One could argue that the festival couldn’t occur at a better time, when French films are enjoying success in the U.S. this year.
Three films that are—coincidentally, but fortuitously—mature studies of single parents trying their best to raise children in often discordant circumstances.
Two arresting portraits of women artists who, in different ways, grew up in the theatre.
Two documentaries direct our gaze to places in the world where freedom of press is especially fraught.
The annual DOC NYC festival offers a selection that is especially diverse, both in nationality and in approach.
Who could have anticipated that the most fiery and impactful revitalization the western genre has received in years would come in the form of a Chilean period piece about a horseback expedition of mercenaries riding across Tierra del Fuego?
Léa Seydoux completely immerses herself in this demented and sprawling epic romance about missed opportunities.
At a fleet 81 minutes, Aki Kaurismäki’s latest film exemplifies a slim version of the director’s perfected brand of tragicomedy.
Harmony Korine’s new work (don’t call it a “movie”) suggests an episode of Miami Vice filtered through a psychedelic, acid-soaked consciousness.