Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, March 4-14
Spring is busting out all over New York City, with cinemas scheduled to open March 5 (25% capacity, 50-seat maximum)….
Film Festivals
Neurodivergent Film Festival Call for Submission
A new genre of film festival focusing on an often-overlooked demographic has emerged in recent years: films made by and…
Notes From Home at this Year’s New York African Film Festival
This year’s New York African Film Festival provides the perfect start to Black History Month in the United States. The…
Boston Asian American Festival Goes Virtual
Entering its 12th year, the Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF) will hold its screening virtually from Oct. 21–25, 2020….
New York Film Festival – Critic’s Choices
2020 New York Film Festival – For the first time in its 58 year history, Manhattan’s NYFF wasn’t shown in its Lincoln Center home. Senior Film Critic Kurt Brokaw watched it all online, reviewing his favorite narrative dramas, documentary features, and outstanding shorts.
Spike Lee’s documentary on AMERICAN UTOPIA at NYFF and BAMBOOZLED at 20 is still relevant
This weekend the New York Film Festival will continue its extended schedule on drive-in screens around New York and computer…
The 58th annual New York Film Festival Starts September 17
Film at Lincoln Center recently announced the 25 films that comprise the Main Slate of the 58th New York Film…
Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) 2019 Recap
Evan Crean traveled to Montreal for the 22nd annual Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM), which took place November 14 to 24, 2019. Of the 154 films from 47 countries it screened, he offers reviews of the five best he saw during his time there.
DOC NYC Film Festival Nov. 6-15 – Critic’s Choices
America’s largest documentary film festival celebrates its 10th anniversary with 300 features, shorts and events, showing on 16 downtown Manhattan screens. Senior Film Critic Kurt Brokaw focuses on features and shorts set in and around New York City, selecting two shorts plus three features saluting The Apollo theater, rocker Lydia Lunch, and Cinema 5’s legendary exhibitor and distributor Donald Rugoff.