NYFF 2022

NYFF Review: Nobel Prize Winner Annie Ernaux Memorializes the Past in The Super 8 Years

At a brisk 60 minutes, Annie Ernaux and David Ernaux-Briot’s mother-son collaboration The Super 8 Years doesn’t leave time for introductions. Ernaux, a recent ...

NYFF Review: The Dam is a Sparse, Ephemeral Mix of the Natural and Fantastic

Following Maher (Maher El Kahir), a Sudanese bricklayer, Ali Cherri’s The Dam oscillates between the natural and fantastic. Maher works by the Merowe Dam, a pr...

NYFF Review: Remote Imagines a Future World with a Sense of Detachment

Mirroring the isolation of the current, continued pandemic, Mika Rottenberg and Mahyad Tousi’s Remote pushes audiences into an unspecified future year. In this...

NYFF Review: Personality Crisis: One Night Only is an Enjoyable, if Routine Rock Doc from Martin Scorsese

David Johansen has been called many names in his life. He’s been the lead singer of the New York Dolls. He’s been Buster Poindexter. He’s been a member of the ...

NYFF Review: Stonewalling Navigates the Malaise of China’s Youth

The ebbs and flows of a rather long, deliberately paced narrative can test most viewers. Especially difficult when it seems the movie’s central conflict doesn’...

NYFF Review: “Sr.” is a Tender, Reflexive Portrait of the Downey Family

Robert Downey Sr.'s accolades and popularity pale in comparison to his son. While Downey Sr. focused on writing and directing underground cinema in the 1960s a...

NYFF Review: She Said Depicts Harvey Weinstein’s Downfall as Measured Procedural

“Can I quote you?” As it did throughout Jodi Kantor and Meghan Twohey’s intrepid investigative journalism for the New York Times, that question reverberates in...

NYFF Review: Till Gives Proper Treatment to an Essential American Story

Chinonye Chukwu’s Till finds the Clemency writer-director facing the story of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old boy lynched in 1955. More specifically the story of ...

Claire Denis on Shooting Sex, Society’s Morals, and John C. Reilly’s Cameo in Stars at Noon

Claire Denis has had a busy year. Her two films, Both Sides of the Blade and Stars at Noon, premiered at Berlinale and Cannes, respectively. Blade earned the S...

Alice Diop on Saint Omer, Motherhood, and Psychodramatic Filmmaking

Alice Diop was never interested in the outcome. In 2016, the filmmaker attended the trial of Senegalese mother Fabienne Kabou, who walked to the beach in Berck...

News

Joachim Trier and Renate Reinsve Plot Worst Person in the World Reunion Sentimental Value

The Criterion Collection’s December Lineup Includes Guillermo del Toro, The Red Balloon Box Set, and Blast of Silence

Film Fest Gent Are Now Streaming New Shorts from Terence Davies, Bi Gan, Jia Zhangke, and More

Trailers

Nicolas Cage Enters Your Mind in First Trailer for Dream Scenario

Exclusive Trailer for Jeremy Thomas Retrospective Brings Together Cronenberg, Glazer, Ôshima, Skolimowski, Bertolucci, Jarmusch & More

Divinity Trailer: Steven Soderbergh Presents the Trippiest Film of the Year

Reviews

TIFF Review: Sorry/Not Sorry is a Reductive Inquiry into the Cancellation of Louis C.K.

TIFF Review: Sing Sing is an Emotionally Restorative Portrait of the Artistic Process

TIFF Review: Lukas Moodysson’s Together 99 is a Bittersweet, Bruising Reunion

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: The Wild Bunch on 70mm, Sexy Beast, Lost in Translation & More

New to Streaming: Barbie, El Conde, Rotting in the Sun, Talk to Me & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Sembène, Sorcerer, The Battle of Chile, Dennis Hopper & More

Interviews

Terence Davies on Bringing Poetry to Life, Directing His New Short, and Planning His Next Feature

Wayne Wang on His Diverse Filmography, Revisiting Old Work, and the Time Gangsters Visited His Set

Fremont Director Babak Jalali on Finding Humor in Editing and His Love of the Hangover Trilogy

Podcasts

Watch: Cinephile Summer Season Finale Features The Film Stage vs. Bright Wall/Dark Room

The B-Side – In Conversation with Dustin Guy Defa

Watch: Cinephile Summer Chooses to Accept The Film Stage vs. Happy Sad Confused & Light the Fuse