Martin Scorsese, in his six decade-spanning career, has arguably never met a challenge he was incapable of conquering. Yet he faces a unique test in George ...
The first two-thirds or so of Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Once Upon a Time in Anatolia -- his first film since 2008's Three Monkeys, which earned him a Best Directo...
The most striking emotion you experience watching Tahrir, the cinéma vérité-styled documentary directed and filmed by Stefano Savona, is joy. And not just w...
In its 49th year, the New York Film Festival boasts a wide-array of striking and rightfully heralded cinema, including several foreign-language Oscar hopefuls. ...
The Iranian drama A Separation will make its NY premiere tomorrow evening as part of the 49th New York Film Festival (buy tickets here) (read my rave review her...
Earlier in the month we celebrated with Happy Happy director Anne Sewitsky when her dulcet dogme dramedy was selected as Norway's submission for the 84th An...
Frederick Wiseman will cross the 82-year-old mark next year and the man is still churning out documentaries. After delivering two the best in the genre with...
The New York Film Festival have officially announced their main slate, including the closing night film. The latter will be Alexander Payne's The Descendant...
We are almost over the summer slump and the fall film festival circuit is gearing up. One of the biggest is the New York Film Festival, and they've just ann...
As the flurries fall this January, you can now curl up with Joe Carnahan's thriller The Grey. Returning to his lower-budget Narc roots, the story follows “a...
