New York Film Festival announces its main slate of movies for 2022

NEW YORK — The New York Film Festival will celebrate its 60th anniversary this fall with movies featuring big-name stars and ties to the Big Apple.

“Tar” starring Cate Blanchett and the Paul Schrader-directed “Master Gardner” help headline the 2022 festival’s 32-movie main slate, which was unveiled Tuesday by the Film at Lincoln Center organization.

Organizers had already announced several of this year’s selections, including “Armageddon Time,” a Queens-set drama depicting a pursuit the American dream that’s directed by New York native James Gray. Anne Hathaway and Anthony Hopkins star in the drama, which serves as the festival’s selection for its 60th anniversary celebration.

“White Noise,” a black-comedy horror directed by New Yorker Noah Baumbach, will open the festival on Sept. 30. The movie marks a reunion for Baumbach and star Adam Driver, who previously collaborated on “Marriage Story,” which played at NYFF in 2019.

This year’s centerpiece selection is Laura Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” a documentary about the photographer Nan Goldin, while Elegance Bratton’s “The Inspection,” a drama about a gay man’s experiences in the Marine Corps, will close the festival on Oct. 16.

Directed by Todd Field, “Tar” stars Blanchett as classical music composer Lydia Tár, while Schrader’s “Master Gardner” is a crime thriller starring Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver.

The festival will also feature director Joanna Hogg’s latest collaboration with actress Tilda Swinton with the mystery “The Eternal Daughter.” Their previous film together, the drama “The Souvenir Part II,” played at last year’s festival.

“If there is one takeaway from this year’s main slate, it is cinema’s limitless capacity for renewal,” said Dennis Lim, the festival’s artistic director.

“Collectively, the films in the program suggest that this renewal takes many forms: breathtaking debuts, veterans pulling off new tricks, filmmakers of all stripes seeking new and surprising forms of expression and representation. We love the range and eclecticism of this group of films and are excited to share it with audiences.”

NYFF will show films across the five boroughs, including at its primary home at Lincoln Center, with masks required for indoor screenings. The films included in the main slate were produced in 18 different countries, organizers said.

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