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    “The Shipwrecked Triptych” and “Songs of Slow Burning Earth” at MoMI First Look this weekend

    Here are two more must-see films which will screen at the Museum of the Moving Image's First Look Festival. Go here for showtimes and tickets. There are no actual shipwrecks in Deniz Eroglu's wonderfully imaginative film "The Shipwrecked Triptych." Instead the the term is a metaphor for when a person's shelter becomes lost or is precarious. Three narratives, set in different times, present eerie and...

    “Who By Fire” at Film at Lincoln Center March 14

    The Canadian domestic drama "Who By Fire" has received wide critical praise–Steve Dollar has named it as his favorite film of 2025 so far. Quebecois director Philippe Lesage's third feature, which screened at last fall's New York Film Festival, opens at Film at Lincoln Center this Friday, March 14. Go here for show times and ticket information. The opening scene of "Who By Fire" (the...
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    MoMI First Look 2025 Shorts, March 12-16

    In addition to the 23 feature films being screened at the Museum of the Moving Image's First Look 2025 Festival this week (March 12-16),...

    “First Look 2025” at MoMI, March 12-16

    The Museum of the Moving Image in Queens is presenting its fourteenth edition of the "First Look" festival this week, running from March 12...

    Every Film I Saw in 2024

    Above: "Do Not Expect Too Much For The End of the World" (My favorite film of the year.) (in the order that I saw them;...

    DOC NYC 2024: “My Sweet Land,” “Yalla Parkour” and more

    Here are brief reviews of some of my favorite films from this month's DOC NYC festival. "My Sweet Land" is a briskly paced, beautifully edited...

    “Soundtrack for a Coup D’etat,” “Hangdog,” “Murdering the Devil” and “The House From…”

    "Soundtrack for a Coup D'etat" is a fascinating and highly entertaining study of the unexpected relationship between some famous Jazz musicians and the C.I.A.-backed...

    “My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock” at the Quad, 10/25

    Mark Cousins, director of the landmark series "The Story of Film: An Odyssey," lets the master of suspense tell his own story in the...

    Post-Partum Depression Comedy “Another Happy Day” Streaming 10/1

    "Another Happy Day," a new indie comedy about a first-time mother's post-partum depression is hilarious and acted to perfection. It begins streaming Tuesday, October...

    Noirish German Sci-Fi Film “Universal Theory” Opens 9/27 at the Quad Cinema

    "Universal Theory" is a German film that blends science fiction and film noir tropes in a visually impressive manner recalling Hitchcock and Orson Welles...

    Elizabeth Banks Medical Drama “A Mistake” In Theaters 9/20

    Elizabeth Banks plays a New Zealand surgeon whose life is turned upside down after making a flawed decision during a routine surgery in "A...

    Body Horror/Comedy Indie “Booger” Opens at Quad Cinema (NYC) and on VOD

    "Booger" combines body horror tropes with a winning comedic script and fine performances by a cast of indie actors. It opens today at the...

    Fernando Di Leo Retrospective at Metrograph Begins Sept. 13

    After working as an uncredited screenwriter on Sergio Leone’s Man with No Name cycle, Fernando Di Leo made a series of popular "spaghetti crime"...

    Sublime, Poetic Documentary “Happy Campers” Streaming Now

    In the 1960's my maternal grandmother lived alone in a small trailer by the yacht basin in Carolina Beach, North Carolina. My mother often...