Reviews

‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’ Review: This Bird Barely Flies | LFF

The 2000 Aardman animated film Chicken Run is about as close to a perfect family film as you can get.… Read More

October 14, 2023

‘Cobweb’ Review: Song Kang-ho is Pitch-perfect in this Delirious Meta-Comedy | LFF

Writer-director Jim Jee-woon reteams with Parasite actor Song Kang-ho in this delirious, self-knowing satire on the filmmaking process. Cobweb asks… Read More

October 13, 2023

‘Priscilla’ Review: Cailee Spaeny is Magnificent in Sofia Coppola’s Intricate Diary of A Lonesome Teenage Girl | NYFF

Tiny toes sporting a fresh pedicure step daintily across a carpet as a harp plays. Garish decor, swans, tchotchkes, and… Read More

October 11, 2023

‘Maestro’ Review: Bradley Cooper’s Upper West Side Story is a Stylish, Marital Melodrama | NYFF

In last year's conductor-focused, brilliantly layered New York Film Festival selection, TÁR, Todd Field depicts an interaction between maestro Lydia… Read More

October 9, 2023

‘Only the River Flows’ Review: Wei Shujun’s Gritty Neo-Noir Grips with Old-Fashioned Storytelling | LFF

People are innately intrigued with murder mysteries and the reasonings behind such violent and heinous acts. It’s human nature to… Read More

October 6, 2023

‘The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed’ Review: Joanna Arnow’s Eye-Opening Look at Power, Control and Malaise | NYFF

Not every romantic relationship has to be equitable, and there’s no shame in that - unless you’re into that. Joanna… Read More

October 5, 2023

‘The Exorcist: Believer’ Review: Will the Devil Ever Give David Gordon Green His Soul Back?

The specter of The Exorcist looms large over modern horror filmmakers. William Friedkin’s tale of demonic possession wasn’t so much… Read More

October 4, 2023

‘Loki’ Season Two Review: Tom Hiddleston’s Marvelous Jester is Back and Better Than Ever, Ke Huy Quan is a Perfect Fit in the MCU

With the onslaught of comic-book adaptations and cinematic visions based on characters from superhero stories, it’s become easy to feel… Read More

October 3, 2023

‘The Settlers’ Review: A Searing Examination of Power Dynamics and Land Appropriation in Early 20th Century Chile | NYFF

Tales of expeditions to explore previously unincorporated lands are all too often whitewashed in history as positive roots of a… Read More

October 2, 2023

‘Foe’ Review: Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal Fail to Launch Garth Davis’ Scenes from a Futuristic Marriage | NYFF

It’s 2065 in The Midwest. The climate crisis has ravaged the planet with floods, fires, and a slew of natural… Read More

September 30, 2023

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