At the New York Film Festival, October 5 & 6, 2014
George WuNew York,
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have made many notable films from “La Promesse” to their Palme d’Or winners “Rosetta” and “L’Enfant,” but they had never worked with a movie star as big as Marion Cotillard until now with “Two Days, One ...
George Wu
The movie’s title, “Clouds of Sils Maria,” refers to a natural phenomenon found in the Sils Maria municipality of Switzerland for which the fictional play within the film, “Maloja Snake,” is also named. Both titles designate the same ...
Dan Schneider
Of the six films of Japanese director Nagisa Oshima that I have seen, his 1983 color film "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" ("Senjō No Merī Kurisumasu or 戦場のメリークリスマス") is easily his least impressive. It’s not a terrible film, but it’s not ...
Renata Polt
It's Fashion Week in New York--when isn't it?--and the pages of the New York Times feature the new styles daily. And, of course, they're all modeled by women barely out of their teens.
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Emily S. Mendel
The award-winning children’s anime film, “A Letter to Momo,” delicately explores the emotional struggles of an eleven year-old girl, Momo Miyaura, who ultimately conquers adversity and gains strength and courage. Mr. Okiura uses beautiful, elegant pastel hand-drawings with a soft ...
A claustrophobic stew of lust, ambition, ego and envy
Nancy S. Bishop
Sometimes it’s best to ignore the source of an adaptation and let the new work stand on its own. That works well with this excellent new adaptation of the 1893 Henrik Ibsen play “The Master Builder,” converted to film ...
Dan Schneider
British director Alan Parker’s 1978 film, "Midnight Express," based upon a non-fiction book, by William Hayes and William Hoffer, was considered somewhat controversial upon its release, but looking back on it, over three decades later, one has to wonder ...
Emily S. Mendel
“A Five Star Life” is an intelligent, well-acted, subtle film, with a story line that is quite rare — it’s about a perfectly happy 40-ish single woman. The splendid Margherita Buy plays ...
Emily S. MendelSan Francisco,
Highlights of the Jewish Film Festival
“Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholem Aleichem”
“The Green Prince”
“Run Boy Run”
“112 Weddings”
“Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story”
“Above and Beyond”
“Havana Curveball”
“The Sturgeon Queens”
The 34th San ...
Renata Polt
Who hasn't done time in the ER: with a sliced lip, chest pain, a child with a broken bone or a fever? It's not an experience anybody is eager to relive. Yet for millions of Americans, the ER is the ...
