NYFF

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…

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…

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…

Every hero of mythical proportions should have his own theme song. The Greatest American Hero had one, and so did Davey Crockett. Santos (José Sacristán),…

Reaching back into the pantheon of war movies over the course of film history, there are countless films about Vietnam, WWII, The Civil War, and…

In America we have neither kings nor gods. Our brief experiments with any cult of personality ended badly, though they inspired some excellent movies along…

NYFF: ‘Something in the Air’ is an Accurate Portrayal of 1970s Youth Revolution But Could Have Gone Further When fighting their various political fights, young people…

NYFF: Haneke’s ‘Amour’ Is a Brilliant, Unflinching Portrait of an Elderly Couple and the Ravages of Time Police burst into a beautiful Parisian apartment to discover…

Shawn Christensen, from his own short film ‘Curfew’ The shorts programs at the New York Film Festival are not technically curated according to any specific theme.…