Film
“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You: is a powerful addition to the recent female-created examinations of the ways women, and particularly mothers, can be unsupported or outright dismissed by contemporary society.
Maybe “A House of Dynamite” wants to tantalize us with a nightmare from which there is no escape in order to distract us, briefly, from the ongoing disasters that we are compelled to face and overcome.
Director Raoul Peck, like his subject George Orwell, encourages critical thinking and urges us to consider how best to resist the strengthening forces of tyranny.
“Nuns vs. The Vatican” prepares its audience for an ongoing story that is expanding each time one more victim agrees to talk publicly. Do not doubt that there will be a sequel.
Tron: Ares hurries from one spectacular concept and one spectacular set piece to another. But it doesn’t take the time to let any of those remarkable things sink in.
“Father Mother Sister Brother” invites you into a space of present-ness where you need to slow down and re-set your metabolism. It invites you to tune out all the noise and sit with the silences between people. A daring ask in a digital world where everyone’s glued to their screens the better to pick up the noise.
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.
“After the Hunt” churns up issues that feel several years behind the curve (hello 2007 and Harvey Weinstein).
This is far from a conventional sports drama: it is a study of a man’s struggle for sense of personal worth and relevance
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