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FILE - In this April 30, 2018, file photo, FSLC executive director Lesli Klainberg, left, honoree Helen Mirren and FSLC deputy director Eugene Hernandez attend the Film Society of Lincoln Center's 45th Chaplin Award Gala honoring Helen Mirren at Alice Tully Hall in New York. Hernandez will succeed Kent Jones as the director of the New York Film Festival, becoming only the fifth person to lead the esteemed Lincoln Center showcase for cinema in its 57-year history. Klainberg, executive director of Film at Lincoln Center, announced the appointment Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, naming Hernandez to the top position at arguably the most revered film festival in the country. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Eugene Hernandez named director of New York Film Festival

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

This undated image released by Cinetic Media shows filmmaker Kent Jones, right, with actress Mary Kay Place, left, and associate producer Gabi Madsen on the set of &quot;Diane.&quot; The film is a modest and raw character study starring Place as a widower who spends her guilt-ridden days visiting her addicted and overbearing son, a soup kitchen and her diminishing community of friends and family. (Cinetic Media via AP)

In acclaimed ‘Diane,’ a film critic goes behind the camera

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press