Listen Up PhilipBy Bernard Boo If you can bear it, Perry and Schwartzman's misadventures of a misanthrope is an intriguing study in misery.
Dear White PeopleBy Bernard Boo A campus-set satire that keenly observes black identity and finds humor in the absurdity of "post-racial" America, Justin Simien's blistering debut provides ample food for thought.
The Book of LifeBy Ananda Dillon The fate of three friends is wagered upon by the leaders of the Land of the Remembered and the Land of the Forgotten in this colorful but dizzying animated...
Birdman (NYFF Review)By Zachary Shevich Vividly imagined, Iñárritu provides his most stunning and bizarre work to date.
Watchers of the SkyBy C.J. Prince Edet Belzberg provides a compelling and compassionate view of those who fight for the rights of humanity and the victims of genocide in her latest documentary.
The OvernightersBy C.J. Prince The Overnighters feels like one of those rare, lightning in a bottle stories caught in a documentary. What are the odds of coming upon such an incredible story, let alone...
Camp X-RayBy Edward Haynes Camp X-Ray opens like a tense thriller, with the capture of Ali Amir (Peyman Moaadi) and his transportation to Guantanamo Bay, played out in quick, rapid cuts and an imposing...
The GuestBy Bernard Boo If you’re familiar with Dan Stevens, it’s probably with his work on Downton Abbey as the kind-hearted English gentleman Matthew Crawley. Other than that, his career is largely a blank slate, with most of us...
It Was You CharlieBy Michael Nazarewycz The moment near the end of a film that puts everything you have just watched into perspective is a dicey proposition. It requires the closing payoff to be something...
AutomataBy Patrick Larkin Sci-fi thriller Automata’s obvious parallel – so obvious that it has dominated press publicity — is with I, Robot, both the film and the Isaac Asimov novel it was...
The Pact 2By C.J. Prince At the end of Nicholas McCarthy’s The Pact, Annie (Caity Lotz) killed the Judas Killer, her crazed uncle responsible for the decapitation of several women over several decades. Annie was...
Men, Women & ChildrenBy Bernard Boo For a director like Jason Reitman, who in the past has been so innately in touch with how human connection works (the nuanced Up In the Air and insightful Thank You For Smoking demonstrate his expertise),...
