From Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien comes the critically acclaimed film The Assassin, a movie that won the best director award at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. The Assassin... Read more
Set to release in two weeks but premiering at the NYFF is Bridge of Spies, the next entry into the world of cinema by legendary director Steven Spielberg. Written by the Coen Brothers and Ma... Read more
There are few directors in history who were so gifted that they made one masterpiece film after another. One of those directors was the legendary Sergio Leone, who is best known for directin... Read more
I enjoyed the first film Ralph Fiennes directed, Coriolanus (read my review here). It wasn’t particularly impressive, but it was a solid first effort that was right up Fiennes’... Read more
I’m curious if writer/director James Gray really couldn’t come up with a less generic title for his latest film than The Immigrant. I’d hate to be on the marketing team tr... Read more
If you’re a fan of quality animated films then the name Hayao Miyazaki should ring a bell. The masterful writer and director behind such amazing films like Spirited Away and Princess Monono... Read more
Recently it was announced that the Tom Hanks thriller Captain Phillips would be opening up the 2013 New York Film Festival which would make it one of the legitimately more exciting titles to... Read more
Well, here it is: after several weeks of coverage, Flight is the closing film of the New York Film Festival. On one hand, it’s curious that the closing film is the festival’s mo... Read more
Based on a true story and the bestselling novel by Pete Dexter, The Paperboy follows Miami Times journalist Ward Jansen (Matthew McConaughey) and his writing partner Yardley Acheman (David O... Read more
If you go to movies primarily for the visual experience, you’ll likely love much of Life of Pi. That’s because the film is beautiful, with director Ang Lee fully utilizing his p... Read more
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