Tribeca 2010 Critic’s Choice: “Visionaries”
Visionaries (Chuck Workman. 2010. USA. 90 min.) If you were tasked with pulling together a comprehensive history of experimental cinema…
Kurt Brokaw
Kurt Brokaw joined The Independent in 2010 as Senior Film Critic, covering New York’s six major film festivals and reviewing individual features and shorts of merit. He was Associate Teaching Professor at The New School for 33 years, and has taught courses on film noir, early lesbian fiction and Jewish-themed cinema at The 92nd Street Y for 15 years. His memoir, The Paperback Guy, was published in 2020.
Defending Tribeca in an Era of Megabrands
Those French scamps who walked off with this year’s Best Short Oscar (LogoRama) didn’t sneak in a Tribeca Film Festival…
Tribeca 2010 Critic’s Choice: “The Killer Inside Me”
The Killer Inside Me (Michael Winterbottom. 2010. USA. 109 min.) Deep into Michael Winterbottom’s indelibly accurate rendering of Jim Thompson’s…
Tribeca 2010 Critic’s Choice: “The White Meadows”
The White Meadows (Mohammad Rasoulof. 2009. Iran. 93 min.) “My job has to do with people’s heartaches,” says Rahmat the…
Best of New Directors/New Films 2010: Shorts
Best of 11 Short Films from New Directors/New Films Logorama (H5: François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, and Ludovic Houplain. 2009….
Best of New Directors/New Films: Bill Cunningham New York
Bill Cunningham New York (Richard Press. 2010. USA. 84 min.) “I let the street speak to me.” At 80 and…
Best of New Directors/New Films: Samson and Delilah
Samson and Delilah (Warwick Thornton. 2009. Australia. 101 min.) Jeff Bridges can teach you a sad thing or two about…
Best of New Directors/New Films: The Evening Dress
The Evening Dress (La Robe du soir) (Myriam Aziza. 2009. France. 98 min.) You can count on one hand the…
Best of New Directors/New Films: The Red Chapel
The Red Chapel (Mads Brügger. 2009. Denmark. 87 min.) Repression. Imprisonment. Extermination. North Korea’s shameful secret is its network of…