New Directors/New Films, April 28 – May 8
Senior Film Critic Kurt Brokaw picks three new films and one short that reflects a half century of the New Directors/New Films festival from MOMA and Films at Lincoln Center.
New Directors/New Films
Film at Lincoln Center: 50th Anniversary of New Directors/New Films
Film at Lincoln Center (FLC) reopens on April 16 with a celebration of the 50th-anniversary edition of New Directors/New Films…
New Directors/New Films 2020 (Dec. 9-20)
Do you remember the last movie you saw in a real theater, up on a big screen? Our memories grow…
New Directors/New Films 2019 (March 27-April 7)
The 48th annual edition of ND/NF, curated by The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Manhattan’s Museum of Modern Art, spotlights 35 features and shorts from promising directors worldwide. Senior film critic Kurt Brokaw examines five dramas and documentaries, including Chinonye Chukwa’s Opening Night prison drama, Clemency, premiering in New York just 13 days after California’s governor granted temporary reprieves to over 700 inmates on the state’s death row.
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.
New Directors/New Films 2017: “Patti Cake$”, “Menasche”
Staff writer Kurt Brokaw reviews ‘Patti Cake$’ and ‘Mensche’, now playing at Lincoln Center/MoMa’s New Directors/New Films Festival March 15-26.
Examining the ‘Ripple Effects’ of War Through “My Father’s Vietnam”
Filmmaker Søren Sørensen recounts what prompted him to explore the Vietnam War’s impacts on his father, other veterans, and us all.
New Directors/New Films 2016 – Critic’s Choice
Kurt Brokaw selects his favorites from the 45th edition of the fest (27 features, 10 shorts) at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art screening March 16th –
New Directors/New Films 2015 – Critic’s Choice
Is this how you want to be entertained? Senior critic Kurt Brokaw asks tough questions of a blatantly tough-on-the-senses program at this year’s New Directors/New Films. A handful of the full slate make his cut. The rest just cut.