Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are perhaps, two of the most beloved characters in all of American literature, known for their sense of adventure, intelligence, and youthful spirit. In Adam and Aaron Nee’s comedy, Band of Robbers, we get to see what …Read more
The last three minutes of Patrick Vollrath’s compelling short, Everything Will Be Okay are among the most harrowing moments ever shown on film. If doing so wasn’t a brazen spoiler, one could write a thesis just on these final moments alone. Where the …Read more
After the death of her brother, Anna (Beth Riesgraf) finds herself alone and housebound on the day of his funeral, her claustrophobia keeping her trapped inside. The same day, three unfortunate criminals (played by Jack Kesy, Martin Starr and Joshua …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
An ultra smooth sailing Steadicam roams the desolate streets of a seedy district in Mexico City judging not, or all, of its peculiar inhabitants in Bleak Street. Arturo Ripstein’s crime drama consists of much exposition, before the unintended, quietl …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
Orson Welles said of Chimes at Midnight “if I wanted to get into heaven on the basis of one movie, that’s the one I would offer up. I think it’s because it is to me the least flawed”. Coming from the man who directed Citizen Kane that is certainly gr …Read more
Between December 23 – January 6, The Film Society of Lincoln Center will present Imitations of Life: The Films of Douglas Sirk, one of the biggest retrospectives of the German filmmaker’s work seen in New York City. While the series, curated by Denni …Read more
“As long as you can still grab a breath, you fight. You breathe…keep breathing.” These are the words that Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) repeatedly instilled in his son (Forrest Goodluck) and the words he is forced to live by after a vicious bear att …Read more
