New York Film Festival, Sept.30-Oct.16
Above is Nan Goldin’s photo that’s become the poster for this 60th NYFF. Talk about a picture being worth a…
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.
DOC NYC Nov. 9-27
No, your reviewer didn’t actually haul a sleeping bag into the IFC Center, Cinepolis Chelsea or the SVA Theatre (16…
Tribeca Festival June 8-20
‘The city that never sleeps’ has awakened to two renamed institutions since the onset of Covid: The 92nd Street Y…
New Directors/New Films April 20–May 1
A major international hotel chain some years ago positioned its appeal to travelers as “the best surprise is no surprise.”…
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema March 3-13
Signs of spring are budding through New York City. Cartier just debuted the season’s most welcome ad campaign, with scores…
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.
DOC NYC Nov 10-18 – Critic’s Choice
Senior Film Critic Kurt Brokaw reviews this year’s DOC NYC and reviews Film, The Living Record of Our Memory, Storm Lake and The Art of Making It from the festival.
New York Film Festival Sept. 20-Oct. 8, 2021
Senior Critic Kurt Brokaw picks his top movies and shorts from the 59th New York Film Festival, including Julia Ducournau’s Titane, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car and Rebecca Hall’s Passing as well as two shorts.
Dale Bell’s “Woodstock”
Dale Bell’s Woodstock (Rare Bird Books, 2019) is a day-by-day, event-by-event diary by Bell, the associate producer, and 22 other…