New Directors/New Films 2013 – Critic’s Choice
Senior film critic Kurt Brokaw is viewing the 42nd annual New Directors/New Films (all 22 features plus 17 shorts) and presents his critic’s choices below. “A Hijacking” (Tobias Lindholm. 2012….
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New Directors/New Films April 20–May 1
…directors staking their claim, requesting your attention and earning every second of it. This concludes critic’s choices. Watch for Brokaw’s picks in the 21st edition Tribeca Film Festival, June 8-19….
TIFF 2015: Volatile Times for Indie Exhibitor-Distributor Relations
How did the buying and selling stack up at this year’s TIFF? Courtney Sheehan takes the temp of the ever-feverish world of independent film exhibition and distribution by talking with Adam Birnbaum (Avon Theatre), Julie Anderson Friesen (Cinema Falls), and Andrew Carlin (Oscilloscope Laboratories).
New Documentary: “Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am”
Senior Film Critic Kurt Brokaw reviews the insightful documentary Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, a chronicle of the author’s life and work told mainly from her perspective in eye-to-eye interviews.
New York Film Festival, Sept.30-Oct.16
…are cinema we can’t let go of, because they won’t let go of us. This concludes critic’s choices. Watch for Brokaw’s picks in DOC/NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, Nov. 9-27….
The New York Jewish Film Festival Jan. 15-28
…by Women program showing Sunday January 26, at 8:00 p.m. in the Walter Reade Theater. This concludes critic’s choices. Watch for Brokaw’s picks in Rendez-vous with French Cinema, March 5-15….
NYFF 2015: Critic’s Choice
Remember 2008’s spectacular doc-based-on-a-book Man On Wire? Now it’s fictionalized as The Walk and Kurt Brokaw LOVED it. Find out what else our senior critic adored at this year’s New York Film Festival, running September 25-October 11, 2015.
DOC NYC Film Festival Nov. 8-15
Senior Film Critic Kurt Brokaw samples the 9th annual edition of American’s largest documentary festival. Over 300 films–47% directed or co-directed by women–plus shorts, panels and student entries
moved onto 16 downtown Manhattan screens in one jam-packed week.
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 of full reviews. New films will be added to this…