NYFF to fete 'Method,' 'Skin'

"A Dangerous Method""The Skin I Live In"The New York Film Festival has lined up David Cronenberg's "A Dangerous Method" and Pedro Almodovar's "The Skin I Live In" for gala screenings as part of the upcoming 2011 edition of the fest."Method" and "Skin" join a lineup that opens with Roman Polanski's "Carnage." Simon Curtis' Michelle Williams starrer, "My Week with Marilyn," has been tapped for the centerpiece screening."Method," soon to have its world preem at Venice before it screens in Toronto, will mark the first time a film by Cronenberg has had a spot in NYFF. Set to be released by Sony Pictures Classics Nov. 23, the film stars Michael Fassbender and Viggo Mortensen in a story about the relationship between Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung and a seductive patient played by Keira Knightly."Skin," which bowed this spring at Cannes, follows a plastic surgeon, played by Antonio Banderas, who imprisons a woman so he can use her as a guinea pig for a new type of human skin. Also distributed by SPC, pic will be released in the U.S. Oct. 14.NYFF's "Method" gala is set for Oct. 5, with "Skin" skedded for Oct. 12.The Film Society of Lincoln Center's 49th annual NYFF will be the first since the opening of the newly constructed film center on the campus of Lincoln Center. Full 2011 slate of 25 to 28 films, and the fest's complete complement of sidebar series, remain to be announced prior to the start of the fest, running Sept. 30-Oct. 16. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com