Suzannah Herbert’s "Natchez" deservedly won the best documentary award at last week's Tribeca Film Festival. It's a fun and trenchant but never preachy analysis of how racism still exists in the American South.
Natchez, Mississippi was once a big cotton town but boll weevils in the 1930's destroyed the crops. It then turned into a tourist destination, offering tours of dozens of well-preserved Antebellum houses....
Even with access to both the theater press screenings and Tribeca at Home app (for remote access), it was all I could do to catch two dozen of the films. (The app wasn't working for many users for several days and it would have been nice if they could have extended the days it was available for critics.) Here are my notes of my...
The 2022 horror film “Attachment” (premiering February 9 on the Shudder streaming service) takes its name from “dybbuk,” a term from Jewish mythology describing...
(above: still from "Mickey Dogface," a short film directed by Zach Fleming, from the "Local Invasion" showcase.)
It’s October which means pumpkin in everything: pies,...
This Friday, October 7, the Japan Society of New York City will screen Hideo Nakata’s 1998 j-horror classic “Ringu” in their "monthly classics" series...