the Italian filmmaker's latest feature, After the Hunt, joined the Venice Film Festival lineup as an out of competition selection, the New York Film Festival announced that the Amazon MGM-released film will play as the opening night selection of its 63rd edition. "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," NYFF artistic director Dennis Lim said in a statement. "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." More from Gold Derby 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps': Instant Oscar odds Jim Jarmusch's 'Father Mother Sister Brother' set for North American premiere at New York Film Festival In his own statement, Guadagnino called NYFF "an arbiter of global cinema," and provided a quick preview of the movie's themes. "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." That tale plays out against the backdrop of an Ivy League campus where celebrated professor Alma Olsson (Julia Roberts) becomes embroiled in a "he said, she said" case involving two close colleagues: her fellow scholar Hank Gibson (Andrew Garfield) and her pupil Maggie Price (Ayo Edebiri). Their tight-knit relationship unravels when Maggie accuses Hank of assault, a charge that opens up a can of worms in Alma's own past. Introducing After the Hunt's first trailer at CinemaCon earlier this year alongside Edebiri and Guadagnino, Garfield promised that the film would be a conversation-starter throughout award season. "[Luca] has a rare gift of exploring the complexity of what it is to be human," the actor said. "That's why we're so excited for audiences to see After the Hunt. I have a feeling it's a film that needs to be seen in a cinema, because I think it's gonna spark a lot of conversations." Those conversations are sure to fill the Lincoln Center lobby following the movie's NYFF bow on Sept. 26. It's the first time that one of Guadagnino's films has opened the festival, and the director joins a long list of filmmakers who have seen their own opening night selections go on to join the Best Picture race. Just last year, for example, RaMell Ross's Nickel Boys — another Amazon MGM release — went on to the 10 Best Picture nominees after kicking off the 62nd edition of NYFF. But arguably the most famous NYFF-to-Oscar transfer remains David Fincher's The Social Network, which had its world premiere at Lincoln Center in 2010 and went on to receive eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. While it lost those statuettes to The King's Speech and its director Tom Hooper, the movie did win three awards: Best Sound Mixing, Best Original Score and Best Adapted Screenplay for Aaron Sorkin, who recently revealed that he's working on a sequel. The 63rd New York Film Festival runs Sept. 26-Oct. 13. See the full list of NYFF opening night presentations below; Best Picture nominees are double starred. 2025: After the Hunt (Luca Guadagnino, U.S.)2024: Nickel Boys (RaMell Ross, U.S.)**2023: May December (Todd Haynes, U.S.)2022: White Noise (Noah Baumbach, U.S.)2021: The Tragedy of Macbeth (Joel Coen, U.S.)2020: Lovers Rock (Steve McQueen, U.K.)2019: The Irishman (Martin Scorsese, U.S.)**2018: The Favourite (Yorgos Lanthimos, Ireland/U.K./U.S.)**2017: Last Flag Flying (Richard Linklater, U.S.)2016: 13th(Ava DuVernay, U.S.)2015: The Walk (Robert Zemeckis, U.S.)2014: Gone Girl (David Fincher, U.S.)2013: Captain Phillips (Paul Greengrass, U.S.)**2012: Life of Pi (Ang Lee, U.S.)**2011: Carnage (Roman Polanski, France/Poland)2010: The Social Network (David Fincher, U.S.)**2009: Wild Grass (Alain Resnais, France)2008: The Class (Laurent Cantet, France)2007: The Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson, U.S.)2006: The Queen (Stephen Frears, U.K.)**2005: Good Night, and Good Luck (George Clooney, U.S.)**2004: Look at Me (Agnès Jaoui, France)2003: Mystic River (Clint Eastwood, U.S.)**2002: About Schmidt (Alexander Payne, U.S.)2001: Va savoir (Jacques Rivette, France)2000: Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier, Denmark)1999: All About My Mother (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)1998: Celebrity (Woody Allen, U.S.)1997: The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, U.S.)1996: Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh, U.K.)**1995: Shanghai Triad (Zhang Yimou, China)1994: Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, U.S.)**1993: Short Cuts (Robert Altman, U.S.)1992: Olivier Olivier (Agnieszka Holland, France)1991: The Double Life of Véronique (Krzysztof Kieślowski, Poland/France)1990: Miller's Crossing (Joel Coen, U.S.)1989: Too Beautiful for You (Bertrand Blier, France)1988: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)1987: Dark Eyes (Nikita Mikhalkov, Soviet Union)1986: Down by Law (Jim Jarmusch, U.S.)1985: Ran (Akira Kurosawa, Japan)1984: Country (Richard Pearce, U.S.)1983: The Big Chill (Lawrence Kasdan, U.S.)**1982: Veronika Voss (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)1981: Chariots of Fire (Hugh Hudson, U.K.)** (Best Picture Winner)1980: Melvin and Howard (Jonathan Demme, U.S.)1979: Luna (Bernardo Bertolucci, Italy/U.S.)1978: A Wedding (Robert Altman, U.S.)1977: One Sings, the Other Doesn't (Agnès Varda, France)1976: Small Change (François Truffaut, France)1975: Conversation Piece (Luchino Visconti, Italy)1974: Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full (Pascal Thomas, France)1973: Day for Night (François Truffaut, France)1972: Chloe in the Afternoon (Eric Rohmer, France)1971: The Debut (Gleb Panfilov, Soviet Union)1970: The Wild Child (François Truffaut, France)1969: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (Paul Mazursky, U.S.)1968: Capricious Summer (Jiří Menzel, Czechoslovakia)1967: The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, Italy/Algeria)1966: Loves of a Blonde (Miloš Forman, Czechoslovakia)1965: Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard, France)1964: Hamlet (Grigori Kozintsev, Soviet Union)1963: The Exterminating Angel (Luis Buñuel, Mexico) Best of Gold Derby Everything to know about 'The Batman 2': Returning cast, script finalized Tom Cruise movies: 17 greatest films ranked worst to best 'It was wonderful to be on that ride': Christian Slater talks his beloved roles, from cult classics ('Heathers,' 'True Romance') to TV hits ('Mr. Robot,' 'Dexter: Original Sin') Click here to read the full article. 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7 days ago
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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
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19-05-2025
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'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.
