New York, I Love You News

Like the weather in much of Canada, if you find yourself not liking the indie anthology New York, I Love You, wait a few minutes.

Sorry "New York, I Love You," not everyone will fall head over heels for you. The film interlocks a series of shorts from 11 directors - " all based in The Big Apple.

Anton Yelchin and James Caan star in an icky prom-com segment. Producer Emmanuel Benbihy imports the concept of his 2006 production Paris, I Love You across the Atlantic, assembling another platoon of international filmmakers in a distinctive metropolis.

Irrfan with Bangali bou Sutapa. Picture by Pratim D. Gupta The Cairo International Film Festival brings together such an eclectic group of people from the movies, that it's easy to understand why the guests stay huddled at their own tables for lunch and dinner.

Here's Godmother of Punk Patti Smith , 62, at some event in NYC on Tuesday -- and Hasidic Jewish actor Abe Karpen .

Rifka is a Hasidic diamond broker who has an encounter with a devout Jain in the Mira Nair-directed segment of the anthology film New York, I Love You.

The central thesis in this omnibus of short films seems to be that New York is not its landmarks or its landscape; New York is its people.

A series of love stories unfolding in the city that never sleeps. Directed by Fatih Akin, Mira Nair, Yvan Attal and Brett Ratner, among others, starring Shia LaBeouf, Natalie Portman, Robin Wright Penn, Christina Ricci, Orlando Bloom, Ethan Hawke, Andy Garcia and Julie Christie.

The famous line reveals 'There are eight million stories in the Naked City.' That may well be true, but it doesn't mean you want to sit through all of them.

This Is It Documentary / 111 / English Coming on the heels of Michael Jackson s death, director Kenny Ortega s film documents the King of Pop s rehearsals for his never-to-be This Is It tour.

Multiple directors including Brett Ratner, Natalie Portman, and Shunji Iwai; premise by Tristan Carne.

A collection of shorts intended as one big love letter to the city and all the romance it has to offer turns out to be a bland hodgepodge - not terribly evocative of such a famous place, and not all that inspiring in the connections it depicts.

New York, I Love You Directed by Fatih Akin, Yvan Atta, Natalie Portman and others.

The rules: No more than two days' shooting time. One week of editing. An eight-minute time limit.

If you visit New York, there's so much going on, it helps to have a guide. That's also true of "New York, I Love You." An omnibus film from some of the same people who put together "Paris, Je T'aime," "New York, I Love You" is a less successful attempt to capture the essence of a city by telling a dozen or so stories of its people.

"Good Morning President," this year's Pusan film festival opener and actor Jang Dong-kun's comeback film, topped the Korean weekend boxoffice attracting 816,600 admissions on 671 screens since opening Thursday.

Good Morning President Comedy / 132 / Korean Director Jang Jin s Good Morning President pokes fun at politics and the personal lives of fictional political figures.

"The Damned United": When he takes over England's top football club, Leeds United, previously successful manager Brian Clough ensures that there'll be friction by demonstrating his clear dislike of the players' dirty style of play.

One of the highest aspirations of a filmmaker is to hear that his or her film is "refreshing." There is something about the novelty of exploring old archetypes, familiar places and tired stories from previously unprivileged perspectives that leaves us intoxicated by what we are seeing.

Julie Christie and Shia LaBeouf and Natalie Portman appear in "New York, I Love You,'' a compilation of short episodes.