The 62nd annual New York Film Festival, which concluded this Monday, featured two film adaptations of work by celebrated author Sigrid Nunez ‘72: The Friend, starring Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, and The Room Next Door, starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore in the first English-language feature from acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar. Visit the link in our bio to learn more about these cinematic translations of Nunez’s writing, which have played festivals worldwide, and to revisit a recent conversation between Nunez and Elizabeth Benedict ‘76 for Barnard Magazine! (📸 : Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore appear in Pedro Almodóvar's A Room Next Door. Film still by Iglesias Más © El Deseo. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.) #barnard #barnrdcollege #sigridnunez #pedroalmodovar #naomiwatts #tildaswinton #juliannemoore #billmurray #nyff #venicefilmfestival #telluride #torontofilmfestival