Start spreading the news: New York Film Festival is finally here. Virtually.Like Toronto International Film Festival, NYFF decided to turn into a mostly online affair this year because of COVID-19. But you don't have to show up to Lincoln Center to get tickets: Film fans can go online to rent movies from the impressive, globetrotting 2020 slate including Sofia Coppola's "On the Rocks" (featuring Bill Murray and Rashida Jones) and the first three films in the five-part "Small Axe" anthology directed by Steve McQueen ("12 Years a Slave") that tells stories set in London's West Indian community from the late 1960s to the early '80s.Like free stuff? On Tuesday, audiences can stream the new political documentary "All In: The Fight for Democracy" at no charge via Amazon Prime Video as well as Twitch, YouTube, and Twitter for National Voter Registration Day. Steve McQueen on dedicating 'Lovers Rock' to George Floyd at NY Film FestivalAll the best movies we saw, rankedAfter a successful Toronto fest, we're heading to New York – which in 2020 means switching couches – to round up and rank the best efforts we watch:10. 'Fauna'The quirky and slightly absurdist little Mexican comedy sneakily weaves in shades of criminal fiction and violence as part of populist imagination. Estranged siblings Luisa (Luisa Pardo) and Gabino (Gabino Rodríguez) return home to visit their parents alongside Luisa's fellow actor and hapless boyfriend Paco (Francisco Barreiro), a bit player on a popular narco TV show. Their many awkward interactions give way to a meta noir detective story with all the actors playing different roles that subtly hints at the town's shady underbelly.9. 'The Calming'Director Song Fang's film is definitely a case of a spot-on movie title. It's quite the calming experience following Chinese documentary filmmaker Lin (Qi Xi) who, after a breakup, bounces between Beijing, Tokyo and Hong Kong, rides a train through snowy landscapes, looks out over Asian metropolises at night and meanders on quiet forest hikes. In addition to the experiential aspect to "Calming," Lin also reconnects with friends, cares for her parents and spends many moments alone, dealing with what ails her as well. It's a contemplative film ultimately about finding creative inspiration again. 8. 'The Inheritance'Director Ephraim Asili’s timely experimental film is part documentary and part fictional narrative interspersing a lesson on Black culture with a historical plight for racial and social justice. In the film peppered with footage of first Black congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, as well as images of Black icons John Coltrane and Muhammad Ali, a young man (Eric Lockley) inherits his grandmother’s Philadelphia house and creates a Black socialist collective with his girlfriend (Nozipho Mclean). Asili creates a tapestry of their story interspersed with the story of the MOVE liberation group and the tragic bombing of their Philly house in 1985 that took 11 lives and destroyed 61 homes.7. 'Th

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