Christy
Contact sport movies are a dime a dozen, but Christy Martin’s remarkable true story helps make David Michôd’s biopic a compelling watch.
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Die My Love
Sometimes, the raw, loose emotions and dark humor of John Cassavetes’s movies seem to be in conversation with this film.
Pillion | NYFF 2025
A bold and remarkably assured feature directorial debut plays out mostly like a fizzy—albeit sexually explicit—romantic comedy, with deep dramatic undertones.
The Mastermind | NYFF 2025
Another in Kelly Reichardt’s canon of deceptively modest stories of ordinary people set within a specific place and time.
Blue Moon | NYFF 2025
An exception to the rule that films limited mainly to one location can feel stagey and stifling.
After the Hunt | NYFF 2025
It’s exciting to see Julia Roberts tackle a complicated, prickly character after being pigeonholed with the trivial moniker “America’s Sweetheart” in the past.
Plainclothes
Though set in the pre-app, agonizing phone-waiting days of the past, the movie’s themes and struggles remain impactful and relevant.