Claire Denis’ ‘The Fence’ Is Dense with Import and Meaning
In Claire Denis’ arch and darkly funny film, The Fence, colonialism isn’t history, it’s not even past.
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‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ Traverses Those Awkward Familial Gaps
Jim Jarmusch’s low-key comedy of awkwardness, Father Mother Sister Brother explores the things we can never know about our families.
Meditations on being Black in America: ‘Chameleon Street’ and ‘James Baldwin: From Another Place’
Meditations on being Black in America, Chameleon Street and James Baldwin: From Another Place, complement each other in NYFF’s Revivals Program.
NYFF 2017: ‘The Rape of Recy Taylor’
This haunting documentary about a black woman assaulted by six white men in 1944 Alabama pivots deftly from crime story to history lesson without losing track of the human pain at its core.
‘Her’ – 51st New York Film Festival
Her shows the confines and varying dimensions of love -- primarily between a man and his operating system -- as it meditates on whether or not you can truly possess what you love.
‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ – 51st New York Film Festival
Walter Mitty doesn't sport much comedy. It doesn't plunge into a character's emotional depths. But it has an adventurous spirit. And that may be reason enough to see the movie.
NYFF: Abbas Kiarostami’s ‘Like Someone in Love’
The Iranian director sets his latest film in Japan (in Japanese) with newcomers. The pervasive discomfort throughout manages to linger after the film ends, but the viewer is left to determine the conclusion.