The New York Times – Film:
In their feature, the directors Lisa Akoka and Romane Gueret build a provocative critique of filmmaking practices.
Author: Lisa Kennedy
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‘Drylongso’ Review: Extraordinary
The New York Times – Film:
Cauleen Smith’s 1998 movie, set in Oakland in the mid-90s, remains a vivid and prescient feature debut.
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‘Rewind & Play’ Review: Thelonious Monk Dazzles Even When an Interview Falls Flat
The New York Times – Music:
Alain Gomis’s documentary uses rushes from a 1969 French TV interview to make a smart indictment of music industry bias and offer viewers a subtle tribute to Monk.
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‘Rewind & Play’ Review: Thelonious Monk Dazzles Even When an Interview Falls Flat
The New York Times – Music:
Alain Gomis’s documentary uses rushes from a 1969 French TV interview to make a smart indictment of music industry bias and offer viewers a subtle tribute to Monk.
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‘The First Fallen’ Review: A Remembrance of Those Passed
The New York Times – Film:
A director crafts an elegiac tribute set during the dawn of the AIDS crisis in Brazil.
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‘A Lot of Nothing’ Review: The Cop Next Door
The New York Times – Film:
Mo McRae’s feature debut, about a well-off Black couple and their white neighbor, is more of a trauma drama than a satirical thriller.
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‘The Quiet Girl’ Review: Welcome Home
The New York Times – Film:
This luminous drama, Ireland’s entry for best international feature, may not be holiday fare, but it does express the season’s benevolent ethos.
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‘Loudmouth’ Review: Portrait of Al Sharpton as a Young Man
The New York Times – Film:
A stirring new biographical documentary about the Rev. Al Sharpton revisits a racially divided New York City and offers a critique of the news media then and now.