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‘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

Sophia Ciminello October 16, 2022

Martin Scorsese has a knack for documenting New York institutions and illustrating the inner lives of the city’s singular characters. From the brash young Mafiosi... Read More

‘Close,’ ‘Pray for Our Sinners’ win top awards at 30th Hamptons International Film Festival

Erik Anderson October 15, 2022

The 30th anniversary edition of the Hamptons International Film Festival, presented by HamptonsFilm, today announced their award winners for this year’s feature and short film... Read More

2023 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING (October)

Erik Anderson October 14, 2022

Action films and Best Picture. Those have historically been the keys to the Film Editing Oscar, and in many ways, often the other way around.... Read More

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

Abe Friedtanzer October 14, 2022

Adoption, as a process, has many intricacies, and one of them is the loopholes it leaves open for someone who has been adopted to later... Read More

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

Sophia Ciminello October 13, 2022

Picture it: it’s 1992 in Ireland, and a young woman in her early twenties walks along the beach only to stumble upon a group of... Read More

Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) announces key 2023 awards dates, splits creative arts into separate event

Erik Anderson October 13, 2022

The Hollywood Critics Association has announced today that their inaugural HCA Creative Arts Awards will occur on Friday, February 17, 2023. Nominations are set to... Read More

‘Halloween Ends’ review: David Gordon Green kills, and takes risks in this soon-to-be-divisive Laurie Strode send-off

Film Reviews

‘Halloween Ends’ review: David Gordon Green kills, and takes risks in this soon-to-be-divisive Laurie Strode send-off

Kevin L. Lee October 13, 2022

Jamie Lee Curtis has been speaking a lot about what this new Halloween trilogy has meant to her, in the wake of Halloween Ends. It’s... Read More

‘Eternal Spring’ review: Daxiong’s stirring visual exploration of religious suppression and memory through comic book imagery

Film Reviews

‘Eternal Spring’ review: Daxiong’s stirring visual exploration of religious suppression and memory through comic book imagery

Abe Friedtanzer October 13, 2022

Animation can be a powerful tool for examining difficult topics. That’s especially true for an artist whose life has been so sharply influenced by a... Read More

2023 Oscar Predictions: CINEMATOGRAPHY (October)

Erik Anderson October 13, 2022

Firstly, pour one out for anyone who isn’t Roger Deakins. The 15-time Oscar nominee and two-time winner in this category can pretty much be penciled... Read More