ND/NF Review: ‘Black Mother’ is a Beautiful, Lyrical Ethnographic Portrait of Jamaica
Khalik Allah's debut feature Field Niggas took viewers by surprise. The film, a rare contemporary ethnographic documentary set on the corner of 125th and Lexing...
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ND/NF Review: ‘Nervous Translation’ is a Worthy Collage of Ideas and Culture
Shireen Seno's sophomore feature Nervous Translation confirms her place as a unique voice in a national cinema that often gets ignored, or distilled to only a f...
ND/NF Review: ‘Our House’ is a Methodically Austere Drama with Shades of Jacques Rivette
Yui Kiyohara's sophomore feature and Tokyo University of the Arts thesis film Our House begins with an almost transgressive scene that contrasts the ambiance of...
ND/NF Review: ‘Scary Mother’ is a Rebellious Breath of Fresh Air
There must be something really frightening in a 50-year-old woman deciding to give up her role as diligent housewife and mother, especially when it is the only ...
ND/NF Review: ‘Ava’ Tells a Universal Tale of Resilience Against Patriarchal Oppression
Sadaf Foroughi’s fulminating debut feature, Ava, may strike a few chords among Persepolis enthusiasts. A role-model schoolgirl turned rebel, its eponymous teena...
ND/NF Review: Life Breathes Through Ilian Metev’s Gentle-Paced Family Drama ‘3/4’
The characters populating Ilian Metev’s 3/4 (read: Three Quarters) often walk and talk in pairs, but they are seldom framed together, the camera lingering on ea...
ND/NF Review: ‘Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.’ is a Rollicking Bio-Doc as Uncompromising as its Magnetic Protagonist
Long before “Galang” and “Paper Planes," and prior to her Oscar nomination and universal fame, there was a time M.I.A. was Mathangi Arulpragasam, the daughter o...
47th New Directors/New Films Lineup Includes ‘Hale County,’ ‘Milla,’ ‘An Elephant Standing Still,’ ‘The Guilty,’ and More
Now in its 47th year, New Directors/New Films is a stellar showcase for new voices in cinema, both domestic and international, and this year's lineup is no ...
First Teasers for Angela Schanelec’s Acclaimed ‘The Dreamed Path’ Draw from Robert Bresson
Since it debuted on the festival circuit last year, we've had our eye on The Dreamed Path, Angela Schanelec's first solo directing effort since 2010. While ...
Trailer for ‘Peter and the Farm’ Finds Beauty on the Farm of a Passionate Madman
"Do you want to save the world, or do you want to go down? Do you want to save the world or do you want to go down?" That is the question repeated at the be...