This special screening of Abel Ferrara's New Rose Hotel, adapted from William Gibson, will be followed by a conversation with director Abel Ferrara and Stephanie LaCava. Both Ferrara’s New Rose Hotel and LaCava’s latest novel Nymph share a deep thematic fascination with desire, power, and the fragility of intimacy, exploring characters who navigate covert worlds where violence, seduction, and betrayal become forms of currency. The Downtown Festival celebrates independent artists across film, music, art, and culture in New York City.

The Downtown Festival: New Rose Hotel with Abel Ferrara (Director), Stephanie LaCava

Abel Ferrara’s New Rose Hotel is a cyber-noir following two corporate fixers who recruit a captivating singer to lure a brilliant scientist from a rival conglomerate. Desire, money, and shifting loyalties turn a clean extraction into a dangerous cat-and-mouse. Adapted from William Gibson, it’s a tense study of allure and betrayal.