©Courtesy of MUBI When famous figures are portrayed on film, it is almost always less interesting to follow the full arc of their lives – the rise, fall, and everything in between. It is far more compelling to drop into a brief period or pivotal moment and get a glimpse of who they really are,…
© Schubert, ROW Pictures, Walker+Worm Film & Gerald Kerkletz They say casting is everything. Before Austrian filmmaker Markus Schleinzer sat in the director’s chair, he spent years as a casting director for auteurs like Michael Haneke, helping cast “The Piano Teacher” (2001) and “The White Ribbon” (2009), films full of astonishing performances. That eye for talent hasn’t left him….
©Courtesy of the NYFF Mike Leigh has spent decades proving that catastrophe does not require an explosion. Sometimes, it is simply getting through a seemingly ordinary Tuesday. In the writer-director’s latest project, Tender Loving Care, that modest catastrophe becomes the movie’s entire subject. The filmmaker’s latest dramedy stars Kate O’Flynn in the lead role. She’s…
©Courtesy of Netflix Eight years ago, Korean auteur Lee Chang-dong gave us “Burning” (2018), a haunting and masterful adaptation of a short story by Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. Now he is finally back with “Possible Love”, another richly novelistic film inspired by Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski’s “Dekalog: Ten” (1989). Once again, Lee demonstrates why he belongs among the…
©Courtesy of the NYFF Simmering family trauma, buried resentment and the lasting consequences of violence drive the most intriguing and atmospheric crime dramas. Paper Tiger is one such film that turns those themes into a slow-burning story filled with brooding suspense and emotional tension. Rather than relying on constant action, the feature finds drama in…
ⓒCourtesy of The New York Film Festival The most influential psychologically intimate films begin with the deceptive familiarity of close relationships. They eventually go on to reveal how grief and memory can gradually destabilize people’s sense of reality. The new drama, Everytime, does just that with its character-driven, observational story. The movie quietly infuses a…
ⓒCourtesy of Film at Lincoln Center Film at Lincoln Center announces the world premiere of Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero“ as the Spotlight Gala selection for the 64th New York Film Festival. At the premiere presentation at Alice Tully Hall on September 26, Yamazaki and members of the cast and crew will be in attendance. Presented…
ⓒCourtesy of Lincoln Center Film at Lincoln Center announces Ava DuVernay’s “14th” as the Closing Night selection of the 64th New York Film Festival, making its world premiere at Alice Tully Hall on Friday, October 9, with DuVernay and film participants in attendance. Presented by Film at Lincoln Center in partnership with Rolex, the 64th…
@Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics After the psychological drama Nyad (for which she gained her fifth Oscar nominee, second as supporting actress), after the darkness and complexity of HBO series True Detective: Night Country, Jodie Foster was most likely looking for a more relaxing next project. She definitely found it with A Private Life, directed…
When people talk about New York filmmakers, Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee are frequently the first two names that come to mind, while Jim Jarmusch is often forgotten, maybe because he hasn’t made much of an effort to set or film any of his movies in his own city. One of the segments in Night…
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