Documentaries | Tribeca Film Festival 2016
By Caroline Ely April 17, 2016
This year’s festival offers up a wide range of documentaries that are timely and confidently made, with The Happy Film an example of finesse.
Festivals
The Spirit of “Fargo” in Tribeca 2016
By Caroline Ely
The spirit of the Coen Brothers’ (arguably) best movie hovers over narrative entries in this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, with the director of one film even citing it as a direct influence.
More Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2016
By Kent Turner March 6, 2016
Within 11 days’ time, New Yorkers can see a significant slice of current French films that have won acclaim at Cannes and earned praise back home.
A Decent Man | Rendez-Vous with French Cinema
By Caroline Ely March 4, 2016
For brutal emotional impact, there is nothing like this film out now, It’s a highlight at this year’s Rendez-Vous with French Cinema series.
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2016
By Caroline Ely March 3, 2016
The annual festival offers up a wide range of moods, styles, and responses to the shifting times we inhabit. This year’s offerings draw on nostalgia, gazing back at feminism’s 1970s heyday.
Film Comment Selects 2016
By Michael Lee February 15, 2016
Once again, the Film Society of Lincoln Center leans on the staff of its monthly magazine, Film Comment, to present this annual series, an eclectically curated group of overlooked and perhaps underappreciated films. This year proves no exception to the typical high quality of noteworthy films from around the world, many of which are making […]
Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema 2015
By Christopher Bourne December 2, 2015
The festival Making Waves: New Romanian Cinema, screening at the Film Society of Lincoln Center from December 2-8, is celebrating its 10th edition, and is using this milestone as an occasion to look back on the Romanian New Wave, which, of course by now, is not so new. Besides its usual focus on recent films—which […]
DOC NYC | 2015
By Caroline Ely November 13, 2015
Three Asian films at the DOC NYC festival reveal spaces we rarely see and people we are unlikely to meet, even in a globalized, connected world. These outwardly calm works contain unpredictable emotions, immense risks, and power games sometimes unseen, sometimes thrust into the open. “We had to destroy the village in order to save […]
Crime Spree in Toronto | TIFF 2015
By Kent Turner October 20, 2015
One challenge at the Toronto International Film Festival is having enough time to check out films and directors that you may not know, in search of a gem that you (and thousands of others) can discover and claim as your own. Fortunately, a handful of shot-in-the-dark experiences were among the most memorable this year. A […]