“Catch the Fair One”: A thriller led by a female Native American boxer opens February 11
One of the most anticipated films to rise from last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, winning the audience award for best…
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Seeing Agnes: Chase Joynt Reframes an Iconic Folk Hero
“Framing Agnes” (2022), Chase Joynt’s directorial feature debut, offers the audience a critique of the media’s portrayal of transgender and gender-nonconforming communities. Joynt’s movie is the result of a collaborative process, one that was recognized by two NEXT awards at Sundance.
The New York Jewish Film Festival Jan. 12-25
Senior Film Critic Kurt Brokaw picks his virtual favorites from the 2022 New York Jewish Film Festival. Selections include documentaries on the history of a film about the Nuremburg Trials, artist Lily Renée Phillips, ehtnomusicologist Moisei Beregovsky, a musical about Bernie Madoff and a short about a bar mitzvah in the middle of an arial bombing.
Titane: Murder, Cars and Daddy Issues
“Titane” is a body-horror film through and through, but its commentary about sex and family is as central to the film as the gore.
Talia Lugacy and Rosario Dawson in Conversation
Filmmakers Talia Lugacy and Rosario Dawson have been collaborators and friends for nearly twenty years. From their time as students…
Pacific Northwest Ballet Launches Dance Film Festival
In October, Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) announced the launch of the PNB Dance Film Festival, accepting submissions through December 15, 2021, for their March 18, 2022, virtual premiere.
From Indie to Blockbuster: the Evolution of “The Twilight Saga”
Morgan Holly analyzes how “the Twilight Saga” grew from a small budget to launching the over $3.3 billion worldwide grossing vampire franchise.
Interview: Arthur Jones and the Untold Story of Titanic
As we approach the shipwreck’s 110 year anniversary, Xinyan Fu interviews British filmmaker, Arthur Jones, on his discovery of the stories of the six passengers who disappeared after the Titanic and the creation of “The Six” documentary.
“Fuck the World!” and the Queer Anger of “The Living End”
Victoria Mallorga Hernandez reviews “The Living End,” which represents a rabid indictment of the Reagan and Bush administrations and their hand in the genocide of a generation of LGBTQ+ people, but through a language imbued with camp panache.