Arrival
By Kent Turner November 17, 2016
Science fiction and the woman’s picture rarely collide, but here Villeneuve proves that they don’t have to be exclusive from each other.
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Notes on Blindness
By Cary Meltzer Frostick November 15, 2016
A gut-wrenching depiction of one man’s gradual loss of sight and a visceral immersion.
Viktoria
By Caroline Ely November 7, 2016
A near-epic unspooling of grandiose allegory, deadpan satire, absurd magic realism, and depressive family drama, all co-existing in one movie.
We Are X
By Paul Weissman October 21, 2016
X Japan is the premier Japanese metal band, a mélange of thrash, glam, and symphonic rock.
Moonlight
By Kyle Mustain October 20, 2016
Barry Jenkins’s film is like three short films strung together to tell one sweeping story.
Do Not Resist
By Ted Metrakas October 14, 2016
The film could not be timelier, and it offers answers to one of the most vital questions of our time—why are citizens being treated like enemy combatants?
Theo Who Lived
By Ted Metrakas October 8, 2016
A vivid documentary about the two-year imprisonment of an American freelance journalist in war-torn Syria. A remarkable chronicle of empathy.
13th | NYFF 2016
By Rania Richardson
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.
Kicks
By Kyle Mustain October 2, 2016
em>Kicks has a rich, magical realism that elevates it above the run-of-the-mill coming-of-age or gangland film