You don’t ever own your dog, not really. When you bring one into your life, you simply become their human, their companion, and protector, the... Read More
Tomris Laffly
Tomris Laffly is a freelance film writer and film critic based in New York. A NYFCC member, she regularly contributes to Time Out New York, Variety and http://RogerEbert.com, and her byline has appeared in Indiewire and Vulture, among other outlets. She has a special interest in the awards season and women in film, covers various film festivals throughout the year including New York Film Festival, Sundance and Telluride and tweets from
@TomiLaffly.
It was only two years ago that writer-director Joanna Hogg carved out a gorgeous memory piece with The Souvenir, telling a hypnotic tale of bad... Read More
Legends reunite in Martin Scorsese’s sprawling gangster epic featuring a rousing performance by Al Pacino and a scene-stealing Joe Pesci playing against type An epic... Read More

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