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NYFF51: Made for Each Other? [Part 4]

October 31, 2013
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NYFF51: Made for Each Other? [Part 4]

In the final installment of this four-part series, love is the theme shared between Spike Jonze's HER, Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive, and Ralph Fiennes' The Invisible Woman.
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NYFF51: The Myth of the Individual [Part 3]

October 24, 2013
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NYFF51: The Myth of the Individual [Part 3]

Steve McQueen's vision of the invention of slavery in 12 Years a Slave complements J.C. Chandor's image of the fantasy of a heroic white elite in All is Lost.
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NYFF51: Darkness Falls on the City [Part 2]

October 17, 2013
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NYFF51: Darkness Falls on the City [Part 2]

In A Touch of Sin, director Jia Zhang-ke continues to address the wounds inflicted by Mao's Cultural Revolution on historical continuity and individuals' self-worth in contemporary China.
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NYFF51: Darkness Falls on the City [Part 1]

October 10, 2013
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NYFF51: Darkness Falls on the City [Part 1]

The first installment of a series on the NYFF considers films that radically push cinematic limits: James Franco's Child of God and Catherine Breillat's Abuse of Weakness.
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