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NYFF Review: The Troubles of a “May December” Romance

Though they never went away, the strange mystique and fervor of a blockbuster tabloid story rife with scandalous sexuality and intrigue seem less impactful and almost commonplace in the social media age. The power these stories had in the mid to late 90s was unmatched. SNL sketches and TV movies of the week based on…

New York Film Festival Review – ‘Foe’ is a Sci-fi Romance That Doesn’t Quite Deliver

Those who sound the alarm on climate change are certain that the Earth will soon become uninhabitable. Whether those who don’t agree actually believe otherwise or just aren’t concerned about future generations is unclear. But certain people are actively preparing for what’s to come while others are living out their lives without a sense that…

NYFF Review: Dissecting the Cannes Winning Film, “Anatomy of a Fall”

“She was there one minute and then she was gone the next. Lying in a pool of herself with a twisted neck. Oh she fell from the roof to the ground, there was glass lying all around.She was broken in a hundred pieces when her body was found. She used to live life, she used…

New York Film Festival Review – ‘The Inspection’ is a Powerful and Passionate Story of Representation

The United States military has historically been a hostile environment for LGBT individuals. The “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy forced those who wished to serve to conceal their identities or face expulsion, and its repeal a decade ago has hopefully improved the situation, though there is surely much work still to be done. But despite…

New York Film Festival Review – ‘She Said’ is a Standard Look at the Industry-Changing Story of Harvey Weinstein

The arrest of Harvey Weinstein on multiple sexual harrassment and sexual assault charges paved the way for a major shift in the operation of the toxic Hollywood machine. online pharmacy cenforce with best prices today in the USA The #MeToo movement was built on people sharing experiences that were all too common, and feeling supported…

New York Film Festival Review – ‘Showing Up’ Reunites Kelly Reichardt and Michelle Williams

Art doesn’t mean the same thing to everyone, and those who observe a piece may have no concept of the time and precision required to create it. That can be immensely frustrating to experience and to have a finished product reduced to an unenlightened critical take, but a failure to be properly appreciated isn’t likely…

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…

New York Film Festival Exclusive Video Interview: Director Carla Simón on the Golden Bear Winning Film, ‘Alcarràs’

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Director Carla Simón returns with her second feature film, Alcarràs, following her successful debut, 2017’s Summer 1993. Inspired by her own personal connection to peach cultivators in the village of Alcarràs, Simón created a fictionalized story about what changes over the course of generations…

New York Film Festival : Review / Getting Deep in the Inane World of Robert Downey “Sr.”

Summer of 2001– I was driving around with some friends listening to the new Kool Keith album when all of a sudden the eccentric emcee drops one of the most random names; Cuba Gooding Sr. We laughed heartily as; while there has to be a Cuba Gooding Sr. if there is a Cuba Gooding Jr.,…

New York Film Festival Review – ‘Tár’ is a Towering Showcase for Cate Blanchett

A conductor exhibits a great degree of control over an orchestra, guiding and timing all movements. What may appear as a simple and superfluous job, unnecessary because each musician is capable of keeping their own time, is anything but, requiring a mastery of sound and meter. The unforgettable protagonist of Todd Field’s new film Tár…

NYFF Film Review – ‘Till’ is a Powerful Juxtaposition of a Hateful World and a Mother’s Love 

The story of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old boy from Chicago who was lynched after whistling at a white woman while visiting his cousins in Mississippi in 1955, is a horrific stain on the history of the United States. Only this year was anti-lynching legislation named after Emmett signed into law, and the violence that all…