NYFF

10 Films to See In October

If one considers last month's round-up of films such as Prisoners, Rush, and Enough Said as a worthy appetizer for the fall season, October is the main d...

[NYFF Review] Stranger by the Lake

The parking lot, always glimpsed from the same perched, high-angle camera position, is the edge of society in Alain Guiraudie’s Stranger by the Lake. Men pull u...

[NYFF Review] Captain Phillips

To draw an easy comparison, Captain Phillips is this year’s Argo. Ben Affleck's Best Picture winner, though a highly suspenseful thriller, was also one in which...

[NYFF Review] Child of God

What James Franco tries, valiantly, is the equivalent of attempting to novelize Ingmar Bergman’s Persona or Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless. The former is nigh imp...

[TIFF Review] Stray Dogs

A woman sits at the edge of a bed, brushing her hair while a young boy and girl are positioned to her side, sleeping soundly. The camera, stationary, can captur...