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Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘Blitz’ is a Frightening War Film All About Juxtaposition

Director: Steve McQueenWriter: Steve McQueenStars: Saoirse Ronan, Harris Dickinson, Benjamin Clémentine Synopsis: Follow the stories of a group of Londoners during the events of the British capital bombing in World War II. Steve McQueen’s...

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...

Chasing the Gold (NYFF 2024): ‘Happyend’ Reveals The Difference Between Cold Surveillance & Warm Cinema

Stepping into Neo Sora’s Happyend, one might expect something much closer to a sci-fi film with a dystopian hook. And in many ways, the film, celebrating its U.S. premiere in the Main...

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...

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