The 59th annual New York Film Festival kicked off Friday night with back-to-back world premiere screenings of Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth as the Frances McDormand, Denzel Washington-starrer …
, calling him “a force of nature, an independent who broke all the rules and made up his own, a trailblazer who paved the way for a new African American cinema.” The festival, which runs through Oct. 10, had already planned a tribute screening in its Revivals section of a restoration of Van Peebles’s Lim also honored what would have been the centenary of Amos Vogel, one of the most influential programmers in the history of cinema and co-founder of the festival who died in 2012.
“I’d like to point out that just because it’s a tragedy doesn’t mean you can’t have a good time. So enjoy the tragedy.” He was back for a Q&A following a long ovation for the masterful, minimalist melding of stage play and film that stays true to the language of the Bard but prunes it for clarity and milks it for drama. Deadline reviewCoen and key cast discussed the unusual luxury of developing a film like a play, with long rehearsal times due in part to Covid, exercises where cast members played all the parts, and intense discussions exploring what the production would be.
prominent berth on New York’s opening night represents Apple’s splashiest presence yet on the film festival circuit. It follows a series of increasing investments in a range of feature films, from record-setting Sundance acquisition
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