Fallen Leaves | NYFF 2023
By Rania Richardson October 26, 2023
At a fleet 81 minutes, Aki Kaurismäki’s latest film exemplifies a slim version of the director’s perfected brand of tragicomedy.
At a fleet 81 minutes, Aki Kaurismäki’s latest film exemplifies a slim version of the director’s perfected brand of tragicomedy.
It’s been an almost routine occurrence to see two of his films included in the New York Film Festival, and this year is no exception.
Ambiguity conspicuously reigns supreme in this enigma. Expect many post-screening conversations, and some frustration, to ensue.
Vicky Krieps provides the emotional depth in an honestly realized drama that never sinks to unnecessary melodrama.
Ilker Catak’s pressure cooker drama has been chosen as Germany’s Best International Feature Oscar submission for 2023.
Director Antoine Barraud’s movies raises Hitchcockian thrills trailing a woman caught in a consuming deception most women wouldn’t even dare to try—a double life.
A murder mystery set within the atmospheric world of a British hairstyling competition.
Director Koji Fukada offers a unique contribution to the melodrama genre: a film of unusual subtleties.
The profile of French director Jean Grémillon has received a boost lately with the 4K digital restorations of two of his films, now screening for the first time in the U.S.