Sour Grapes | DOC NYC
By Phil Guie November 13, 2016
A look back at a time when wine was as much for speculation and criminal activity as for drinking.
Festivals
Transgender Lives | DOC NYC
By Phil Guie November 11, 2016
Four varied stories of transgender people screening at the annual documentary film festival.
Bang! The Bert Berns Story | DOC NYC
By Caroline Ely November 10, 2016
The tunesmith and record producer’s crowded, busy life and underappreciated 1960s musical legacy form the subject of this tribute.
Aquarius | NYFF 2016
By Rania Richardson October 23, 2016
Writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s highly observant film follows Sonia Braga in a tour de force performance.
Karl Marx City | NYFF 2016
By Kent Turner October 17, 2016
An absorbing and fascinating historical tour of the not-so-distant past that also doubles as a candid personal exploration.
13th | NYFF 2016
By Rania Richardson October 8, 2016
With clarity and focus, Ava DuVernay traces a history of inequality that has resulted in the United States having the highest incarceration rate in the world.
Julieta | NYFF 2016
By Rania Richardson October 6, 2016
Is this a new direction for Pedro Almodóvar, who has made excess the hallmark of his long career?
Neruda | NYFF 2016
By Rania Richardson
Chilean director Pablo Larraín turns a standard biopic inside out in this stylish thriller with a literary bent.
The Kids Are All Right (If They’re Alive) | NYFF 2016
By Kent Turner October 4, 2016
Two films to discover at the 54th New York Film Festival: The Rehearsal, with one of the best ensembles in the program, and the animated teen meltdown My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea.