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 ...
Tag: New York Film Festival 2020
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...