Review: Wonderstruck
Watching Todd Haynes’ Wonderstruck is like watching a juggler who can’t quite find the right rhythm. Parallel narratives unfold 50 years apart (one ...
Tag: New York Film Festival 2017
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NYFF Review: Thelma
Each critic has their own process. Some take notes while watching a film and others will rush home to type up their thoughts ...
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Review: The Square
The Square, the latest film from Force Majeure director Ruben Östlund, reveals its entire thesis in its opening scenes. Anne, an art journalist ...
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Review: The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
All happy families are the same; each unhappy family is only sort of the same, and will eventually wind up in their own ...
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Review: Last Flag Flying
Richard Linklater’s movies tend to work best when they feel like hanging out. There’s a breeziness to the language as people walk, talk, ...
Review: Lady Bird
Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird reminded me of my own experiences growing up. When a coming-of-age movie works, I’m bound to say that, and ...
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NYFF Review: Zama
Zama is a novelistic film, but not because it’s an adaptation of a 1956 Argentinian novel by Antonio di Benedetto. Watching Zama creates a ...
Trailers
Trailer: Joachim Trier’s Thelma adds a Carrie-like edge to a college sexual awakening
I’m not a fan of the term “post-horror”, which was coined by Guardian writer Steve Rose. The prefix is too loaded, suggesting that ...
NYFF 2017: Our Most Anticipated Movies of the 55th New York Film Festival
The 55th New York Film Festival kicks off tonight with the world premiere of Richard Linklater’s Last Flag Flying. Our first reviews of ...
Trailers
Watch the first trailer for Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig’s coming-of-age directorial debut
I loved Noah Baumbach’s Frances Ha, and it was mostly because of Greta Gerwig. She played such a charming, endearing screw-up struggling to ...