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Film Festival Reviews: New York Film Festival’s 2025 “Revivals”

October 2, 2025
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Because NYFF’s “Revivals” supplement showcases new restorations, the expectation is that these movies, including art films from around the world, should become more widely available down the road.

Film Review: Dispatch From the New York Festival — “After the Hunt”

October 2, 2025
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“After the Hunt” churns up issues that feel several years behind the curve (hello 2007 and Harvey Weinstein).

Film Review: Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine” Grapples with Pain, Power, and Self-Worth

October 2, 2025
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This is far from a conventional sports drama: it is a study of a man’s struggle for sense of personal worth and relevance

Toronto International Film Festival – Putin’s Media Fixer, Ukraine “Future” Doldrums and a Korean Hijack Farce

September 27, 2025
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A trio of political films at TIFF — ranging from tragedy to farce.

Film Festival Review: Dispatch From the New York Film Festival, 2025

September 26, 2025
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It’s hard to imagine that Hollywood suits would get behind a movie focused on a corrupt political regime, even one that’s now history.

Film Review: “One Battle After Another” — One Car Chase After Another

September 26, 2025
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Director P.T. Anderson’s latest puts up a fight, but it is for a lost cause.

Film Review: A Portrait of Fakir Musafar — The Search for Corporeal Transcendence

September 25, 2025
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“A Body To Live In” is not trying to be a conventional biopic — this is an atmospheric reminiscence of an underground movement.

Doc Talk: The Newburyport Documentary Film Festival — One of the Strongholds for the First Amendment

September 24, 2025
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As other outlets for reporting and investigating the truth are persecuted or succumb to pressure, the role of independent documentary filmmaking grows more urgent and vital.

Film Review: “Plainclothes” and the Surveillance of Desire

September 24, 2025
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Despite its abrasive style, “Plainclothes” leaves no doubt about what is going to happen or what is meant to be its takeaway message.

Film Festival Reviews: The Toronto International Film Festival – Storks and Arctic Drama

September 22, 2025
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Two outstanding films from this year’s Toronto International Film Festival — “The Tale of Silyan” and “Wrong Husband”

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