Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Bruce Springsteen, Nebraska, Deliver Me from Nowhere, and the Familial Ties That Bind

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE  (Scott Cooper, USA, 2025, 119 minutes)   Bruce Springsteen has been a part of my life for over 5...
Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Rose Byrne Unravels in Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, a Horror-Comedy with Motherhood as a Neverending Nightmare

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IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU (Mary Bronstein, USA, 2025, 113 minutes) There are mothers who make it look easy, and then there are mothers, lik...
Friday, October 10, 2025

63rd New York Film Festival Snapshot, Part 3: Kathryn Bigelow’s Thriller A House of Dynamite

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A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (Kathryn Bigelow, 2025, USA, 112 minutes) Like any major film festival these days, this year's NYFF included a few N...
Wednesday, October 8, 2025

63rd New York Film Festival Snapshot, Part 2: Ira Sachs' 1970s Reverie Peter Hujar's Day

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PETER HUJAR'S DAY (Ira Sachs, 2025, USA, 76 minutes)  I may have missed The Mastermind , but I had no problem getting to the Walter Read...

A Snapshot of the 63rd New York Film Festival Plus a Detour to Take in a Broadway Show

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Part 1: A Brief History of the  NYFF and Me   Left: full house at the Sept 29 screening of A House of Dynamite The last time I attended the ...
Friday, October 3, 2025

Hans Christian Andersen Meets the Brothers Grimm in Lucile Hadžihalilović's The Ice Tower

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THE ICE TOWER / La Tour de Glace  (Lucile Hadžihalilović, France/Germany/Italy, 2025, 117 minutes)   How beautiful she was. So perfect!   --...
Thursday, September 25, 2025

Looking for a Brighter Day in Paul Thomas Anderson's Brilliant One Battle After Another

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ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER  (Paul Thomas Anderson, USA, 2025, 162 minutes)  Green Acres, Beverly Hillbillies, and Hooterville Junction  Will n...