Review: David Byrne’s American Utopia
Watching David Byrne’s American Utopia, directed by Spike Lee, I was reminded just how much I miss live music and the theatre. It’s ...
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NYFF Review: Red, White and Blue (Small Axe)
Steve McQueen’s Small Axe is shaping up to be something special. The anthology of five feature-length films chronicles different lives from the 1960s ...
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NYFF Review: Nomadland
Chloe Zhao’s The Rider played at the 2017 New York Film Festival (NYFF) and was released the following year. I never got a ...
Movies
NYFF Review: Mangrove (Small Axe)
Lovers Rock opened the 2020 New York Film Festival (NYFF), but it’s actually the second installment of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology. Mangrove ...
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NYFF Review: The Human Voice
At the beginning of the pandemic, I joked with friends that coronavirus depression felt a lot like getting dumped. Think of that sense ...
NYFF Review: MLK/FBI
In the first days of the protests sparked by the death of George Floyd, a number of people cited Martin Luther King, Jr.’s ...
Movies
NYFF Review: Lovers Rock (Small Axe)
This year’s New York Film Festival (NYFF) has gone virtual and it’s kicking off with Lovers Rock, a new movie by Steve McQueen ...
The Kids in the Hall are getting an Amazon revival
The last episode of the cult Canadian sketch comedy show The Kids in the Hall aired in 1995. News came yesterday that the ...
C What’s On: The Criterion Channel’s Programming for March 2020
A new month is upon us, which means it’s time for another installment of C What’s On, our look at what the Criterion ...
NYC: Third annual Kit Film Noir Festival announces movie lineup (March 25-29)
Now in its third year, the Dr. Saul and Dorothy Kit Film Noir Festival returns to Columbia University’s Lenfest Center for the Arts. ...
Here are the 2020 Independent Spirit Awards winners
The 2020 Independent Spirits Awards were handed out last night. The ceremony has become an Academy Awards’ Eve tradition, celebrating the best in ...
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C What’s On: The Criterion Channel’s Programming for February 2020
It’s the first full week of February and we need to talk, which means it’s time once again for C What’s On, our ...