Siblinghood Beyond Blood in We Are Little Zombies
Reality is stupid. This attitude seems to be the underlying mantra of director Makoto Nagahisa’s work thus far. Crashing onto…
Reviews
One Last Joyride
Joyride is more than a short film; it is an experience. Director and writer Edwin Alexis Gomez created an incredibly…
Tribeca 2020 Short Films: Critic’s Choice
This year’s 19th Tribeca Film Festival didn’t take place in downtown Manhattan, but Senior Film Critic Kurt Brokaw was able to view its 63 shorts, chosen from 6,100 submissions. Read his reviews on six favorites.
Sharpen Your Axe with Razor Tongue
The US is not shy to acknowledge its long binging habits, boasting some of the highest consumption rates of digital…
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema – March 5-15
You’ll forgive your 81-year-old Manhattan moviegoer if his first three reviews below putter about, pausing to stare at the pleasure…
The New York Jewish Film Festival Jan. 15-28
The nice curators at The Jewish Museum and Film at Lincoln Center have made their own special mitzvah to the…
Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) 2019 Recap
Evan Crean traveled to Montreal for the 22nd annual Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM), which took place November 14 to 24, 2019. Of the 154 films from 47 countries it screened, he offers reviews of the five best he saw during his time there.
DOC NYC Film Festival Nov. 6-15 – Critic’s Choices
America’s largest documentary film festival celebrates its 10th anniversary with 300 features, shorts and events, showing on 16 downtown Manhattan screens. Senior Film Critic Kurt Brokaw focuses on features and shorts set in and around New York City, selecting two shorts plus three features saluting The Apollo theater, rocker Lydia Lunch, and Cinema 5’s legendary exhibitor and distributor Donald Rugoff.
New York Film Festival 2019 – Critic’s Choices
Senior Film Critic Kurt Brokaw selects five narrative dramas, two documentaries and two shorts as top recommends from the 57th annual NYFF, held Sept.27-Oct.13 in Lincoln Center.