‘French Exit’ Maddens By Being So Damn Good (NYFF58)
Making a film about shiftless Manhattanites who have to sell off all their nice things in a fight against insolvency is an uphill battle right now. Maddeningly, director Azazel Jacobs’s
‘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
‘MLK/FBI’ Poses Complex Questions Without Easy Answers (NYFF58)
Can we judge a man’s character through the eyes of his enemies? How do we
September 20, 2020
The Ecstasy of Steve McQueen’s ‘Lovers Rock’ (NYFF58)
“How are they still awake?” I asked as I came to the end of Steve McQueen’s
September 18, 2020
‘Tenet’ is the Poor Execution of an Incomplete Thought
There are puzzling, mystery movies that are fun to try to solve, and then
September 13, 2020
‘Madchen in Uniform’ and the Subversive Nature of Love
One of the most remarkable aspects of Leontine Sagan’s Madchen in Uniform
July 24, 2020
‘Paracelsus’ Exposes the Tension Between Subversion and Propaganda
To understand a society, watch its films. Germany during the rise of the
June 18, 2020