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What to See in the New York Film Festival’s First Week
The New York Film Festival begins Friday. As I noted last year, the festival’s main slate is increasingly given over to movies by major Hollywood figures. (This year’s opening night brings Todd Haynes’s “May December,” starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore.) So, for now, I’ll concentrate on films by independent and international filmmakers who don’t yet have instant name recognition for most viewers but whose work deserves (and needs) the serious attention that a festival showcase brings. (One of the