The first thing that strikes you about Bianca Marroquín is her light. If she were performing in a darkened room, she would make it brighter through sheer force of will. Her megawatt smile lighting every single corner it touched. After that comes her …Read more
The Ripstein family name is synonymous with cinema. Arturo Ripstein isn’t only of the most prominent Latin American auteurs, his father Alfredo, was a legendary producer behind some of the most glorious films in Mexican cinema, and his son Gabriel’s …Read more
Band of Robbers imagines what Huckleberry Finn (Kyle Gallner) and Tom Sawyer (Adam Nee) would be up to in their mid-20s, if they hadn’t given up the treasure hunt they started as children. Directed and written by Nee, and his brother Aaron, the film …Read more
An idyllic vacation goes to hell, quite literally, in the Paz Brothers’ JeruZalem, a fantastical horror movie that combines travelogue aesthetics with millenary demons. The film follows Sarah (Danielle Jadelyn) and Rachel (Yael Grobglas), two America …Read more
Four friends become entangled in a game of deception and seduction in Brendan Gall’s Wide Awake Hearts, an erotically charged work making its New York City debut at 59E59. Two actors, a director, and an editor working together on a movie, fail to see …Read more
Henry Gamble (Cole Doman) has just turned 17, and on the day of his birthday party, as guests arrive for a poolside celebration, he will discover more about the world than he expected. In Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party, writer/director Stephen Cone ch …Read more
Part of living in New York City includes complaining about living in New York City, especially when it comes to the fact that it’s quite difficult to find tranquility in “the city that never sleeps”. The bustle and hustle of the subway, tourists that …Read more
As the new year begins, and audiences are coming off the jolt of holiday season blockbusters and prestige middlebrow offerings, the Museum of the Moving Image’s First Look Series (January 8-24, 2016) has become a very welcome palate cleanser, as it t …Read more
Proving that Latin American cinema is going through a period of brilliance, The Film Society of Lincoln Center presents Neighboring Scenes, a showcase featuring eleven new films by some of the most exciting filmmakers in the region. From existential …Read more
Two strangers meet, become friends and spend an idyllic week away in the country in Ross Partridge’s Lamb. The thing is, one of them is 11-year-old Tommie (Oona Laurence), and the other is David Lamb (Partridge) a middle aged man who bears no familia …Read more
