Review: All Is Lost
For some reason I was expecting Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity to be almost as spare as All Is Lost, though not quite. I actually ...
Tag: New York Film Festival 2013
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NYFF Review: Stray Dogs
Sometimes I’m torn between the thing itself and the idea of the thing. I may not enjoy a book, for instance, but I ...
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NYFF Review: Tim’s Vermeer
Watching Tim’s Vermeer, I was sort of reminded of a pair of art documentaries that turn ideas about artists and creation on their ...
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NYFF Review: Only Lovers Left Alive
On its surface, a vampire film is the last thing I’d expect out of Jim Jarmusch. Then again, the same can be said ...
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NYFF Review: Nebraska
Before I was old enough to actually understand the jokes about sex and relationships, one of the movies I used to watch all ...
Review: 12 Years a Slave
When 12 Years a Slave played at the Toronto International Film Festival last month, there were reports of walkouts during screenings, even among ...
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Review: Blue Is the Warmest Color
There are many examples of desire in Blue Is the Warmest Color that are nuanced and downright erotic. These moments are communicated in ...
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NYFF Review: Like Father, Like Son
The film Still Walking by Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda has been on my to-watch list for a little while. It’s supposed to be ...
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NYFF Review: Alan Partridge
British comedy has a fine tradition of endlessly watchable twits. Off the top of my head, some of my favorites are Basil Fawlty ...
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NYFF Review: The Missing Picture
At last year’s New York Asian Film Festival I saw a documentary called Golden Slumbers, which focused on the lost cinema of Cambodia. ...
Review: A Touch of Sin
It’s remarkable what a little context can do. My initial impressions about A Touch of Sin were generally positive but also ambivalent. I ...
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Review: Inside Llewyn Davis
The trailers for Inside Llewyn Davis don’t quite capture the feel of the film. If you watch them, there’s a kind of satiny ...