Natalie Portman’s “Jackie” added to 2016 New York Film Fest lineupSeptember 28, 2016 - 12:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “Jackie”, the biopic of Jacqueline Kennedy that picked up massive buzz at festivals in Venice and Toronto, has join the lineup of the 2016 New York Film Festival, where Pablo Larrain’s film will screen as a special U.S. premiere presentation, Variety said. Centered around a lauded performance by Natalie Portman as the title character and written by Noah Oppenheim, “Jackie” has a cast that also includes Greta Gerwig, Peter Sarsgaard, John Hurt and Billy Crudup. The movie — which depicts events before, during and after the assassination of JFK — is Larrain’s first English-language film and the second of his movies set to the play NYFF this year; his Spanish-language film “Neruda,” about the Chilean poet, is part of the festival’s main slate. “Jackie,” produced Juan de Dios Larrain, Darren Aronofsky, Mickey Liddell, Scott Franklin and Ari Handel, will screen at NYFF Oct. 13. Fox Searchlight releases the film Dec. 2. Presented each year by Film Society of Lincoln Center, NYFF has notable premieres lined up including “13th,” the newly retitled documentary by Ava DuVernay, as well as “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk,” “The Lost City of Z” and “20th Century Women.” This year’s festival runs Sept. 30-Oct. 16. Related links: Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Welcome to CaseKey 2024. Byblos Bank Armenia firmly stands by future innovators Strategic business cases, invaluable experience, innovative approaches and more than 25 events are in store for the participants of CaseKey 2024. Erdogan’s approval rating falls below 40 percent: survey A total of 53.4 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the performance of Erdoğan. Blinken says U.S. reviewing a number of aid requests from Armenia He said the U.S. is reviewing the requests to determine what more it can do to increase its assistance to Armenia. At least 2 CSTO members participated in preparing 44-day war against Armenia – PM Nikol Pashinyan has declared that at least two CSTO member countries participated in preparations for the 44-day war against Armenia. |