New York Jewish Film Festival, January 14th – 29th – Critic’s Choice
Felix and Meira (Maxine Giroux. 2014. Canada. 105 min) Last year’s Closing Night selection at NYJFF was Ida, this writer’s…
Reviews
DOC NYC 2014, November 13th – 20th – Critic’s Choice
“Too much ain’t enough” might be the cry-of-the-night heard throughout the recent 52nd New York Film Festival and this past…
Linklater’s 12+ Year Gamble on “Boyhood” Pays Off
With Boyhood, “Richard Linklater, already one of America’s most persistently inventive independent filmmakers, has made movie history with the longest real-time dramatic memoir,” writes senior critic Kurt Brokaw. Read his mostly admiring review here.
‘Tis the Summer of Women Falling Apart in Films
Kurt Brokaw reviews “The Canyons,” “Lovelace,” and “The Patience Stone” all themed around women in various states of acute mental and emotional collapse.