Film at Lincoln Center, Rolex Kick Off NYFF With ‘After the Hunt’ – The Hollywood Reporter

There was a lot of love and sparkle on Friday at the opening night of the 63rd New York Film Festival, presented by Film at Lincoln Center in partnership with Rolex. It began when director Luca Guadagnino (in a glittering jacket) and Julia Roberts (in a voluminous pantsuit and bedazzled tie) had a sustained embrace on the balcony of Alice Tully Hall, following the North American premiere of his dramatic film After the Hunt , in which Roberts stars as a Yale philosophy professor whose life is upended by a student (Ayo Edebiri) who accuses her friend and colleague (Andrew Garfield) of sexual harassment. The affection and shine continued during a Q&A moderated by NYFF artistic director Dennis Lim, in the glow of a Rolex clock, as the director said he was “sparkled by dynamism in the script” and Roberts revealed that when she read it, she thought “what a mountain to climb; it’s such a Herculean idea,” but signed on once she found out Guadagnino was at the helm. “I felt only equipped in his skilled hands to do a part like this,” said the Oscar winner. “I couldn’t have done it without him.” Guadagnino, in turn, told the
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