Movies
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NYFF: ‘First Cousin Once Removed’ is a Scary and Personal Look at An Artist Fading Away With…
NYFF: ‘First Cousin Once Removed’ is a Scary and Personal Look at An Artist Fading Away With Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s is one of the most tragic…
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Review: Everyone Involved Is Aces But ‘Seven Psychopaths’ Is the Sam Rockwell Show
Marty (Colin Farrell) is a screenwriter with a serious case of writer’s block. “Seven Psychopaths” is his latest script, but there’s one big problem with…
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31 Days of Horror: Death Spa (1989)
by Michael Treveloni They said it couldn’t be done. A fifth year of 31 Days of Horror? 31 more terror, gore and shower scene-filled movies…
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NYFF: ‘Holy Motors’ Dares the Audience to Figure it Out
There is a theory that Fellini’s La Dolce Vita is structured, quite schematically, like Dante’s Inferno. The idea is that this three hour film can…
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Review: ‘Argo’ Is a Nail-Biting, Cheer-Worthy Triumph Filled With Laughs, Suspense and Facial Hair
The November 4th, 1979 takeover of the American embassy in Iran by students and other revolutionaries was front page news around the world as 52…
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NYFF: ‘The Last Time I Saw Macao’ Skillfully Blends Documentary And Fiction
There is no such thing as “pure documentary.” While classified as “non-fiction,” documentaries ultimately form narratives depending on how the director chooses to cut the…
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26 Things We Learned From the ‘Night of the Living Dead’ Commentary
October continues, and we’re moving to our next batch of favorite on-screen monsters. This week we’re talking about zombies and all the glorious ways George…
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Disc Spotlight: ‘Bond 50 — Celebrating Five Decades of Bond 007’ (Part One of Two, 1962–1981)
James Bond has been outwitting bad guys and bedding the ladies onscreen for half a century, and even as the films’ tones, quality and lead…
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NYFF: Three Eccentric Shorts in Celebration of Art and Artists
There is a section of features in this year’s New York Film Festival entitled “On the Arts.” The focus is music and performance, spread across…