Bob Nelson, the writer of Nebraska, makes his directorial debut with The Confirmation, another attuned character study of the economically depressed lower middle class Americans. The Confirmation centers on Anthony (Jaeden Lieberher), an eight-year o …Read more

Asghar Farhadi’s Fireworks Wednesday is, as would be expected, a beautiful, delicate and keenly observed film. It follows Roohi, a wide-eyed bride-to-be, as she gets an education on marital conflict and human complexity on the last day of the Iranian …Read more

Following up a fling with big-budget-blockbuster films, director Gavin Hood’s sleek, hyper-suspenseful Eye in the Sky tells the story of a super secret military operation led by Colonel Katherine Powell (Helen Mirren) tasked with tracking down and ca …Read more

From March 11-April 1, the Museum of the Moving Image will present a retrospective of production designer Jack Fisk’s most iconic works. The films will be part of the museum’s See It Big! Series, which highlights the importance “cinematic experiences …Read more

Thanks to his outspokenness and his idea of criticism as a democratic artform, Jonathan Gold has become one of the world’s most beloved food critics. He is the subject of Laura Gabbert’s documentary City of Gold, an impressionistic portrait of the Pu …Read more

From March 11-24, Film Forum, in association with the Library of Congress, will present ‘IT GIRLS, Flappers, Jazz Babies & Vamps’, a festival dedicated to the sex symbols of the 1920s and 1930s, screen sirens like Miriam Hopkins, Marlene Dietrich …Read more

Critics have long recognized the late Taiwanese director Edward Yang as a master, but American audiences have never had the chance to see one of his most major films, 1991’s A Brighter Summer Day. Luckily, the four-hour epic is about to receive a fou …Read more

Marguerite, Xavier Giannoli’s film about a misguided opera singer is a pleasure to behold. The movie somehow walks the line between satirical and genuine to deliver a hilarious and moving experience. Catherine Frot plays the titular role, a character …Read more

“The more wonderful the means of communication, the more trivial, tawdry, or depressing the contents seem to be”, wrote Arthur C. Clarke in the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey. Alongside a surfeit of advanced predictions, Clarke was on the mark. To add t …Read more

Robert Carlyle’s directorial debut is a colorful, saturated black comedy that gives a sharp British ensemble some giddily unflattering characters to play with. Titular Barney (Carlyle) is a sad-sack Glasgow barber with no real goals, ambition or life …Read more