Hopper/Welles
By Guillermo Lopez Meza October 16, 2020
An intense and—to a certain point—confrontational interview that works as an essential documentary about filmmaking.
Festivals
Smooth Talk | New York Film Festival 2020
By Kent Turner October 8, 2020
Laura Dern returns to the festival with her very first lead role from 1985.
Lovers Rock | New York Film Festival 2020
By Kent Turner October 5, 2020
Steve McQueen’s quasi-musical more than made up for the subdued feeling that many might have felt this year.
Nomadland | New York Film Festival 2020
By Kent Turner September 29, 2020
For an off-kilter year in which moviegoing has been curtailed and new films have debuted online and not in theaters, it’s fitting that this low-key and muted film has recently been celebrated.
The Human Voice | New York Film Festival 2020
By Kent Turner September 25, 2020
In only 30 minutes, Pedro Almodóvar’s elegant take on Jean Cocteau’s 1930 one-act/one-woman meltdown packs more drama than many movies four times its length.
MLK/FBI | New York Film Festival 2020
By Kent Turner September 22, 2020
A sharply detailed account of how the Federal Bureau of Investigation used its resources to target civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Tribeca 2020 Documentaries | Jacinta; Landfall; Through the Night
By Phil Guie June 11, 2020
Each year, the Tribeca Film Festival draws attention to vital social issues, and 2020 is no different, though the event was cancelled.
Two Gods | Hot Docs Online
By Benjamin Tran May 28, 2020
Regret, longing, and overcoming are what drive the somber aura of this deeply personal slice-of-life documentary set in working-class Newark, New Jersey.
12 Hour Shift | Tribeca Film Festival 2020
By Andrew Plimpton May 15, 2020
A dark screwball comedy set in a seedy Arkansas hospital in the late 1990s.