Given it's the buzziest restoration of.. well "the year" doesn't even seem sufficient even though we've only known about its existence since May when it played Cannes -- it's got to be the buzziest restoration of the decade. Anyway given the fact that everybody (including yours truly) is losing their heads over the new re-cut & restoration of Ken Russell's The Devils it's not at all surprising that this is leading NYFF's just today dropped list of "Revivals" screenings -- it would have been one hundred more times shocking if it wasn't there (even though the restoration's one week theatrical engagment lands a whole four days after the fest ends). So yes...
IT IS HAPPENINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG @filmlinc.bsky.social #NYFF
— Jason Adams (@jamnpp.bsky.social) August 18, 2026 at 11:08 AM
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... we are excited about that. But there's an entire list of movies playing, and I'd be remiss if I didn't call attention to the other, less buzzy but just as stunning of a whopper that is, unlike The Devils, actually having its World Premiere at NYFF...
... and that is the brand new restoration of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's 1950 film Gone To Earth. I have never seen this one and that sounds for the best because apparently producer David O. Selznick took it away from the men who made the masterpieces The Red Shoes and Black Narcissus and cut it up all to hell, and it's only been available in this butchered version for the past 75 years. Until now, thanks to one Marty Scorsese and editing icon legend and genius Thelma Schoonmacher, who besides all of those professional titles was also married to the late Michael Powell. The two of them oversaw a meticulous reconstruction of the filmmakers' never-seen version -- basically we're getting a new movie from the Archers! Holy hell! Here's how NYFF describes the film (and if any of you have seen the old version, share in the comments!):
"This restoration miraculously brings Powell and Pressburger’s Technicolor version of Mary Webb’s novel back to life. Jennifer Jones stars as the free-spirited, nature-loving Hazel Woodus, a woman who refuses to bow down to her father (Esmond Knight), the spiritual clergyman (Cyril Cusack) to whom she is betrothed, or the reckless squire (David Farrar) who desires her. Jones gives a career-best performance in The Archers’ glorious tribute to the otherworldly landscapes where Powell’s father grew up. "
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