New York Film Festival

"Persepolis"
This poetic animated picture captures the warmth and good humor of the graphic memoirs on which it's based.
"Pan's Labyrinth"
Guillermo del Toro's beautiful and harrowing adult fairy tale blends nighttime monsters with the everyday horror of Franco's Spain.
"Marie Antoinette"
Sofia Coppola's lavish reimagining of a queen getting her teenage kicks -- there's more to it than shopping! -- shines at the New York Film Festival.
Beyond the Multiplex
David Lynch's obsessive, surreal "Inland Empire" is the New York Film Festival's hottest ticket. Plus: "49 Up," Tony Kushner, p.c. coffee and more.
"The Queen"
Helen Mirren rules as Queen Elizabeth coping after Princess Diana's death, kicking off the New York Film Festival in royal style.
"Little Children"
Kate Winslet's porcelain skin and perfect figure are part of the problem with this messy melodrama, debuting at the New York Film Festival.
Beyond the Multiplex
"Iraq for Sale" reveals who's really winning the war in Iraq. "So Goes the Nation" revisits Ohio 2004. Plus: NYFF kicks off!
"Three Times"
Hou Hsiao-hsien's lyrical new film captures the mystical quality of time when you're deeply in love.
Mother of all home movies
Jonathan Caouette explains how he captured his turbulent childhood and his mentally ill mother in his documentary "Tarnation" -- which he created on his computer for $218.
"Not with anger ..."
An international director stands up for Abbas Kiarostami, the Iranian master denied a visa for the New York Film Festival.
Simple Simon
John Simon, the most dyspeptic film critic of all, goes off on Atom Egoyan at the New York Film Festival.

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