NYFF Critic’s Choice – “Certified Copy”
The Independent’s senior film critic Kurt Brokaw offers his picks from the 2010 New York Film Festival, which runs September…
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NYFF Critic’s Choice – “Of Gods and Men”
The Independent’s senior film critic Kurt Brokaw offers his picks from the 2010 New York Film Festival, which runs September…
New York Film Festival 2010 – Critic’s Choice
The Independent’s senior film critic Kurt Brokaw offers his picks from the 2010 New York Film Festival. Below are excerpts…
“Catfish” and Lies the Internet Never Told You
You might want to refresh your memory of Marc Ecko’s 2007 fabulously successful lnternet stunt—the spray-painting of what seems to…
Behind the Scenes with Six Masters of Design
Chances are you didn’t know who decided to make Jimmy Stewart a stamp collector in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, but it…
3-D (Like it Used to Be) in ‘53
In 1953 and ‘54, this critic was popping the popcorn, changing the marquee, and patrolling the aisles of the Ritz…
Tribeca 2010 Critic’s Choice: “Cairo Time”
Cairo Time (Ruba Nadda. 2009. Canada/Ireland/Egypt. 89 min.) We’ve all logged time in the stranger-in-a-strange-land movie, but rarely with the…
Tribeca 2010 Critic’s Choice: “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll”
Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll (Mat Whitecross. 2009. UK. 115 min.) Imagine the headshot of actor Andy Serkis. Watch his eyes—the man can act…
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…