20 Highlights From the 2025 New York Film Festival
I was bowled over by Godland, Hlynur Pálmason’s meditative drama from 2023, set in remote 19th-century Iceland. His newest feature—a contemporary story, focused on a family fractured by divorce—sounds like a slightly fantastical, Scandinavian The Squid and the Whale, or maybe Daddy Longlegs. Color me intrigued. —MM
Mr. Scorsese
What’s being pitched as the definitive portrait of one of our greatest living filmmakers, Mr. Martin Scorsese, is a five-part docuseries directed by Rebecca Miller, and featuring interviews with the likes of Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Isabella Rossellini, Thelma Schoonmaker, Steven Spielberg, Sharon Stone, and Miller’s husband, Daniel Day-Lewis. For those who miss it at NYFF, don’t fret; it’ll be on Apple TV+ on October 17. —MM
Peter Hujar’s Day