David D'Arcy
A rare, must-see gathering of Paul Klee’s satirical and prophetic drawings reveals how his angels, dictators, and “degenerate” visions saw Nazi Germany all too clearly.
At the Tribeca Film Festival, two dramas stood out among the narrative films—stark, street-level tales of addiction and a wintry queer love story turned murder mystery set on a Canadian ship.
The Tribeca Film Festival is usually best represented by its outliers. This year, a few films earned that status.
The Berlin International Film Festival had two major premieres this year — a vampire parade and a war saga in Ethiopia.
This year’s Berlin International Film Festival was nothing if not political.
Wifredo Lam can now be seen almost in full in New York — except for his many drawings, which might get a showing soon while the public’s interest is piqued. As for the artist’s paintings in Cuba that never reached MoMA, Americans (perhaps in uniform) might have a chance to see them soon enough.
Reviews of “Josephine,: the film that won Sundance’s top award for 2026 and of “Aanookibijigan” and “The Gallerist”.
A trio of illuminating documentaries, their topics ranging from the struggles of a local newspaper to the days of public access cable television in New York City.
Extensive and eclectic, DOC NYC is a sampling of documentary films for the coming year. These favorites are worth searching out.
A trio of good documentaries: Benita, Flophouse America, and The Pink Pill: Sex, Drugs and Who Has Control.
The Annual Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll at Mid-Year: Warming Up a Riff — How It Happened, and Why It Matters