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It was another great edition of New York Film Festival, (find our coverage from last year here) full of films of all shapes and sizes, some of which will be major players come Oscar season, and some who may not be released until next year.

Some films touched on music in big ways (Whiplash, Eden), while others flashed it mores subtly, but still very effectively (Birdman). Then there was Seymour: An Introduction, the sublime documentary from Ethan Hawke that focused on the fascinating real life story of retired pianist Seymour Bernstein.

Like any good film festival, I saw many films that I probably would have missed if not for the festival, which means that it most certainly did it’s job. Like in previous years we reviewed all the films that we saw on our partner film site Monday Morning Matinee, and offered up a great deal of reviews of the films that you can find posted individually below.

The 52nd edition of the festival was unforgettable, we are already looking forward to the next. Find links to each individual review below, along with a photo gallery of some of the directors and stars that showed up to do post-screening q&a’s.

New York Film Festival 2014:

Birdman
Gone Girl
Whiplash
Foxcatcher
Inherent Vice
Citizenfour
Two Days, One Night
While We’re Young
Listen Up Philip
Clouds Of Sils Maria
Red Army
Heaven Knows What
Mr. Turner
La Sapienza
The Out Of Mind
The Look Of Silence
’71
Misunderstood
Goodbye To Language
Two Shots Fired
The Last Hijack
Beloved Sisters
Hill Of Freedom
The Wonders
Seymour: An Introduction
Pasolini
The Princess Of France
Jauja
Tales Of The Grim Sleeper

Gone Girl:

1_Gone Girl

David Fincher and the ‘Gone Girl’ cast

2_David Fincher

David Fincher

3_Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl

Ben Affleck + Rosamund Pike

4_NPH, Tyler Perry - Gone Girl

Neil Patrick Harris + Tyler Perry

5_Tyler Perry - Gone Girl

Tyler Perry

Birdman:

1_Birdman

Zach Galifianakis, Ed Norton + Michael Keaton

2_Birdman

Zach Galifianakis + Ed Norton

3_Birdman

Naomi Watts, Emma Stone, Amy Ryan + Andrea Riseborough

4_Birdman

Birdman director Alejandro González Iñárritu and the rest of cast

5_Birdman

Michael Keaton + Alejandro González Iñárritu

6_Birdman

Birdman cast

7_Birdman

Naomi Watts, Emma Stone, + Amy Ryan

8_Birdman

Ed Norton + Michael Keaton

Foxcatcher:

1_Foxcatcher

Foxcatcher director Bennet Miller + the cast

2_Foxcatcher

Steve Carell

3_Foxcatcher

Bennett Miller

4_Foxcatcher

Channing Tatum + Steve Carell

5_Foxcatcher

Mark Ruffalo

6_Foxcatcher

Sienna Miller

7_Foxcatcher

Steve Carell

8_Foxcatcher

Anthony Michael Hall

9_Foxcatcher

Vanessa Redgrave

Inherent Vice:

1_Inherent Vice

Inherent Vice

2_Inherent Vice

Paul Thomas Anderson

3_Inherent Vice

Paul Thomas Anderson, Joaquin Phoenix + Katherine Waterson

4_Inherent Vice

Katherine Waterson

5_Inherent Vice

Katherine Waterson, Benicio Del Toro, Maya Rudolph, Joanna Newsom, + Michael Kenneth Williams

6_Inherent Vice

Paul Thomas Anderson + Joaquin Phoenix

7_Inherent Vice

Jena Malone, Owen Wilson, Sasha Pieterse + Martin Short

8_Inherent Vice

Paul Thomas Anderson, Joaquin Phoenix, Katherine Waterson + Benecio Del Toro

Whiplash:

J.K. Simmons, Damien Chazelle - Whiplash

J.K. Simmons + Damien Chazelle

Clouds Of Sils Maria:

1_Clouds Of Sils Maria

Kristen Stewart, Juliette Binoche + Olivier Assayas

2_Clouds Of Sils Maria

Olivier Assayas

3_Clouds Of Sils Maria

Juliette Binoche

4_Clouds Of Sils Maria

Kristen Stewart

5_Clouds Of Sils Maria

Olivier Assayas

6_Clouds Of Sils Maria

Juliette Binoche

Mr. Turner:

Mr. Turner

Mr. Turner cast + crew

Seymour: An Introduction:

1_Seymour An Introduction

Seymour Bernstein + Ethan Hawke

Heaven Knows What:

1_Heaven Knows What

Josh Safdie + Benny Safdie

Listen Up Philip:

1_Listen Up Philip

Listen Up Philip cast + crew

2_Listen Up Philip

Jason Schwartzman

Jauja:

1_Jauja

Lisandro Alonso + Viggo Mortensen

2_Jauja

Lisandro Alonso + Viggo Mortensen

Time Out Of Mind:

Richard Gere, Oren Moverman - Time Out Of Mind

Richard Gere + Oren Moverman

Red Army:

Viacheslav Fetisov, Gabe Polsky - Red Army

Viacheslav Fetisov + Gabe Polsky

Tales Of The Grim Sleeper:

Tales Of The Grim Sleeper

Nick Broomfield, Pam Brooks + Barney Broomfield

Merchants Of Doubt:

Robert Kenner - Merchants Of Doubt

Robert Kenner


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