Shahnaz Mahmud

The English Premier League has created its first campaign for US soccer fans - and potential newcomers. The creative centers on a film short weaving in the high stakes drama of the beautiful game with the diversity of the U.S. in its landscapes and people. https://t.co/qTK1rsFhrV

#NYFF62 Press Screening: Luca Guadagnino's Queer is a visual masterpiece, bringing the pages of William Burroughs' novel to life with each scene. At times it's like watching Dali paintings animate, too. Daniel Craig commits wholly as a man who finally finds meaningful connection. https://t.co/jLwkNEaNP7

#NYFF62 Press Screening: Pedro Almodovar's beautiful English language feature-length film shows what true friendship, even with large gaps in between, means in the face of death. Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore star in this moving piece of cinema. Both are brilliant-of course. https://t.co/szeksmEan1

#NYFF62 Press Screening: David Cronenberg's The Shrouds - from grief comes creativity in a film he wrote and directed after the death of his wife. It's a darkly humorous tale of a widower who creates shroud tech to connect with the dead. #film https://t.co/F7GntKnqXC

#NYFF62 Press Screening: At its heart, Jia Zhangke's Caught By the Tides is a story of lost love. He mixes doc and fiction with footage shot over 20+ years, unused scenes, and new, of course, to tell this heartbraking tale. #film https://t.co/cNjfOhUmNn

#NYFF62 Press Screening: Mike Leigh's Hard Truths paints an intimate--and very thorny--portrait of familial ties. Pairing again with Marianne Jean-Baptiste--who absolutely shines--he shows us what goes on beyond closed doors and its effects of that in daily life. Funny and sad. https://t.co/9n4NfL8ldp

#NYFF62 Press Screening: The Friend, based on Sigrid Nunez's novel, is a sweet, quintessentially New York film about a lonely woman grieving the loss of her friend--and taking in his Great Dane to fair resistance. The discovery of what they (all) mean to each other is beautiful. https://t.co/QK7gf6WVX0

#NYFF62 Press Screening: Richard Gere's portrayal in Oh, Canada of a man dying of cancer whose last wish is to essentially reveal the man behind the myth is excellent. He manages to make the viewers feel his agonizing pain-emotionally and physically. #film https://t.co/RfSSXFrOIK

#NYFF62 Press Screening: #Pavements could have an alternate title - This Is Pavement. The doc delights with humor befitting of 90s band Pavement which embodied Slacker Rock. Here the band playfully "gets" a musical and a movie about their story. #film #documentary https://t.co/Jdz0VnDzsD

#NYFF62 Press Screening: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is a slow burn that captivates as it tells the story of cousins that bring forth the extended family's buried secrets of sexual abuse. Rungano Nyoni's direction is superb--as is Susan Chardy's feature debut. #film https://t.co/Rh2QOpq0kg

#NYFF62 Press Screening: #Pepe is a very imaginative film about the "first and last hippo killed in the Americas"-once owned by the infamous Pablo Escobar. It's beautifully shot, told with both humor and sadness at the plight of these displaced river horses. #film https://t.co/nxBIUrwpkG

#NYFF62 Press Screening: Mati Diop's documentary #Dahomey uniquely gives voice to plundered treasures making their way back home from France to Benin, inspiring people to understand their cultural identity. #film #documetary https://t.co/eMmS3ZhesZ

#NYFF62: #EmiliaPerez is one of those rare films that pretty much has everything but the kitchen sink - and works. This musical crime comedy is wildly entertaining. Hats off to Jacques Audiard, Zoe Saldana and Karla Sofia Gascon. #film https://t.co/SSAjxLXW3w

#NYFF62 Press Screening: Ramell Ross turns cinema on its head through POV used throughout Nickel Boys. It places the viewer inside the story--as two African American teens bond inside a reform school as they suffer its many brutalities in 1960s Florida. #film https://t.co/ds16kU0955

#NYFF62 Press Screening: Pablo Larraín's Maria, about the world's most celebrated opera diva Maria Callas, was beautiful to watch. Dialogue in just the right measure, interesting as it goes from past to present--and Angelina Jolie showcases more of her talents--she was wonderful. https://t.co/FKbaJdnE8Z

#NYFF62 Press Screening: Leos Carax's It's Not Me was such a joyful experience. Creativity abounds as the French filmmaker's self portrait takes viewers across his 40-year career. Lovely and fun film. #film https://t.co/MYyTsZkCoZ

#NYFF62 Press Screening: #Rumours was endlessly entertaining. The filmmakers successfully take the G7 and turn it into a black comedy. Bog bodies, a giant brain, and world leaders trying to write a statement on a global crisis--all at once. #film https://t.co/Ox1uBj7Osf