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- ↑ "The New York Film Festival Goes Virtual". The New Yorker , September 18, 2020.
- ↑ Rebecca Rubin, "New York Film Festival Unveils Main Slate". Variety , August 13, 2020.
- 1 2 Leonard Pearce, "NYFF's Inaugural Currents Lineup Features Intrepid Filmmaking Voices from Around the World". The Film Stage, August 24, 2020.
- ↑ Dade Hayes, "New York Film Festival Sets Spotlight Lineup, With 'Hopper/Welles', Sofia Coppola's 'On The Rocks' & More". Deadline Hollywood , August 27, 2020.
- ↑ "Revivals Lineup Announced for the 58th New York Film Festival". Film at Lincoln Center, August 18, 2020.