David D'Arcy
As always, the New York Film Festival was a mix of art films that may never see general release with a few star-laden commercial movies angling for awards.
Four reviews of films about existence — past and present — for the marginalized in Scandinavia.
Reviews of three dark films that probe the crisis of authority, immigration, and feminism in Europe
Reviews of three films at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival that draw connections between class, violence, and politics.
Two exhibitions merit a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art — but soon. Each closes July 16.
More reviews of noteworthy documentaries at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.
By David D’Arcy At the Tribeca Film Festival this year, documentaries led the way as usual. A Revolution on Canvas (Untitled Nicky Nodjoumi), directed by Till Schauder and Sara Nodjoumi, is an ambitious look at one family’s experience of the Iranian dynastic dictatorship and its successor, the Iranian Islamic revolution. The film is the story…
The Museum of the Revolution resonates with other powerful documentaries that feel like fairy tales set in a dangerous world.
The first American release of a 1961 Italian comic treasure that spoofs corruption in postwar Italy.
Her hope for Israel today, Zoya Cherkassky told me, is the evolution of a multi-racial society that she hopes will ensure its survival.
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