Thursday, July 10, 2025

Awards

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘Queer’ is a Surreal Mix of Romance and Loneliness

Director: Luca GuadagninoWriters William S. Burroughs, Justin KuritzkesStars: Daniel Craig, Lesley Manville, Drew Starkey Synopsis: Lee, who recounts his life in Mexico City among American expatriate college students and bar owners surviving on part-time...

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...

Chasing The Gold Interview: June Squibb, Star of ‘Thelma’

After praising June Squibb’s performance in Thelma in a piece I did for Chasing the Gold, InSession Film was contacted by June Squibb's team to see if I would be interested in...

Movie Review: ‘Plastic’ Captures Transient Nostalgia

Director: Daisuke MiyazakiWriter: Daisuke MiyazakiStars: Sumire Ashina, Takuma Fujie, Kyôko Koizumi Synopsis: Teenagers Jun and Ibuki set out to find the psychedelic rock band Exne Kedy. Daisuke Miyazaki’s Plastic (2023) is one in a...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘Elton John: Never Too Late’ is Too Safe and Not Quite Cinematic

Directors: R.J. Cutler, David FurnishStars: Elton John Synopsis: It showcases a never-before-seen concert footage of him over the past 50 years, as well as hand-written journals and present-day footage of him and his...

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...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘Grand Tour’ Magically Inspires

Director: Miguel GomesWriter: Telmo Churro, Maureen Fazendeiro, Miguel Gomes, Mariana RicardoStars: Gonçalo Waddington, Crista Alfaiate, Claudio de la Silva Synopsis: Edward, civil servant, flees fiancee Molly on their wedding day in Rangoon, 1917....

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘The Friend’ Extends Its Familiarity Far With Charm and Humor

Directors: Scott McGehee, David SiegelWriter: Scott McGehee, David Siegel, Sigrid NunezStars: Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, Constance Wu Synopsis: Follows a story of love, friendship, grief and healing, about a writer who adopts a...

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