“Late Fame”
Kent Jones, a critic-turned-filmmaker known for “Diane,” adapts Arthur Schnitzler’s novella into a rueful meditation on belated recognition. Starring Willem Dafoe, Greta Lee, and a script co-written by Samy Burch, the U.S. premiere examines ego, art, and the unsettling pleasures of acclaim that come too late.
“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
Mary Bronstein makes her directorial debut with a New York premiere that mixes absurdist comedy with domestic collapse. Rose Byrne leads an ensemble that includes Conan O’Brien, Christian Slater, Danielle Macdonald, A$AP Rocky, and Molly Ringwald. The film follows a week of unraveling crises in work and home life, promising a nervy, blackly comic tone that pushes ordinary stress into chaos.
“Cover-Up”
Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus are both masters of nonfiction inquiry and profile venerable investigative journalist Seymour Hersh. With access to decades of reporting, the New York premiere interrogates Hersh’s scoops and the civic stakes of adversarial journalism. Poitras, known for “Citizenfour,” and Obenhaus bring rigor to a story of truth-telling under fire.
“It Was Just an Accident”
Jafar Panahi, the Palme d’Or-winning Iranian director of “Taxi” and “No Bears,” returns with a New York premiere about vengeance and recognition. Starring Vahid Mobasseri, Ebrahim Azizi, and Taraneh Alidoosti, the film follows a man who believes he has found his former torturer. Panahi’s blend of allegory and suspense promises a devastating reflection on memory and justice.
“Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere”
Scott Cooper, known for “Crazy Heart” and “Hostiles,” dramatizes the making of Bruce Springsteen’s stark 1982 album Nebraska. Jeremy Allen White stars as Springsteen, joined by Jeremy Strong, Gaby Hoffmann, Stephen Graham, Paul Walter Hauser, Odessa Young, Marc Maron, and David Krumholtz. The Spotlight premiere promises an intimate, haunted character study of an artist in solitude.
