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DOC NYC, Nov. 9-27, Announces Main Slate; 13th Edition Returns to Theaters and Online w. More Than 200 Films & Events

DOC NYC ANNOUNCES MAIN SLATE LINEUP FOR THIRTEENTH EDITION, NOVEMBER 9-27, 2022FESTIVAL RETURNS TO THEATERS IN NYC AND CONTINUES TO SCREEN ONLINE NATIONWIDE;SLATE INCLUDES 29 WORLD PREMIERES AND 27 US PREMIERES, AMONG MORE THAN 200 FILMS AND EVENTS NEW YORK, Oct. 13, 2022 – DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival — running in-person November 9-17 at IFC Center,…

New York Film Festival : Q&A with Directors Charlotte Wells and Mia Hansen-Løve on “Aftersun” and “One Fine Morning”

Aftersun Synopsis : At a fading vacation resort, 11-year-old Sophie treasures rare time together with her loving and idealistic father, Calum (Paul Mescal). As a world of adolescence creeps into view, beyond her eye Calum struggles under the weight of life outside of fatherhood. Twenty years later, Sophie’s tender recollections of their last holiday become…

New York Film Festival Review -‘Armageddon Time’ Delves into Director James Gray’s Influential Childhood

It’s natural for filmmakers to want to revisit their pasts through their chosen medium of artistic expression. They create stories that might reflect other people’s experiences or adapt someone else’s memories or fiction, and it’s impossible for them not to be influenced at least somewhat by what they’ve been through in their lives. It’s particularly…

NYFF Film Review – ‘Master Gardener’ is Paul Schrader’s Latest Incisive Character Study

Certain things have little to no resonance for an average person but may contain a great deal of meaning for someone else. It’s easy to walk through a beautiful garden without appreciating or comprehending the hard work that goes into its upkeep and its very creation, planning carefully for which flowers will eventually bloom and…

Film at Lincoln Center Announces Talks For The 60th New York Film Festival

FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES TALKS FOR THE 60th NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL Free panel discussions, in-depth conversations, and filmmaker dialogues throughout the festivalFilmmaker and artist Cauleen Smithwill deliver the second edition of the Amos Vogel Lecture Frederick Wiseman, Cauleen Smith, Alice Diop, Noah Baumbach New York, NY (Sept. 21, 2022) – Film at Lincoln Center…

Toronto International Film Festival Review – A24’s ‘Causeway’ is a Poignant Tale of Pain and Healing

The experience of coming back from war is not an easy one. Returning after the resolution of a long-running conflict along with many others who have served is difficult enough, but when someone is forced to cut their tour short and feels like there is still more they could be doing on active duty, that…

Exclusive Interview: Michael Lombardi on Starring in The Retaliators

Being the target of a horrific crime is a devastating experience for not only young victims who can’t defend themselves, but also their loved ones, who will do whatever it takes to ensure justice is served for them. The new horror thriller, The Retaliators, serves as a powerful underground revenge service for the family members…

Toronto International Film Festival : We Are Still Here / Exclusive Interview with Directors

Synopsis : Australian-New Zealand Anthology Film released in 2022. Created as a response to the 250th anniversary of the second voyage of James Cook to Australia in 1772, the project consists of ten linked short films by each of ten Indigenous Australian and Māori filmmakers about the impact of settler colonialism on the region’s indigenous cultures….

Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. : Exclusive Video Interview with The Ebo Sisters and Nicole Beharie

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. The cultural traditions in organized religion often have a positive affect on followers who faithfully attend their congregation’s services. But the upcoming satirical comedy, Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul., offers a powerfully different outlook into how religious institution can at times leave a…

Review: Strong “Private Desert” Examines Masculinity and Unexpected Love in a Contradictory Brazil

Masculinity in crisis with repressed sexuality has been depicted in numerous forms and levels, especially the lone policeman with a dubious past who struggles with his identity. But the Brazilian drama “Private Desert” gets an unusual virtual touch when a nuanced transgender character is the center of an unexpected queer love story trapped under patriarchy. The…