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Category Archive: NYFF 57

NYFF 57: “Varda by Agnes” Takes You to Film School

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The late filmmaker’s final project was hosting a warm & fascinating look at her extraordinary seven decade career.

Gena Radcliffe Posted on October 9, 2019September 26, 2019

NYFF 57: “Vitalina Varela” Offers No Comfort in Sorrow

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Pedro Costa’s minimalist, based on real events drama is short on plot and long on the relentless weight of living.

Gena Radcliffe Posted on October 9, 2019September 24, 2019

NYFF: “The Whistlers” Never Rises Above a Whisper

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Romania’s Corneliu Pourumbiou bogs down excellent production design in droopy, exposition-heavy noir trappings.

Jonah Koslofsky Posted on October 6, 2019October 6, 2019

NYFF 57: It Takes a Village to Raise Hell in “Bacurau”

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Brazil’s bloody modern Western is occasionally baffling, but never boring.

Gena Radcliffe Posted on October 2, 2019September 19, 2019

NYFF 57: “Synonyms” Is an Israeli Drama Packed With Meaning

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Nadav Lapid’s latest film loads its narrative with impactful stories about masculinity, language, and nationality.

Jonah Koslofsky Posted on September 29, 2019September 30, 2019

NYFF 57: “Pain & Glory” Is Sumptuous, Autobiographic Almodóvar

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Pedro Almodóvar graces us with a shaggy but rewarding portrait of a middle-aged director wrestling with his demons, with an arresting turn by Banderas.

Jonah Koslofsky Posted on September 29, 2019September 28, 2019

NYFF 57: “The Irishman” Is Scorsese’s Most Ambitious, Indulgent Film Yet

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Martin Scorsese returns with another long, sumptuous opus, whose crackling performances and scintillating script are held up by some wonky de-aging tech and a leaden runtime.

Jonah Koslofsky Posted on September 27, 2019September 30, 2019

NYFF 57: “Zombi Child” Conjures Up a Confounding, Eerie Tale

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Bertrand Bonello writes & directs a genre defying story about teenage passion & the thin veil between life & death.

Gena Radcliffe Posted on September 27, 2019September 19, 2019
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