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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...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘The Room Next Door’ is More Loquacious Than Expressionistic

Director: Pedro AlmodóvarWriter: Pedro Almodóvar, Sigrid NunezStars: Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton, John Turturro Synopsis: Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. After years...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘Hard Truths’ Examines The Essential Nature of Empathy

Director: Mike LeighWriter: Mike LeighStars: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Bryony Miller, Sophia Brown Synopsis: Ongoing exploration of the contemporary world with a tragicomic study of human strengths and weaknesses. While watching Mike Leigh’s latest film, social...

Chasing The Gold: June Squibb of ‘Thelma’ For Best Actress

I want to put one name in your head when you think of Best Actress, June Squibb. I've wanted to work her into one of my columns since I saw Thelma a...

Chasing the Gold: Sequels with Oscar-Winning Origins 

This year, three recent Best Picture nominees—Dune, Max Max: Fury Road, and Joker are back with a sequel or prequel—- Dune: Part 2, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, and Joker: Folie a Deux.  While Dune is just a continuation of the...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘Who By Fire’ Places Rivalry and Desire Center Stage  

Director: Philippe LesageWriter: Philippe LesageStars: Noah Parker, Aurelia Arandi-Longpré, Arieh Worthalter, Paul Ahmarani Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Jeff stays at film director Blake Cadieux's wilderness lodge after being invited by friend Max's family. When strange...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘Pepe’ is an Existential Journey of Pablo Escobar’s Cocaine Hippos

Director: Nelson Carlos de Los Santos AriasWriter: Nelson Carlos de Los Santos AriasStars: Jhon Narváez, Fareed Matjila, Steven Alexander Synopsis: A voice that claims to be from a hippopotamus. A voice that doesn't...

Chasing The Gold (NYFF 2024): ‘Nickel Boys’ Is A Breakthrough In Cinematic Immersion

RaMell Ross' Nickel Boys, which is opening the 62nd edition of New York Film Festival, is bound to be both hailed and remembered as one of the most tremendous films of the year....

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