Kumail Nanjiani Explores Immigrant Identity in The Big Sick
Critic Evan Crean interviews Comedian Kumail Nanjiani on his new romantic comedy The Big Sick.
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New Directors/New Films 2017: “Quest”
Kurt Brokaw reviews Jonathan Olshefski’s debut documentary “Quest”, a deeply personal and uplifting meditation on family love. The documentary debuted at Lincoln Center’s “New Directors/New Films” Festival which runs March 15-26.
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DOC NYC 2014, November 13th – 20th – Critic’s Choice
“Too much ain’t enough” might be the cry-of-the-night heard throughout the recent 52nd New York Film Festival and this past…
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New York Film Festival 2014 – Critic’s Choice
Kurt Brokaw returns to the New York Film Festival as our senior critic for the fifth consecutive year. No film is left behind as he chooses his favorites, with reviews starting now and coming in over the next week. The festival runs September 26th through October 12th.
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New York Film Festival 2014 – Audience Plays Key Role in “Convergence”
New York Film Festival’s transmedia track, Convergence, gets a visit from The Independent’s Anisha Jhaveri. She reviews two audience-driven projects, Immigrant Nation and Artifact of Fukushima: Selections From Unknown Spring.
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New York Jewish Film Festival 2014 – Critic’s Choices
How inspiring that The Film Society of Lincoln Center has partnered with The Jewish Museum for more than two decades…
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Do You Know Where Your Film and Video Masters Are?
Editor’s Note: We are posting this email message from Sandra Schulberg at her request as a courtesy to our readers…
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An Indie Film Odyssey: Making (and Screening) “Homer and Penelope”
Partway through Homer’s The Odyssey, the hero Odysseus is advised, in the midst of epic challenges, “Even his griefs are…
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Can I Shoot My Low Budget Indie Film in New York City?
Rebecca Reynolds discusses the best practices to afford or manage an indie shoot in New York City.
