Diversity of genres, characters, issues and themes take center stage for the 34th Annual New York Jewish Film Festival (NYJFF)…
Film
There is a long line of admirers at Ingrid’s book signing. She has written about her fear of death. Among…
“We don’t only fight back with weapons; we fight back with art,” says the porcelain miniaturist Slava Leontyev, who leads…
1. Grand Theft Hamlet “You can’t stop the production just because somebody dies.” So says Pinny Grylls, co-director of the…
Theater Highlights: My two favorite theater events this year both originated at Soho Rep, the adventurous company that recently decided…
There was a time not that long ago when controversial documentaries like Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11” (2004), about the Bush…
I had real trepidations about seeing “A Complete Unknown,” James Mangold’s painstaking rendering of Bob Dylan’s arrival on the folk…
Director Agnieska Holland comes from the generation of post-war filmmakers who grew up under a totalitarian regime in Poland. The…
“Blitz” – If the New York Film Festival (NYFF) opened up with quiet poignancy in the form of “The Nickel…
As always, the Mill Valley Film Festival hailing from Northern California every autumn, has a robust documentary showcase section. For…
At 62-years-old there are a lot of familiar aspects to the prestigious New York Film Festival (NYFF), like heavily auteur…
Migrant. Refugee. Immigrant. Hot button labels for people seeking something better—perhaps work, safety, asylum. Polish film director Agnieszka Holland plunges…
“Poor Things” and “The Favourite” director Yorgos Lanthimos is known for being one of the most unique and creative filmmakers…
“The birth control pill gave women freedom from fear of sex leading to pregnancy or shotgun marriage, but the egalitarian…