Watch the trailer for The Get Down, Baz Luhrmann’s Netflix series on disco and the birth of hip-hop There’s a lot of romance surrounding New York in the 1970s even though it wasn’t necessarily the place you’d want to live. Crime, ... By Hubert VigillaFebruary 20, 20200 Trailers
Reviews Review: Very Semi-Serious There’s a joke about the cartoons seen in The New Yorker: pretty much all of them can be re-captioned “Christ, what an a**hole.” ... By Hubert VigillaFebruary 20, 20200
#AllMyMovies – Shia LaBeouf is watching all of his films for three straight days Shia LaBeouf’s creative endeavors outside of acting have been pretty strange. There was a public art show rife with self-loathing and even a ... By Hubert VigillaFebruary 20, 20200
Japan Society: Nobuhiko Obayashi retrospective with the director in person starts November 20th Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Hausu (House) is a favorite here at Flixist. (Alec did a great Cult Club piece on it a few years back.) ... By Hubert VigillaFebruary 20, 20200
NYPD/LAPD boycotts of Quentin Tarantino reinforce negative stereotypes about cops The NYPD and LAPD really hate Quentin Tarantino right now, labeling him a cop-hater and anti-cop. In the process of explaining their dislike ... By Hubert VigillaFebruary 20, 20200
DOC NYC starts this week, runs November 12-19 DOC NYC is one of my favorite film festivals in New York City. Each year, DOC NYC showcases some of the best non-fiction ... By Hubert VigillaFebruary 20, 20200
The 2015 New York Korean Film Festival is coming My favorite New York-based film festival of the year is the New York Asian Film Festival. It has a special place in my ... By Alec Kubas-MeyerFebruary 20, 20200
The 2015 New York Film Festival kicks off this weekend The 53rd New York Film Festival gets underway this weekend, and Flixist is going to be there checking out many of the notable ... By Hubert VigillaFebruary 20, 20200
Reviews 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 ... By Hubert VigillaFebruary 20, 20200
The 2015 New York Asian Film Festival lineup and schedule are here The New York Asian Film Festival is very near and dear to my heart. When I started at Flixist in 2011, I was ... By Alec Kubas-MeyerFebruary 20, 20200
First trailer for Mistress America It’s only been a few months since Noah Baumbach’s wonderfully honest, While We’re Young premiered in the United States, but now it’s time to ... By Per Morten MjolkeraaenFebruary 20, 20200
2015 Japan Cuts Film Festival lineup unveiled One of the best parts about being an Asian film lover in New York is the late-June-through-mid-July run of Asian-centric festivals. The second ... By Alec Kubas-MeyerFebruary 20, 20200