‘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 framed records tell us we’re... Read More
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‘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 Tár and a possible conquest... Read More
‘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 want to discover the truth,... Read More
‘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 Arnow’s directorial debut follows a... Read More
‘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 released in 1973 as it... Read More
‘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 a bit of fatigue when... Read More
‘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 bright young nation, offering an... Read More
‘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 disasters. A piece of the... Read More
‘The Creator’ Review: Gareth Edwards Brings a Fresh Spin to What Could Have Been Stale Sci-Fi
It’s hard to remember the last great original science fiction movie that felt like it truly represented something astounding for the genre. Was it James... Read More
‘The Toxic Avenger’ (2023) Review: Peter Dinklage is Ready to Intoxicate You Now | Fantastic Fest
Another superhero film? Not quite. Lloyd Kaufman’s Troma entertainment brought us the unlikeliest hero, The Toxic Avenger (1984). Spanning multiple sequels, TOXIE is ready for... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 78 – ‘The Holiday’ (Nancy Meyers, 2006) 
Hollywood Biopics and Mental Health Through the Lenses of ‘The Aviator’ (2004), ‘A Beautiful Mind’ (2001) and ‘Love & Mercy’ (2014) 
2024 Online Association of Female Film Critics (OAFFC) Winners: ‘The Substance” Dominates 
2024 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (GWNYFCA) Nominations