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“Chain Reactions” : Exclusive Video Interview With Director Alexandre O. Philippe

©Courtesy of Dark Sky Films Check out more of our Youtube Channel.  Adriano Ercolani : Italian Film Critic and TV Author living in New York since 2011. Critics Choice Association member. Graduated in History of Cinema in Rome, he works as a freelance correspondent for some of the most important Italian outlets like Hollywood Reporter…

NYFF, ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ Is a Conventional Biopic Saved By Iconic Music

@Courtesy of 20 Century Studios The core of the story is simple and universal: a man in his early thirties is deeply haunted by the ghosts of his past, especially an abusive father figure who made his childhood a mix of joy and deep sorrow. After all those years he still doesn’t know how to…

Netflix Hints of ‘Alice In Borderland’ Season 4 Greenlight

Alice in Borderland may extend its time on the air after its recent dramatic Season 3 finale. Netflix, the streamer behind the acclaimed Japanese sci-fi show, is hinting the project may continue in some form after all. There’s a potential for a fourth season of the drama. That possibility comes after the platform previously stated…

NYFF: ‘Angel’s Egg’ is an Artistic, Mysterious Allegory on the Nature of Existence

©Courtesy of GKIDS An isolated scream of personal despair can ultimately become the voice of a generation that’s contending with the nature of their existence. The anguish felt in the reverberating cry of the young heroine in the fantasy anime movie, Angel’s Egg, echoes the crisis of faith many adolescents face as they come of…

NYFF: Resurrection By Bi Gan Is a Hypnotic Ballad About the Love For Cinema

@Courtesy of NYFF Winner of the Jury Special Prize at the last Cannes Film Festival, the visionary tale directed by Bi Gan lands at the New York Film Festival as one of the most innovative feature-films seen in the 2025 edition.  Conceived as a science fiction movie, Resurrection is set in a future where mankind…

Jay Kelly | Official Trailer | Netflix : Starring George Clooney, Adam Sandler

©Courtesy of Netflix George Clooney pondering his life and its consequences in the trailer for Noah Baumbach’s upcoming, “Jay Kelly” film. Netflix unveiled its first full trailer for its awards hopeful on Monday. The film’s official summary on Netflix is: ‘Jay Kelly follows famous movie actor Jay Kelly (George Clooney).’ during his journey of self-discovery,…

NYFF: Noah Baumbach’s ‘Jay Kelly’ Falls Short Despite Offering a Few Nice Moments from George Clooney

Over the years, Noah Baumbach has been hit or miss, from his side hustle collaborating with Wes Anderson, most notably on The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, to his more fruitful collaborations with partner Greta Gerwig. Marriage Story might end up being the benchmark for everything Baumbach has done since, because it was clearly something…

The Founder of Particle 6 Reveals Her AI Talent Studio

©Courtesy of Particle 6, Tilly Norwood It seems that the age of the AI actor has arrived. This weekend, Eline Van Der Velden, the founder and CEO of Particle 6, will present the AI talent studio Xicoia at the Zurich Film Festival, where she will focus on creating AI talent that can be used in…

NYFF: ‘A House of Dynamite’ Delivers a Powerful Nightmare About Nuclear Annihilation

@Courtesy of Netflix A House of Dynamite is the best and most important movie about nuclear threat since Dr. Strangelove: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb by Stanley Kubrick. Working on the articulate screenplay by Noah Oppenheim, Kathryn Bigelow has directed a high-tension drama that explores the danger and dilemmas of…

One Battle After Another: Video Review by Matthew Schuchman

©Courtesy of Warner Bothers I’ve been following Paul Thomas Anderson’s career from square one. My friend’s and I rented Sydney (I know they named it Hard Eight, but I still call it Sydney), when it his video stores shelves. Whether we were rolling on the floor laughing at a matchbook spontaneously combust in John C….

NYFF/The Mastermind Review: Masterful Kelly Reichardt and Josh O’Connor’s Subtle Sting

©Courtesy of MUBI She has been called the quietest of the great American directors. Kelly Reichardt doesn’t rush. She clears away the unnecessary and takes her time capturing the American soul. Now she returns with something as unusual and unlikely as an observational heist movie. Her style works wonders. Set in a sleepy Massachusetts suburb…