NYFF

At times, Sarah Polley’s Women Talking feels like an adaptation of a stage play more than it does a novel....

Expecting the unexpected goes hand in hand with the films of Park Chan-wook. His latest, Decision to Leave, a pulpy,...

For a director who has mostly helmed understated character dramas, Joanna Hogg digs deep into the cinematic language of horror...

When one thinks of the greatest directors with the shortest filmographies, Todd Field should immediately spring to mind. With time...

For roughly the first hour of White Noise, it feels like you’re watching the next great American satire. Based on...

A lot of genres make their way into Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of Camille DeAngelis’s 2015 novel Bones & All. It’s...

Movies exist for a lot of reasons. To reflect our lives. To offer an escape. To trigger something deep within...

People haphazardly existing in a culture outside their own? A complicated, melodramatic romance? Elegant yet deliberate pacing? Must be Claire...

Parallel Mothers feels like classic Pedro Almodóvar. The Spanish director’s 22nd feature, the film carries a plot that it feels...

I hope you’re not sick of seeing Oliva Colman at awards shows because wow does she knock The Lost Daughter...

As Hollywood and the artists within and surrounding it continue to (slowly) make strides in creating a more equitable industry...

  Morphing an autobiographical vision into a meta text is a daring move. As a result, Joanna Hogg’s sequel to...

In an age where Saw has spiraled into Spiral, body horror has lost a lot of its bite. What happens...

As a director, Steven McQueen’s go-to attribute is thoughtful repurposing. In fact, he’s nearly perfected it. He takes stories we’ve...

Naturalistic to the highest degree, and with just a dash of mystery and absurdist humor, Hong Sang-soo’s The Woman Who...

When we first meet Charlie (Adam Driver) and Nicole (Scarlett Johannson) they list off the things they love about each...

There’s never been a filmmaker quite like Bong Joon-ho. His way of twisting popular genres with his unique sense of...

The 57th New York Film Festival Main Slate Opening Night The Irishman Dir. Martin Scorsese Centerpiece Marriage Story Dir. Noah...

Martin Scorsese's "The Irishman" will open the New York Film Festival on September 27. My first thought on this is...

The estimable New York Film Festival is many things to many people, but one word I've certainly never used to...