FilmFestivalsNew York Film FestivalFilmFestivalsNew York Film FestivalJoaquin Phoenix anchors the disappointingly precious C’mon C’mon in the final week of NYFFJane Campion’s Western drama The Power Of The Dog and Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s stunning Memoria fare much betterByVikram MurthiPublishedOctober 6, 2021Comments (14)
FilmFestivalsNew York Film FestivalFilmFestivalsNew York Film FestivalWes Anderson returns with a densely packed New Yorker homage, The French DispatchMeanwhile, Todd Haynes’ The Velvet Underground documentary blows the roof off of NYFFByVikram MurthiPublishedSeptember 30, 2021Comments (67)
FilmFestivalsNew York Film FestivalFilmFestivalsNew York Film FestivalPaul Verhoeven’s bawdy lesbian nun movie makes its way to New YorkBenedetta, Red Rocket, The Worst Person In The World, and Vortex all continue their respective directors’ signature…ByVikram MurthiPublishedSeptember 29, 2021Comments (10)
FilmFestivalsNew York Film FestivalFilmFestivalsNew York Film FestivalThe New York Film Festival returns with The Tragedy Of Macbeth, the first ever Coen brother filmJoel Coen follows in the footsteps of Orson Welles and Roman Polanski with a faithful adaptation of the BardByVikram MurthiPublishedSeptember 24, 2021Comments (51)
FilmFestivalsNew York Film FestivalFilmFestivalsNew York Film FestivalThe New York Film Festival makes its French exit with a labored comedy and more Steve McQueenMovies come from all over the globe to play the New York Film Festival every year. 2020’s mostly virtual edition,…ByA.A. DowdPublishedOctober 10, 2020Comments (6)
FilmFestivalsNew York Film FestivalFilmFestivalsNew York Film FestivalThree major directors work in the shadow of their past triumphs at the New York Film FestivalTsai Ming-liang’s Days (Grade: B+), which premiered in Berlin earlier this year and now plays as part of the New…ByA.A. DowdPublishedOctober 2, 2020Comments (5)
FilmFestivalsNew York Film FestivalFilmFestivalsNew York Film FestivalA wordless Babe and the year’s wordiest drama spar for attention at the New York Film FestivalOf all the pleasures that go missing when a film festival goes virtual, true post-movie discussion might be the…ByA.A. DowdPublishedSeptember 23, 2020Comments (6)
FilmFestivalsNew York Film FestivalFilmFestivalsNew York Film FestivalWidows director Steve McQueen kicks off the New York Film Festival with dance and romanceEvery film festival has an identity, even if that identity is “We don’t have an identity!” The New York Film…ByA.A. DowdPublishedSeptember 17, 2020Comments (1)