IFFBoston 2017 Review: For Ahkeem
Film critic Evan Crean reviews Jeremy S. Levine and Landon Van Soest’s documentary For Ahkeem, which screened at the 2017 Independent Film Festival Boston (IFFBoston).
Film Festivals
IFFBoston 2017 Review: La Barracuda
Film critic Evan Crean reviews Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin’s film La Barracuda, which screened at the 2017 Independent Film Festival Boston (IFFBoston).
IFFBoston 2017 Review: The Hero
Film critic Evan Crean reviews Brett Haley’s dramedy “The Hero,” which screened at IFFBoston 2017.
Tribeca 2017: Critic’s Choices – Features
Film critic Kurt Brokaw offers his favorite picks for narrative drama at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival: Chuck and The Wedding Plan.
Tribeca 2017: Critic’s Choices – Documentaries
Film critic Kurt Brokaw offers his favorite picks for documentaries at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival—Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Frank Serpico, and Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story.
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.
All for One, One for All: Laps
Three filmmaking musketeers, writer-director Charlotte “Charlie” Wells, producer Joy Jorgensen, and editor Blair McClendon, enrolled in the Masters of Fine Arts program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, put their heads together to create the short film Laps. It premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
Rendez-vous With French Cinema 2017 – March 1-12
Senior Film Critic Kurt Brokaw’s top favorites from Lincoln Center.
New York Jewish Film Festival 2017 – January 11-24
Senior Film Critic Kurt Brokaw picks favorites from the 26th annual fest co-presented by the Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center