‘Is This Thing On?’ Review: Will Arnett is a Stand Up Guy in Bradley Cooper’s Quieter, More Introspective Third Feature [B+] NYFF
Bradley Cooper isn’t the first director to come to mind to helm a romantic comedy. Up to this point, the actor-turned-prestige filmmaker has swung for... Read More
New York Film Festival
‘Mr. Scorsese’ Review: Rebecca Miller’s Conventional Yet Deeply Tender Docuseries Examines Cinema’s Finest Auteur [B+] NYFF
“There is only one Martin Scorsese,” an evergreen statement made by the famed director’s longtime friend and legendary filmmaker in his own rights, Steven Spielberg,... Read More
2025 New York Film Festival Reviews: ‘After the Hunt,’ ‘Resurrection,’ ‘Sentimental Value’
We are about halfway through the New York Film Festival, aka the longest film festival of the year if you combine the press screening week... Read More
2025 New York Film Festival Reviews: ‘Peter Hujar’s Day,’ ‘Late Fame,’ ‘Jay Kelly,’ Anemone,’ ‘It Was Just an Accident’ and More | NYFF
Peter Hujar’s Day (A-) On December 19, 1974, writer Linda Rosenkrantz set out to interview wispy gay photographer Peter Hujar in her New York apartment, an... Read More
‘Anemone’ Review: Daniel Day-Lewis is a Force of Nature in this Modern, Familial Folktale [B] NYFF
When Daniel Day-Lewis shared that he was taking a break from acting after completing Phantom Thread, many wondered what he would do next. Was he... Read More
‘Queer’ Review: Luca Guadagnino Conjures a Psychedelic, Sympathetic Fever Dream of Gay Love and Longing | NYFF
“What else could I say? Everyone is gay.” Quite an ironic beginning to Queer, Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ classic and controversial novel,... Read More
‘The Room Next Door’ Review: She’s Thinking of Ending Things | NYFF
Ten years ago, as I was wrapping up an afternoon shift at my college part-time job, I received a call that made me feel like... Read More
‘Maria’ Review: Angelina Jolie is Bewitching as La Callas in Pablo Larraín’s Delicate Depiction of the Diva | NYFF
Maria Callas was comfortable with death. As the greatest soprano alive, she died on stage night after night at La Scala, Covent Garden, The Met,... Read More
‘The Brutalist’ Review: Everything Old is New Again in Brady Corbet’s Monumental, Novelistic Epic | NYFF
Early in The Godfather Part II, a young, solitary Vito Corleone looks out the window at Ellis Island and sees The Statue of Liberty in... Read More
‘Misericordia’ Review: Into the Woods the Path Isn’t So Straight | NYFF
Everyone has a secret they’d take to their grave— but at what cost? And is it really even a secret? Confronting the ghost of a... Read More
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ): ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Hamnet’ Lead 
North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA) Nominations 
Interview: ‘Marty Supreme’ Casting Director Jennifer Venditti on Finding 1950s Faces and the Magic of Collaborating with Josh Safdie 
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 321 – Reviewing ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’