Àma Gloria/The Rapture/Sisterhood/Auction | Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2024
By Kaveh Jalinous March 9, 2024
Most of the 21 films on this year’s lineup rely on stories that center around the various ways we connect with others.
Festivals
Banel & Adam, Just the Two of Us, Red Island | Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2024
By Guillermo Lopez Meza March 4, 2024
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.
All to Play For, No Love Lost, Toni | Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2024
By Kevin Filipski March 2, 2024
Three films that are—coincidentally, but fortuitously—mature studies of single parents trying their best to raise children in often discordant circumstances.
Apolonia, Apolonia; Neirud | DOC NYC 2023
By Andrew Plimpton November 30, 2023
Two arresting portraits of women artists who, in different ways, grew up in the theatre.
While We Watched, Bad Press | DOC NYC 2023
By Andrew Plimpton November 24, 2023
Two documentaries direct our gaze to places in the world where freedom of press is especially fraught.
At the Border, Mother of All Lies, Smoke Sauna Sisterhood | DOC NYC 2023
By Andrew Plimpton November 17, 2023
The annual DOC NYC festival offers a selection that is especially diverse, both in nationality and in approach.
Eureka, La Práctica, The Settlers | NYFF 2023
By Guillermo Lopez Meza November 9, 2023
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?
The Beast | NYFF 2023
By Guillermo Lopez Meza October 26, 2023
Léa Seydoux completely immerses herself in this demented and sprawling epic romance about missed opportunities.
Fallen Leaves | NYFF 2023
By Rania Richardson
At a fleet 81 minutes, Aki Kaurismäki’s latest film exemplifies a slim version of the director’s perfected brand of tragicomedy.