This year is no different, with standout selections that include the opening-night attraction, Nickel Boys, RaMell Ross's tender, beautifully expressionistic adaptation of the Colson Whitehead novel.
The festival's tent has grown larger and its attractions more expansive, featuring a mix of established and lesser-known auteurs, as well as a smattering of stars.
Not everyone on Lincoln Center's board had been happy about the prospect of movies sharing space with the performing arts, with one member carping, 'What's next, baseball?'
A critical and financial success, the '63 iteration even made the cover of Time magazine, which trumpeted that the event may well mark for Americans a redefinition of what movies are.
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