Pianoforte | Sundance 2023
By Kent Turner January 30, 2023
There is still life in the kids-in-competition documentary mini-genre, here focusing on the prestigious 2021 International Chopin Piano Prize.
Festivals
The Fabelmans | TIFF 2022
By Kent Turner November 21, 2022
You don’t have to be an ardent fan of Steven Spielberg to enter his semiautobiographical bildungsroman, set in 1950s/’60s suburbia, though it wouldn’t hurt.
Is That Black Enough for You?!? | New York Film Festival 2022
By Kent Turner November 3, 2022
Why did the surge of Black-centered films from the late 1960s through the 1970s fade away?
Alcarràs, Pacifiction, Scarlet | NYFF 2022
By Guillermo Lopez Meza October 25, 2022
There were a lot of discoveries among the titles presented in the festival’s 60th edition that should not be missed when they are officially released.
All That Breathes | NYFF 2022
By Rania Richardson October 20, 2022
A nature documentary that finds beauty within the debris of New Delhi as two brothers rescue injured black kites.
The Inspection | NYFF 2022
By Kent Turner October 14, 2022
Elegance Bratton’s semi-autobiographical feature debut was the festival’s Closing Night selection.
Armageddon Time | NYFF 2022
By Kent Turner October 13, 2022
Writer/director James Gray places a lot of responsibility on the slender shoulders of his young actors in this re-creation of his early 1980s upbringing.
The Eternal Daughter | NYFF 2022
By Guillermo Lopez Meza October 12, 2022
A film staged, shot, and scored as a ghost story infused by a gothic atmosphere. Joanna Hogg avoids obvious jump scares while sustaining an unsettling environment.
Till | New York Film Festival 2022
By Kent Turner
This restrained biopic is one of the most thoughtful to come out of Hollywood in recent years.