Would you kill for love?
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NYFF 2017, HIFF 2017 Review: ‘The Florida Project’ starring Willem Dafoe
Where do homeless families live in Florida?
Read More »Hamptons International Film Festival Opening Night Film Premiere: ‘Itzhak’ with Itzhak Perlman
How well do you know the effervescent Itzhak Perlman? Alison Chernick's documentary about the great violinist is a delightful portrait of the man and the myth.
Read More »ARFF Film Review: I Can See Your Shorts
I saw a lot of shorts at the Austin Revolution Film Festival (ARFF), September 19-23. Short films, of course.
Read More »NYFF World Premiere Review: ‘Last Flag Flying’ with Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell, and Laurence Fishburne
Does war serve any purpose for the little people who fight it?
Read More »Los Angeles Film Festival Review: ‘The Pathological Optimist’ by Miranda Bailey
What is the controversy surrounding Andrew Wakefield and the MMR vaccine?
Read More »NYFF Review: ‘Arthur Miller: Writer’ Directed by Rebecca Miller
What do you know about the great American playwright Arthur Miller?
Read More »Venice FF, HIFF Review: ‘Human Flow’ by Ai Wei Wei
What if an earthquake, hurricane made you homeless? What if it was a war?
Read More »Blu-ray Review: Kumail Nanjiani Stars in ‘The Big Sick’ — AKA the Year’s Best Rom-com
'The Big Sick' is one of the year’s biggest comedy smashes and one of the year’s best films.
Read More »Anthem Film Fest: Two Experiments with a European Twist
At this year’s Anthem Film Festival, two films with a continental twist played games with the minds of the audience: "May Fifteenth in Paris" and "Re-Evolution."
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