Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street | NewFest 2019
By Kyle Mustain October 28, 2019
Actor Mark Patton confronts the legacy of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge, one of the gayest horror movies of all time.
Festivals
NewFest 2019
By Kyle Mustain October 25, 2019
Screening more than 160 works from 30 countries, the 31st annual New Fest, New York City’s LGBTQ+ film festival, highlights new voices in cinema and a wide range of genres and experiences.
Varda by Agnès | NYFF 2019
By Rania Richardson October 17, 2019
A master class that brings valuable insights to a significant career, more than six decades after it began.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire | NYFF 2019
By Wilda Williams October 16, 2019
Céline Sciamma turns to period drama with this elegant meditation on female desire that flips the script on the male gaze.
Liberté | NYFF 2019
By Kent Turner October 12, 2019
Albert Serra’s film has a strange, almost hypnotic pull, while turning its watchers into complicit voyeurs.
New York Film Festival 2019
By Kent Turner October 10, 2019
For New Yorkers attending the NYFF, it’s almost like going to the Cannes Film Festival, but without the jetlag, the exchange rate, and the overpriced accommodations.
Beanpole | NYFF 2019
By Wilda Williams October 8, 2019
Kantemir Balagov’s extraordinary second film opens in postwar Leningrad, where survivors are still reeling from the devastation.
The Australian Dream | TIFF 2019
By Kent Turner September 21, 2019
An arresting and alarming documentary scrutinizes racism on the football field and throughout Australian culture, as experienced by one of the country’s star players.
Frankie | TIFF 2019
By Kent Turner September 11, 2019
If Portugal becomes overrun with tourists, blame can go to director Ira Sachs’s new drama.