The 55th Annual New York Film Festival: The Best From Week Two

The 55th edition of the New York film Festival wraps up on October 15. On the one hand, it’s been a superb smorgasbord that testifies to the continuing capacity of feature films to tell great, relevant, unexpected stories. On the other hand, I’m stuffed (but only temporarily). Here is a roundup of films from the second week of the festival’s main slate, plus one documentary about a Hollywood icon.

Disturbingly Accurate (I Should Know) Portrait of SIngle,

NYFF: In Where to Invade Next Michael Moore Picks Flowers, Not Weeds

After a six year hiatus, documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is back with a kind of travel journal – Where to Invade Next. Moore’s mission was to find the best ideas from each country he visited, claim them as his own, and bring them home to America to help solve some of our biggest problems. The film is not about pointing finger or placing certain nations on a pedestal – its purpose is to serve as idea factory and catalyst for change.

NYFF: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet & More Talk Steve Jobs

Last Saturday we attended the New York Film Festival’s (NYFF) powerful panel discussion on and screening of Steve Job in anticipation of the film’s wide release on October 23. Earlier today, as part of our coverage of the Festival, we focused on the insights of screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, director Danny Boyle and author Walter Isaacson.

Today we are turning to the actors – their thoughts in their words.