New York's most prestigious festival has several films of interest. Highlights include:

Aquarius, Brazil/France
A highlight of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Kleber Mendonça Filho’s follow-up to his acclaimed Neighboring Sounds revolves around the leisurely days of a 65-year-old widow, played by the great Brazilian actress Sônia Braga. Clara is a retired music critic and the only remaining resident of the titular apartment building in Recife. Trouble starts when an ambitious real estate promoter who has bought up all of Aquarius’s other units comes knocking on Clara’s door. She has no intention of leaving, and a protracted struggle ensues. 

Neruda, Chile/Argentina/France/Spain
A portrait of the renowned Chilean poet Pablo Neruda’s years of flight and exile after his 1948 denunciation of his government’s leadership. Larraín’s blend of fact and fancy (the latter embodied in an invented character, straight out of detective fiction, played by Gael García Bernal) is many things at once: a kaleidoscopic recreation of a particular historical moment; a cat-and-mouse game; and a pocket epic. .

New York: Sept. 30 - Oct. 16. Full lineup and details on their website.