Of course all of the shorts featured in New York I Love You won’t be amazing, but I have a feeling there will be a few that are. I’m most excited to see the short from Fatih Akin, a German-Turkish director that I adore. The preview got me excited for performances from Chris Cooper, Qi Shu, Andy Garcia and Julie Christie.

And the shot of Natalie Portman in the wedding dress is actually pretty great too

This will no doubt be a fun movie-going experience, esp for a relatively new New Yorker like myself (3 years now!)

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