N Categories Movies NYFF 58 Reviews September 23, 2021 NYFF 2021: The First 54 Years offers an incomplete account of Israeli occupation Avi Mograbi's documentary is a long, strident presentation on the military occupation of Gaza that does a disservice to the oppression he's highlighting.
N Categories Festivals Movies NYFF 58 Reviews October 10, 2020 NYFF58: “French Exit” is a nice looking but detached trip overseas Michelle Pfeiffer dominates Azazel Jacobs’ dry comedy about a formerly wealthy widow who travels to Paris for one last hurrah.
N Categories Festivals Movies NYFF 58 Reviews October 10, 2020 NYFF: “Tragic Jungle” gets lost in its own mysticism Yulene Olaizola presents a nightmarish thriller based on Central American folklore, but its opaqueness makes it hard to truly grasp.
N Categories Festivals Movies NYFF 58 Reviews TV October 5, 2020 NYFF58: “Small Axe” takes racism to the grindstone Steve McQueen's new anthology series is an impassioned, insightful look at anti-Black discrimination in 20th-century London.
N Categories Festivals Movies NYFF 58 Reviews September 30, 2020 NYFF58: “The Human Voice” turns the empty into intimate Pedro Almodóvar's adaptation of Jean Cocteau's one-act play is an expansive, carefully constructed half-hour.
N Categories Festivals Movies NYFF 58 Reviews September 25, 2020 NYFF 58: “Nomadland” is a staggering look at the new American West Chloé Zhao presents another yearning, lyrical look at life on the margins, anchored by a profoundly moving Frances McDormand performance.
N Categories Festivals Movies NYFF 58 Reviews September 24, 2020 NYFF58: “Days” finds connection in the mundane The extremely slow pacing of Tsai Ming-liang’s study in loneliness pays off with subtle tenderness.
N Categories Festivals Movies NYFF 58 Reviews September 24, 2020 NYFF 58: “David Byrne’s American Utopia” is an explosion of music and humanism Spike Lee captures all the vibrancy and social import of Byrne's rightly-acclaimed Broadway show.
N Categories Festivals Movies NYFF 58 Reviews September 23, 2020 NYFF58: “Night of the Kings” is a moving tribute to what keeps us alive Philippe Lacôte directs a unique film about a young man who’s forced to tell stories to save his own life.
N Categories Festivals Movies NYFF 58 Reviews September 22, 2020 NYFF58: “MLK/FBI” is a damning look at the U.S. government Sam Pollard's latest documentary is a dense look at Martin Luther King Jr. and the Hoover administration's attempts to silence him.
