Film-Forward

Meet Me in the Bathroom

A breathless reminiscence and recollection of the Brooklyn music scene in the early aughts.

Utama

Set on the Andean plateau, Utama takes the conventions of the Western genre in a different direction.

Is That Black Enough for You?!? | New York Film Festival 2022

Why did the surge of Black-centered films from the late 1960s through the 1970s fade away?

Tár

The movie starts as a character study piece and slowly becomes a psychological thriller (kind of) where an artist is no longer the author of her fate.

Please Baby Please

Director Amanda Kramer creates a world and commits to it. In other words, she swings hard.

Call Jane

People often talk about a piece of art being “timely.” Yet I doubt anyone involved in the preproduction of this drama could have imagined how, well, timely the movie would be.

Holy Spider

A harsh, absorbing piece of work that unites pulp thrills and dark psychological powers in a way that recalls The Silence of the Lambs.

Alcarràs, Pacifiction, Scarlet | NYFF 2022

There were a lot of discoveries among the titles presented in the festival’s 60th edition that should not be missed when they are officially released.

Argentina, 1985

A tightly structured, informative, and cinematic depiction of the most important trial in Argentinian history. It’s also among the best movies of the year