Questlove debuts Harlem’s Summer of Soul
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.
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I, Daniel Blake Review
Five years after it won the Palme D’Or in 2016, Jake Peter looks back at how I, Daniel Blake confronted the UK’s attitudes towards poverty and helped change viewers perception of what it means to be working poor.
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Hamptons Doc Fest Call for Submission
The Hamptons Doc Fest is a 10-day festival focusd on “all docs all day,” The festival screens approximately 35 films…
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The Evolutionary Turning Point
Film critic Courtney Garnder takes a look at Mari Walker’s feature debut, See You Then and all the messy parts of old relationships that bubble to the surface when people reunite.
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New Directors/New Films, April 28 – May 8
Senior Film Critic Kurt Brokaw picks three new films and one short that reflects a half century of the New Directors/New Films festival from MOMA and Films at Lincoln Center.
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Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, March 4-14
Spring is busting out all over New York City, with cinemas scheduled to open March 5 (25% capacity, 50-seat maximum)….
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Neurodivergent Film Festival Call for Submission
A new genre of film festival focusing on an often-overlooked demographic has emerged in recent years: films made by and…
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Inside of the World of Pure Imagination
Before the viewing of We’re All Going to the World’s Fair starts, director Jane Schoenbrun instructs the audience attending the…
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Notes From Home at this Year’s New York African Film Festival
This year’s New York African Film Festival provides the perfect start to Black History Month in the United States. The…
