Tag: newyorkfilmfest2014
New York 2014: ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA And The Importance of Preservation
Post-production wiz, Walter Murch, in his book, In The Blink of An Eye, devotes a chapter to what he refers to as a film's DNA. He essentially says that a film can only be what it was meant to be,...
New York 2014 Review: EDEN, An Ambitious Yet Personal Look at 90s Electronic Dance Music Scene
The other day, I saw a college kid wearing a T- shirt that said, "In school now just to be a wage slave later." I seriously considered giving the kid a hug. And I could've easily regarded it as some...
New York 2014 Review: TIMBUKTU Is A Strong Condemnation Of Religious Extremism
Timbuktu, that faraway place, the end of the world, is an actual city in Northern Mali in Africa. It was once a bustling trade town in sub-Saharan Africa and now famous for its fabulous architecture, libraries and scholars. Abderramane Sissako...
New York 2014 Review: THE BLUE ROOM Shows Off Mathieu Amalric's Directing Chops
Mathieu Amalric's The Blue Room is a hard film to like-- its tone is cold and distant. But it is precisely designed that way to accompany in showing the mind of its passive protagonist. Based on the book of the...
