The New York Jewish Film Festival Jan. 13-26, 2021
…that somehow grew to $50,000. That’s a miracle in itself. Emily’s on her way. This concludes critic’s choices. Watch for Brokaw’s picks in Rendez-vous with French Cinema, March 4-14. …
…that somehow grew to $50,000. That’s a miracle in itself. Emily’s on her way. This concludes critic’s choices. Watch for Brokaw’s picks in Rendez-vous with French Cinema, March 4-14. …
Staff writer Kurt Brokaw reviews ‘Patti Cake$’ and ‘Mensche’, now playing at Lincoln Center/MoMa’s New Directors/New Films Festival March 15-26.
…and timeless movies into its 61st edition, and Kidnapped is another prime keeper. This concludes Critic’s Choices. Watch for Brokaw’s picks in DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, Nov. 8-26….
…audiences will come to recognize a “feature length drama” as a much shorter feature length drama. This concludes critic’s choices. Watch for Brokaw’s picks in DOC NYC, November 13-December 1….
…gift as a filmmaker is reminding any viewer who thinks something this awful couldn’t happen in the USA, that it already has. This concludes critic’s choices. Watch for Brokaw’s picks…
Rendez-Vous With French Cinema unreels in Lincoln Center February 28-March 10. The 24th annual edition, co-sponsored by The Film Society of Lincoln Center and UniFrance, presents nearly two dozen new French dramas, most having their US or New York premieres. Senior film critic Kurt Brokaw viewed everything available and selects Invisibles (above), Paul Sanchez Is Back!, and Raising Colors as favorites. Read those reviews here.
Rendez-vous with French Cinema returns to New York for its 20th year with 22 North American premieres. Senior critic, Kurt Brokaw, sees the slate and divides his favorites into Youth and Crime. With Martin Scorsese as one of this year’s co-chairs, Brokaw insists that indeed, crime does pay.
…the most charming war documentary in many a NYJFF. This concludes critic’s choices. Watch for Brokaw’s picks in the 31st annual edition of Rendez-Vous With French Cinema, sponsored by Film…
Films by directors Barbara Kopple, Kristina Sorge, Douglas Sloan, Kent Jones, Jason Hutt, Marc Levin, Stephen Maing, Jimmy Goldblum, and Amy Berg are Kurt Brokaw’s critic’s picks from DOC NYC, the all-documentary festival that runs from November 12-19, 2015.