Swan Song | SXSW 2021
By Kent Turner March 26, 2021
Usually when Udo Kier appears on screen, viewers need to hold on to their hats. Now they can exhale.
Festivals
Here Before, Potato Dreams of America, The Lost Sons | SXSW 2021
By Kent Turner
The annual event has been reinvented as SXSW Online while still offering a substantial slate of films.
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2021
By Caroline Ely March 5, 2021
This year’s edition is an opportunity for filmgoers within and outside of New York City to explore the festival and to get hint of what would have entertained the glittering crowds at Cannes.
Human Factors, Pleasure, Hive, Luzzu | Sundance Film Festival 2021
By Kent Turner February 8, 2021
Viewers who had the good fortune to dive into the Sundance Film Festival’s programming this year have Europe to thank.
CODA | Sundance Film Festival 2021
By Kent Turner
A heartfelt, straightforward, and familiar coming of ager that swept the awards at Sundance.
Judas and the Black Messiah | Sundance Film Festival 2021
By Kent Turner February 5, 2021
The movie offers a complex examination of the players involved that is unusual for biopics, and is inherently and unabashedly political.
Flee | Sundance Film Festival 2021
By Kent Turner February 1, 2021
Expertly paced and among the most suspenseful films in recent memory.
5 Highly Recommended Films | DOC NYC 2020
By Kent Turner November 17, 2020
Viewers across the United States are just a login away from seeing some of the best nonfiction films of the year.
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.