NYFF 2026 Closes October 12 with Films on Censorship, Gentrification, and Housing

Key facts

• The New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center wrapped on October 12.
• The Debut stars Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti and was shot at the 1927 Brook Arts Center in Bound Brook, New Jersey, by architect William E. Lehman.
• Paul Thomas Anderson directed Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall, a concert film of the Geese pianist and singer.
• Natalia Marín's Chronicles of Tiredness addresses Spain's housing crisis and incorporates Franco-era interview transcripts.
• J. Wortham's The People's Beach covers Bays 1 and 2 of Jacob Riis Park in the Rockaways, a clothing-optional haven since at least the 1940s.
• Neponsit Beach Hospital closed in 1998 and was demolished in 2023.
• The 1932 Art Deco Jacob Riis Bathhouse, designed by John L. Plock, became the Rockaway Ocean Club this summer, with $2,000 membership for those over 30 and $1,500 under 30.
• Simon Liu, who teaches at Cooper Union, made a Hong Kong film in a GeoCities-influenced style.