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Movie Review: ‘Not Him’ is a Mysterious and Dark Short

Director: Sarah YoungWriter: Sarah YoungStars: Tori Ernst, Charlie McElveen, Katharine Chin, Ryan Nicholas Cooper Synopsis: When her husband turns strange and violent, a wife becomes convinced he is possessed. But will anyone believe her? “It’s...

Movie Review: ‘How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’ is No Regular Weepy

Director: Pat BoonntipatWriters: Pat Boonntipat, Thodsapon ThiptinnakornStars:  Putthipong “Billkin” Assaratanakul, Usha “Taew” Seamkhum, Sanya Kunakorn Synopsis: M, a university dropout low on money and luck, volunteers to take care of his terminally ill...

Movie Review: ‘Conclave’ is Not to Be Taken Seriously

Director: Edward BergerWriter: Peter StraughanStars: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow Synopsis: After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with managing the covert and ancient ritual of electing a...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘Nickel Boys’ is a Daring, Moving Masterpiece 

Director: RaMell RossWriters: RaMell Ross, Joslyn BarnesStars: Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs Synopsis: Elwood Curtis' college dreams are shattered when he's sentenced to Nickel Academy, a...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘Caught by the Tides’ Manages to Achieve Originality With Familiar Material

Director: Jia ZhangkeWriters: Jia Zhangke and Jiahuan WanStars: Zhao Tao, Li Zhubin Synopsis: In early 2000s China, Qiao Qiao and Guao Bin share a passionate but fragile love. When Guao Bin disappears to...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ Takes a Twisted Turn Through Trauma

Director: Rungano NyoniWriter: Rungano NyoniStars: Susan Chardy, Elizabeth Chisela, Esther Singini Synopsis: On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings...

NYFF Capsule Documentary Reviews: ‘DIRECT ACTION, ‘exergue – on documenta 14,’ ‘My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow,’ ‘Youth (Hard Times),’...

While the most-discussed title of significant length at this year’s 62nd edition of the New York Film Festival is almost certainly Brady Corbet’s three-and-a-half-hour historical epic, The Brutalist, the longest films in...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘Dahomey’ Gives Looted African Art an Identity and a Voice

Director: Mati DiopWriter: Mati Diop Synopsis: The journey of 26 plundered royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey exhibited in Paris, now being returned to Benin, a French-speaking West African nation. If a short...

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