Film Festivals
These two documentaries take place on opposite ends of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Both are powerful, gripping films that must be viewed in today’s climate.
With Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake), we have a Sundance newcomer in Sierra…
In some respects, both Prime Minister and If I Had Legs I’d Kick You are…
Here’s a look at a Spanish-language fable, a crime comedy, dystopian sci-fi, and a Khmer-language story about a dead woman and her Queer grandson.
This year, I’m kicking off Sundance with one of their short film programs. Here are four films from the Short Film Program 2.
At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Wilson Kwong takes a look at The Ugly Stepsister and The Dating Game!
The program for Sundance 2025 includes a whopping 87 feature-length films from filmmakers across 33 countries and territories.
Jenny Pen is a cold-eyed excavation of one of the basest fears humanity possesses: That life, in all its triumphs, is a meaningless house of cards.
Like any good exploitation movie Exorcismo feels like a pleasant discovery for a genre buff, a treat from the back of the video store.
Generation Terror proves a refreshing revitalization of the nuances under all the blood and guts, as well as the guts themselves.
Witches starts off like a video essay. Writer, director, editor (and “star”) Elizabeth Sankey talks…
Certain filmmakers are such mainstays of the New York Film Festival that you can pretty…
As in all his work, McQueen coaxes strong performances, with particular props to first-timers (at very different ages) Heffernan and Weller.
At this year’s NYFF, we take a look at two films from emerging female filmmakers that were some of the highlights of this year.
We spoke with Johnny Ma whose film The Mother and the Bear is a vibrant and unique film that points toward the evolving versatility of Canadian filmmakers.