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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…

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…

New York Film Festival / Review: Seeing Past the “White Noise”

Many directors throughout film history have a well defined signature. They’re always associated with a specific type of film. Even though Martin Scorsese has made many films outside the crime/suspense genre, the majority of moviegoers will think only of his gangster pics. Noah Baumbach on the other hand, has almost exclusively delivered personal, dramatic tales…

New York Film Festival : Review – ‘Aftersun’ is a Captivating, Intimate Father-Daughter Story

There is a special bond that can exist between a father and daughter. What it looks like depends greatly on a variety of circumstances, including the presence of another parent or other siblings, and whether time together is a regular occurrence that is normal and expected or an infrequent delight that proves far too fleeting….

New York Film Festival : Review / It’s a Rough Ride Through “The Velvet Underground”

Writer/Director Todd Haynes is no stranger to the world of rock music. Among the dramas and thrillers of his filmography are music centric films such as Velvet Goldmine and I’m Not There. He’s now ready to unleash his first officially documentary onto the world; an “in-depth” look at the revolutionary rock band, The Velvet Underground….

New York Film Festival : Review- The Slippery Slope of “Red Rocket”

Though he’s been making films for close to 20 years (and with co-writer Chris Bergoch for the last 8), it’s only in the past few years that Sean Baker has been making waves with the general public. Following the success of The Florida Project, Baker is back with another slice of the less explored factions of…

New York Film Festival : Review- Joel Coen tackles “The Tragedy of Macbeth.”

From modern interpretations to religiously stalwart presentations, the works of Shakespeare have been brought to audiences in many forms. One of his most well known works, Macbeth, has seen its own share of attempts. In his first film without his brother Ethan, Joel Coen has created what many people might end up deeming, the best…

Sundance 2022 Attendees Will Need to Be Fully Vaccinated

Sundance Film Festival Director Tabitha Jackson communicated important updates on the 2022 edition in a press release disseminated this morning. The letter was titled “The 2022 Sundance Film Festival: A New Convergence, Another Trip Around the Sun” and confirmed January 20th-30th, 2022 as the dates for a hybrid festival that will be “the site of…