Previously on… ‘Survivor’ recap: S41 E2 – “The Butterfly Effect”
There is no official theme to Survivor 41, but “risk vs. reward” might as well be. From the producer-implemented twists to the cast’s organic gameplay,... Read More
Reviews
‘Mass’ review: Ann Dowd gives the performance of her career in Fran Kranz’s breathtaking and empathetic debut feature [Grade: A]
How do you find the words to speak about the unspeakable? That’s the question at the heart of Mass, and it’s the question every reviewer... Read More
‘No Time to Die’ review: Daniel Craig’s epic final entry as James Bond cements him as the best 007 ever [Grade: A-]
With all of the high tech gadgets, beautiful women, fast cars, exotic locations, diabolical villains, James Bond has been a cinematic icon for close to... Read More
NYFF Review: Radu Muntean’s Transylvanian horror ‘Întregalde’ finds true terror in the seemingly mundane [Grade: A-]
The landscape of Întregalde pierces you with a cold so persistent, you can’t help but shiver with the characters onscreen. Radu Muntean’s drama turns the... Read More
‘Training Day’ at 20: Welcome back to the jungle [Retrospective]
Twenty years since it first hit theaters, Training Day (2001) is likely best remembered as the film that netted Denzel Washington his first Oscar win... Read More
NYFF Review: ‘Belle’ (竜とそばかすの姫) will make your heart sing [Grade: A-]
The virtual world in Belle is called “U,” as in it specializes in “you” and what makes each and every person distinctively them. Though the... Read More
‘Bound’ at 25: The mold-breaker of queer cinema still has us tied up after all these years [Retrospective]
As the world awaits the return of the groundbreaking Matrix film franchise in December, it’s worth taking a moment to celebrate the 25th anniversary this... Read More
NYFF Review: Cinema just took a huge dose of adrenaline with ‘Titane’ and gasped for air [Grade: A]
It’s probably better for you as a moviegoer to just take my word for it and go see Titane as blind as possible. There are... Read More
‘The Starling’ review: Theodore Melfi’s breakup dramedy flies on a broken wing [Grade: C-]
Melissa McCarthy and Theodore Melfi have shared similarities in their bodies of work. Both getting their names and work known through comedic roots, both would... Read More
NYFF Review: Engrossing ‘Prism’ doc examines how photographic technologies favor white skin, questions the “neutral camera” [Grade: A]
Eléonore Yameogo, An van Dienderen, Rosine Mbakam’s Prism may spark an entirely new conversation about racial bias in filmmaking, namely the “problem” of calibrating non-white skin tones.... Read More
41st Casting Society Artios Awards (CSA): ‘Sinners,’ ‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘The Pitt,’ ‘The Studio’ and More 
César Awards: ‘The Ties That Bind Us’ Wins Best Film; Richard Linklater Becomes Second American-born Filmmaker to Win Best Director 
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