Film
“Babygirl” comes off as a rather lascivious take-down of yet another older woman who has everything she wants except … sexual excitement.
It seems every year the quality of feature films, especially those from mainstream studios, is getting worse, while that of documentaries is getting better.
Interviews with a pillager – “Plunderer” examines Nazi art theft at DOC NYC; two other docs remember Artsakh, a country that is no more
Director Robert Eggers’ take on the venerable vampire is a little too buttoned-up, too clean, too refined.
If there’s a documentary on this list that you want to see and it isn’t readily available, I’d suggest following it on social media or checking if its website has an email list that will announce future screenings or streamings.
Focusing on the years between 1961 and 1964, director James Mangold turns Bob Dylan’s creative journey into a better-than-average cinematic biography in which the singer ends up riding off on his motorcycle and into history.
This might not be everybody’s idea of who Maria Callas was, but the film is plausible, and honest. You can watch Angelina Jolie’s Maria and think, so that’s what it was like to be her.
The film is a testament not just to the resilience and courage of Ukrainians in the face of brutal aggression and the threat of genocide but to the power of art to transcend tragedy and injustice.
Our demanding critics choose the best films (along with some disappointments) of the year. And there is plenty of disagreement.
“Queer” breaks new artistic ground for an artist whose visionary talent is already well-established.
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