Review: Junun
How do you review a home movie with a great soundtrack? In a lot of ways that’s precisely what Paul Thomas Anderson’s Junun ...
Tag: New York Film Festival 2015
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Review: Experimenter
If you’ve taken an Intro to Psychology class, you’ve heard about Stanley Milgram. His most famous experiments involved obedience and how normal people ...
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Review: The Lobster
I still haven’t gotten around to seeing Yorgos Lanthimos’ Dogtooth, though I intend to. The blackly surreal 2009 film was nominated for a Best ...
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Review: Where to Invade Next
Michael Moore and Donald Trump have something in common. No, seriously. They want to make America great again. In Where to Invade Next, ...
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Review: The Walk
It’s impossible to watch The Walk without thinking about James Marsh’s 2008 film Man on Wire. The Academy Award-winning documentary chronicled French tightrope ...
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Review: Steve Jobs
I was texting a friend about Steve Jobs over the weekend, the new biopic written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Danny Boyle. ...
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Review: Bridge of Spies
Watching Bridge of Spies, I realized almost immediately the difference between a beautiful film and a handsome film. Steven Spielberg’s latest movie is ...
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Review: The Forbidden Room
Guy Maddin’s The Forbidden Room has been described as a series of nested movies, but I don’t think that description is accurate. “Nested” ...
NYFF Review: Microbe & Gasoline
When Michel Gondry writes his own films, I’ve noticed that his protagonists have a tendency to act like quirky, whimsical teenagers. The misfit ...