New York Film Festival

‘Personality Crisis: One Night Only’ review: Martin Scorsese music doc looks at the absurd and the sublime of elusive, forever cool New York Dolls frontman David Johansen | NYFF

Martin Scorsese has a knack for documenting New York institutions and illustrating the inner lives of the city's singular characters.… Read More

October 16, 2022

‘Return to Seoul’ review: Park Ji-Min’s astonishing turn as a magnetic adoptee anchors Davy Chou’s compelling search for meaning | NYFF

Adoption, as a process, has many intricacies, and one of them is the loopholes it leaves open for someone who… Read More

October 14, 2022

‘She Said’ review: Maria Schrader goes on the record with an empathetic story of womens’ courage | NYFF

Picture it: it's 1992 in Ireland, and a young woman in her early twenties walks along the beach only to… Read More

October 13, 2022

‘The Eternal Daughter’ review: Tilda Swinton sees double in Joanna Hogg’s mother-daughter gothic ghost story [A-] | NYFF

Late in Joanna Hogg's exquisite autobiographical b-side, The Souvenir Part II, our protagonist finds herself wandering through a hall of… Read More

October 11, 2022

‘R.M.N.’ review: Cristian Mungiu’s Transylvanian drama reminds us who the real monsters are [B+] | NYFF

In Cristian Mungiu’s drama R.M.N., there is something scary in the woods. Perhaps it is a bear, hungry in midwinter,… Read More

October 10, 2022

‘Walk Up’ review: Hong Sang-soo toys with physical framing and structure to find the spaces in between relationships [B+] | NYFF

There is an interesting link between space and the way people behave. Filmmaker Hong Sang-soo uses space and setting to… Read More

October 7, 2022

‘Alcarràs’ review: Carla Simón’s family drama is a neorealist classic in the making [A] | NYFF

Each film festival season brings with it at least one title that charms with the charisma of its child actors.… Read More

October 6, 2022

‘TÁR’ review: Portrait of the Artist on Fire | NYFF [A]

Opening with a "special thanks" immediately preceding a reverse order roll of the end credits may seem like a peculiar… Read More

October 3, 2022

‘Till’ review: Danielle Deadwyler is astounding in Chinonye Chukwu’s tribute to a mother’s courage and love [B+] | NYFF

The brutal murder of Emmett Louis Till made headlines around the world 1950s America. People were aware that Black people… Read More

October 1, 2022

‘White Noise’ review: Noah Baumbach creates a new American soundtrack with his ambitious adaptation of Don DeLillo’s iconic novel [B+] | NYFF

When the pandemic hit the U.S., my fear of death oddly became most apparent when I would venture out to… Read More

October 1, 2022

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