New York City was a much scarier place in the 1970s and 1980s, and the films of those decades reflect that. New York-set movies over the last two decades have mainly glorified Manhattan in a... Read more
I Believe in Unicorns opens with film footage from old home movies. Although the sequence has little to do with the rest of the film from a narrative standpoint, it establishes a thematic ti... Read more
After premiering at Austin Film Festival last October, One Eyed Girl made its New York premiere as an out-of-competition special screening at the First Time Fest. As the first feature film d... Read more
Police dramas are one of the primary building blocks of American entertainment (just look how many are in the primetime TV schedule), but it’s always fascinating to see filmmakers from... Read more
Last week we were the first to bring you the full line-up of films, panels, and special screenings for the First Time Fest. Today we can announce that the closing gala of the First Time Fest... Read more
One of our favorite film festivals to cover in New York City is the First Time Fest, a festival that is devoted to giving first-time filmmakers a chance to exhibit their debut movies. For th... Read more
Like last year, I was fortunate enough to be invited to the closing night awards ceremony for the First Time Fest, which was held at the New York City nightclub 42West. The ceremony continue... Read more
At the closing night reception for the second annual First Time Fest at 42 West, Love Steaks won the “contest disguised as a film festival” and received the prize all emerging fi... Read more
One the best things about First Time Fest — a New York City-based festival that celebrates the work of first-time filmmakers that is now in its second year — is the astounding le... Read more
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