Fests and events, 9/18.

With seven of the films already reviewed, Slant clears a corner for its coverage of the New York Film Festival, opening September 29 and running through October 15.

Nikki Finke: "Robert Greenwald is in Washington today for Senate Democratic oversight hearings on Iraq war profiteering, and the DC movie premiere of his latest documentary, Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers."

New Yorkers: The Reeler hosts a preview of Jesus Camp, followed by a Q&A with directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, tonight and a screening of Heights, followed by a discussion with Chris Terrio, tomorrow night.

Global Photography Now is a weekly series of discussions beginning this Friday at the Tate Modern - and online.

Also on Friday: Alexander Kluge Film Night at the Serpentine Gallery in London.

Still in London: Schostakovich on Film opens Saturday at the Barbican and runs through December 10. Ed Vulliamy: "What these scores unveil above all is a mercurial, ambivalent, sometimes mischievous, sometimes romantic, often humorous and always human side to Shostakovich's character and working life that is so often missing - sometimes by didactic design, or out of hunger for misery - from the way he is usually portrayed in the West."

Also in the Observer, Justine Elias looks back on Toronto.

Darren Hughes arranges the films he saw in Toronto into groups. "Stand Outs," for example, or "Frustrations and Disappointments." At the top are two "Masterpieces," both of which "will likely end up on my short list of favorite films of the decade": Jia Zhangke's Still Life and Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Syndromes and a Century.

Logan Hill has a few capsules in New York.

Back to London: October 15: Film-Philosophy founding editor Daniel Frampton in conversation with Harmony Korine.

Then, on October 16, Bringing Pictures to Life: Japanese Animation and the World of Koji Yamamura at the Japan Foundation.

Posted by dwhudson at September 18, 2006 5:01 AM