The Citizen Dame 5: Essential Films from Black Artists
The Citizen Dame 5 is back! This week, Black History Month might have ended, but we are keeping the conversation going with essential films from Black artists. From the early days of silent
Priscilla Dean Gives New Meaning to the Silent Film Heroine
Priscilla Dean was a major silent film star, an action heroine and comic
February 14, 2021
‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Is the Superhero Movie We Need But Don’t Deserve
“It’s not about ‘deserve,’ it’s about what
January 25, 2021
‘The Ringmaster’ Goes from Onion Rings to Mental Breakdowns
Documentaries are among the most deceptive of cinematic genres, shaping the
January 25, 2021
A Female Serial Killer Plagues Bremen in ‘Effigy: Poison and the City’
Gesche Gottfried was one of Germany’s most notorious (and
December 21, 2020
‘French Exit’ Maddens By Being So Damn Good (NYFF58)
Making a film about shiftless Manhattanites who have to sell off all their
October 12, 2020
‘Nomadland’ is an Oscar-worthy Examination of the American Soul (NYFF58)
Director Chloe Zhao is proving to be one of the great chroniclers of the
October 5, 2020