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    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 Directors/New Films April 8-19

    …Li He, the talking bear, in Panda. (Courtesy of the filmmaker.)  This concludes critic’s choices. Watch for Brokaw’s picks in Film at Lincoln Center’s Italian Open Roads festival, May 28-June 4.    …

  • Tribeca 2015: Critic’s Choice

    Senior critic Kurt Brokaw commends Tribeca’s Sharon Badal on her “peerless curating” in his annual selection of festival favorites. From the buzzy The Wolfpack to the under-the-radar shorts such as Big Boy selected by Badal, this year’s picks thus far include dramatized dance, rock legends (but not conspiracy theories), and under-helicoptered children.