Two films look at the hardships and realities of rural life, past and present, at the New York Film Festival.
New York Film Festival
Film Reviews: At the NYFF — Haynes’s “The Velvet Underground,” Dumont’s “France,” and Peleshian’s “Nature”
Reviews of Todd Haynes’s documentary The Velvet Underground, Bruno Dumont’s France, a satire-drama about the news industry, and Nature, Artavazd Peleshian’s graceful parade of natural disasters.
Film Review: “French Exit’ — In This Absurdist Romp a Diva Makes a Grand Exit
Defiant and tonally offbeat, French Exit mirrors, in a sense, its female protagonist, who doesn’t give a damn what the world thinks of her.
Film Review: Rude, Crude, and Enchanting, This Year’s New York Film Festival is a Helluva Ride
Three remarkable films that promise a bumper crop of world cinema yet to come at the NY Film Festival.