Nickel Boys | NYFF 2024
It opened this year’s New York Film Festival, and it is not only a superior literary adaptation but also a bold and daring artistic statement.
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Evil Does Not Exist
What begins as a seemingly placid ecological fable gradually gains darker tones, culminating in a shocking, rug-pulling ending.
Aggro Dr1ft | NYFF 2023
Harmony Korine's new work (don't call it a "movie") suggests an episode of Miami Vice filtered through a psychedelic, acid-soaked consciousness.
In Our Day/In Water | NYFF 2023
It’s been an almost routine occurrence to see two of his films included in the New York Film Festival, and this year is no exception.
Drive My Car
Ryusuke Hamaguchi has masterfully and thrillingly expanded Haruki Murakami’s typically spare and evocative short story into a three-hour feature.
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
As so often happens with international films, this movie is much more accurately represented by its original Japanese title, Coincidence and Imagination, than its English translation.
Wife of a Spy
Kiyoshi Kurosawa's first period piece, set in 1940s Japan, features a riveting, tour-de-force performance by Yu Aoi.