Film-Forward

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

The Fire That Took Her

Sometimes it’s enough for a film to be an unapologetic piece of advocacy journalism, as is the case with Patricia E. Gillespie’s absolutely heartbreaking documentary.

All That Breathes | NYFF 2022

A nature documentary that finds beauty within the debris of New Delhi as two brothers rescue injured black kites.