Festivals: New York Film Fest
New York 2024 Review: CAUGHT BY THE TIDES, Time Passing, Observed Silently
Jia finally makes a silent movie star out of Zhao Tao.
New York 2024 Review: STRANGER EYES, Sex, Lies, and Videotape
When a little girl vanishes straight from the playground, her parents Junyang (Wu Chien-ho) and Peiying (Anicca Panna) start a search that doesn’t provide any leads. That is, until they start getting DVDs with the footage of the family doing...
New York 2024 Review: APRIL, A Strange Manifestation
Dea Kulumbegashvili's second feature is a challenging, feminist work, to say the least.
New York 2024 Review: THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG, Striking Tale of Violence and Moral Compromises
Iman (Misagh Zare) has just gotten the much-desired promotion, but asks his family to keep quiet about his new job: he is now an investigating judge in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran. So, while the very real protests against the...
New York 2024 Review: NO OTHER LAND Chronicles Living Under Occupation
The suffering of people in this film is staggering, but so is their resilience.
New York 2024 Review: AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE, A Cock and Bull Story
Albert Serra's aim is capturing the purity.
New York 2024 Review: A TRAVELER'S NEEDS, Living Life Truthfully
The second collaboration of Hong Sangsoo and Isabelle Huppert is a delight.
New York 2024 Review: SCENARIOS, Adieu Cinema, Adieu Godard
End of Godard, End of Cinema
New York 2024 Review: DAHOMEY, On Putting Souls Back
Mati Diop documents the repatriation of stolen African treasures from France.
New York 2024 Review: In NICKEL BOYS, the POV Conceit Disappoints
RaMell Ross directed. For a subject this weighty, though, the aesthetics in 'Nickel Boys' don't work.
New York 2023 Review: FERRARI, A Testament of Craftsmanship
Adam Driver, Shailene Woodley and Penelope Cruz star in director Michael Mann's new film.
New York 2023 Review: Native American's Flight in EUREKA
Eureka is always a fascinating watch with full of ideas swimming around your head long after you leave the theater.
New York 2023 Review: PICTURES OF GHOSTS, Ephemeral Nature of Our Lives
Brazilian director Mendonça Filho serves as our expert guide to his beloved city of Recife, combining his own experience and his love of cinema.
New York 2023 Review: THE BEAST, Hefty Ideas Swirl Around, Stylized to Perfection
Léa Seydoux and George Mackay star in director Bertrand Bonello's new film, my frontrunner for the best film of 2023.
New York 2023 Review: TRAILER OF A FILM THAT WILL NEVER EXIST: PHONY WARS, Adieu Godard
The short film offers a rare glance into Jean-Luc Godard's process in constructing his essay films.
New York 2022 Review: R.M.N., Skillful But Heavy-Handed Xenophobia Drama
Cristian Mungiu uses a cudgel to examine xenophobia in Eastern Europe when a scalpel might have sufficed.
New York 2022 Review: WILL-O'-THE-WISP, Exuberant Gay Fantasia
João Pedro Rodrigues' Portuguese musical delivers the dance numbers along with a side of environmentalism.
New York 2022 Review: TRENQUE LAUQUEN, Binge-worthy South American Mystery Box
Director Laura Citarella's superb new opus, clocking in over four hours, strikes the balance between a Nicholas Sparks romance and a creature feature.
New York 2022 Review: Hong Sang-soo's THE NOVELIST'S FILM, Compulsion and Stagnation
Prolific as ever, Hong is not stagnating for sure. But I guess with the pandemic it crossed his mind. I hope his compulsion never stops.
New York 2022 Review: In SHOWING UP, Perseverance Pays Off
Michelle Williams stars in a new film directed by Kelly Reichardt, which continues to showcase her unique voice in American cinema.
