The Circuit

Clint Eastwood's "Changeling"  will be the centerpiece of the 46th New York Film Festival, while Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler" will close the event.  They join the previously announced opener, Laurent Cantet's Cannes winner "The Class."

Eastwood's period piece on LA police corruption starring Angelina Jolie preemed at Cannes.  Darren Aronofsky's latest, starring Mickey Rourke as an aging wrestler, will first screen at the upcoming Venice fest.

France is heavily repped in the NYFF's main slate.  Joining "The Class" are Arnaud Desplechin's "A Christmas Tale," Agnes Jaoui's "Let it Rain," and Olivier Assayas's "Summer Hours." 

US filmmakers in the mix include Steven Soderbergh bringing his two-part biography, "Che," which garnered a Best Actor prize for lead Benicio del Toro at Cannes.  Antonio Campos's "Afterschool," Kelly Reichardt's "Wendy and Lucy" and Alexander Olch's "The Windmill Movie" round out the American selection.

Other Cannes pics in the lineup include Matteo Garrone's "Gomorrah," Steve McQueen's "Hunger," Sergey Dvortsevoy's "Tulpan," and Un Certain Regard Jury Prize winner "Tokyo Sonata," by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.  There's also Ari Forman's animated autobiography,"Waltz with Bashir," Jia Zhangke's "24 City," and Wong Kar Wai's "Ashes of Time Redux."

Mike Leigh will bring his latest, "Happy-Go-Lucky," Darezhan Omirbaev will screen his Anna Karenina adaptation "Chouga," and Jerzy Skolimowski's returns with "Four Nights with Anna."

Lucrecia Martel's "The Headless Woman," Gerardo Naranjo's "I'm Going to Explode," and Brillante Mendoza's "Serbis" are also set, as is Hong Sang-soo's "Night and Day," Joao Botelho's "The Northern Land," and Pablo Larrain's tale of a John Travolta wannabe in Pinochet's Chile, "Tony Manero."

Fest will also screen a newly restored print of Max Ophuls' classic "Lola Montes."

The New York Film Festival runs September 26 - October 12.