Black Love Through the Eyes of Independent Cinema
In a world filled with both affection and adversity, three independent films offer a raw exploration of Black love amidst…
In a world filled with both affection and adversity, three independent films offer a raw exploration of Black love amidst…
“Playland,” from director and screenwriter Georden West, premiered at the Wicked Queer Documentary Film Festival last month, intriguing an audience…
Anselm Kiefer, Liv Ullmann, Little Richard, Jack and Sam Top DOC NYC How does one approach a film festival too…
In a recent career retrospective for GQ, Director Martin Scorsese said, “Every other person is like Travis Bickle now.” This…
Redefining holidays is a classic practice in the horror genre. Bob Clark’s “Black Christmas” (1974) haunts the Christmas season, Steven…
Most people assume the Embarrassment, hailing from Kansas means that midwestern state’s Big College Town, Lawrence. But these punk rockers…
Senior Film Critic Kurt Brokaw reviews Summer of Soul, a documentary on the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival that brought together some of the best performers of Jazz, Soul, Gospel, and Funk.
The 48th annual edition of ND/NF, curated by The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Manhattan’s Museum of Modern Art, spotlights 35 features and shorts from promising directors worldwide. Senior film critic Kurt Brokaw examines five dramas and documentaries, including Chinonye Chukwa’s Opening Night prison drama, Clemency, premiering in New York just 13 days after California’s governor granted temporary reprieves to over 700 inmates on the state’s death row.
Rendez-Vous With French Cinema unreels in Lincoln Center February 28-March 10. The 24th annual edition, co-sponsored by The Film Society of Lincoln Center and UniFrance, presents nearly two dozen new French dramas, most having their US or New York premieres. Senior film critic Kurt Brokaw viewed everything available and selects Invisibles (above), Paul Sanchez Is Back!, and Raising Colors as favorites. Read those reviews here.