16+ hour, 30+ min ago   (831+ words) TIFF Review: The Daughters of Abraham Entrallingly Captures a Reunion Between Estranged Friends The Film Stage TIFF Review: The Daughters of Abraham Enthrallingly Captures a Reunion Between Estranged Friends While visiting family in Marrakesh for the summer, Myriam Achour (Mélissa…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (789+ words) The Film Stage TIFF Review: Yeon Sang-ho’s Paradise Lost Is a Familial Thriller of Dark Secrets When a bus of thirteen children on their way to summer camp is found empty on the side of the road with only the…...

23+ hour, 15+ min ago   (882+ words) The Film Stage TIFF Review: The Surgeon Finds Michelle Yeoh Playing a Dangerous Game of Life or Death The filmmaker credit isn’t simply attributed to Roshan Sethi. No, The Surgeon was written and directed by Roshan Sethi, MD. It’s a…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (511+ words) The Film Stage TIFF Review: Anna Biller’s The Face of Horror Honors the Cinematic Past with a Fresh Perspective There’s a longstanding rumor about former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich: in 1980, he allegedly served his ex-wife with divorce papers…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (679+ words) The Film Stage TIFF Review: I Play Rocky Is a Crowdpleasing Winner Does every die-hard fan of Rocky, Sylvester Stallone’s zeitgeist-capturing, Oscar-winning, sequel-spawning classic, know the backstory of Rocky? There is a very good chance that answer is yes, as…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (271+ words) The Film Stage Schey’s writing in this first stretch is nearly note-perfect—admirable cutting, sometimes uproarious, rooted in truths that nearly every audience member will recognize (in others and perhaps even themselves). And in Egerton, Everybody has an ideal foil....

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (788+ words) The Film Stage TIFF Review: Magazine Is a Vibrant, Funny Debut Set In the NYC Literary World “We’re all adults here,” someone says with great sincerity in Alexandra Pechman’s debut feature, Magazine. However, as this 2011 period piece testifies, nothing could…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (325+ words) The Film Stage Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s You Can See Everything Added to NYFF64, October 16 Release Set A24 dropped a bombshell on the fall-movie season with last weekend’s surprise Telluride premiere of Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary You…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (271+ words) NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Japan SocietyA celebration of Ryuichi Sakamoto has begun, featuring Tokyo Decadence, a rare 35mm print of Wild Side, Royal Space Force, and more. Film ForumMasaki Kobayashi’s Kwaidan begins playing in a…...

4+ day, 32+ min ago   (313+ words) The Film Stage All of a Sudden Trailer: Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Latest Masterpiece Opens This November There may be no living filmmaker on a better run than Ryusuke Hamaguchi. With Happy Hour, Asako I & II, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, Drive…...