PERSONALITY CRISIS: ONE NIGHT ONLY — NYFF 2022
David Johansen’s swan song performance of tunes from his rich musical history serves as the centerpiece for this loving documentary. Cole…
New York Film Festival
JOAN DIDION: THE CENTER WILL NOT HOLD — NYFF 55
At 82, the waifish Joan Didion expresses herself with dramatic hand gestures that emphasize her thoughts and ideas with indelible…
WONDERSTRUCK — NYFF 55
Capsules Blog, Children's Cinema, Coming-of-Age, Drama, Literary Adaptation, New York Film Festival, ONE STAR
As I watched Todd Haynes’s latest film I kept asking myself, who is this movie for? It is not a…
THE FLORIDA PROJECT — NYFF 55
Although the editing could have been much tighter on Sean Baker’s dramatically infused [ethnographic] study of poverty in Kissimmee, “The…
THELMA — NYFF 55
Joachim Trier’s paranormal-inflected lesbian coming of age thriller zigs where it should zag. Eli Harboe plays the title character, a…
MRS. HYDE — NYFF 55
Capsules Blog, New York Film Festival, Sci-Fi, Social Satire, TWO STARS, Video Essay, Women's Cinema
Not even Isabelle Huppert’s ever-reliable craftwork can elevate this overwrought and underachieving pro-education, sci-fi inflected, drama. The film’s unbalanced (linear)…
FACES PLACES — THE CRITERION COLLECTION
Capsules Blog, Criterion Collection, Docudrama, Documentary, Feminist Cinema, FIVE STARS, French Cinema, French New Wave, New York Film Festival, Video Essay, Women Filmmakers, Women's Cinema
There is beautiful chemistry between the 88-year-old French New Wave legendary filmmaker Agnes Varda and JR, the youthful French photographer…
THELMA — TRAILER & POSTER
“Thelma” is on my list of must-see films at the upcoming New York Film Festival! Check it out.
55th NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL: REVIVALS
New York, NY (August 21, 2017) – The Film Society of Lincoln Center announces the lineup for Revivals, taking place during…
THE B-SIDE — NYFF 54
Documentarian extraordinaire Errol Morris has crafted his sweetest film to date. Morris’s filmic love letter to his longtime friend, photographer…
LAURA POITRAS’S RISK PREMIERES ON MAY 2
Cinema, Culture, Current Affairs, Documentary, Film, Film Blog, Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York Film Festival, News, Politics
New York, NY (April 18, 2017) – The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today that Laura Poitras’s Risk will…
NYFF 54: FILMMAKER TALKS SERIES LINEUP
THE FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES FILMMAKER TALKS AT THE 54th NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL
NYFF 54: SPOTLIGHT ON DOCUMENTARY LINE-UP
THE FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES THE COMPLETE LINEUP FOR THE SPOTLIGHT ON DOCUMENTARY SECTION OF THE 54th NEW…
NYFF 54 SPECIAL GUESTS OF HONOR
THE FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES SPECIAL EVENTS AND “AN EVENING WITH…” GUESTS OF HONOR FOR 54th NEW YORK…
NYFF 54 — PROJECTIONS: AVANT-GARDE SHOWCASE
THE FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTERANNOUNCES THE LINEUP FOR ITS ANNUALAVANT-GARDE SHOWCASE, PROJECTIONS,AT THE 54th NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL …
COLE SMITHEY’S MOST ANTICIPATED FILMS AT NYFF 54
The films I most look forward to screening at the 54th New York Film Festival are informed by Cannes since…
MAIN SLATE SELECTIONS FOR THE 54th NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL
Cinema, Culture, Current Affairs, Directors, Documentary, Film, Film Blog, Film Festivals, Media, New York Film Festival, Politics
New York, NY (August 9, 2016) – The Film Society of Lincoln Center announces the 25 films for the Main…
DE PALMA — NYFF53
More edited than directed, “De Palma” is rightfully content to let the director of such classics as “Carrie” and “Scarface”…
CAROL — CANNES 2015
Cannes Film Festival, Capsules Blog, FIVE STARS, LGBTQ, New York Film Festival, Romantic Drama, Video Essay, Women's Cinema
Here is a film that doesn’t need any awards to stake its worthiness. That said, awards of some variety will…
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