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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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    Bread & Oysters: “Mother of All Lies” at Alamo Drafthouse Liberty & “Holding Back The Tide” at DCTV Firehouse Sept. 6

    Two must-see documentaries open in New York City this Friday, September 6. "Mother of All Lies" is a beautiful and powerfully moving Moroccan film...

    “#Untruth: The Psychology Of Trumpism” streams Sept. 3

    A follow-up to the 2020 documentary "#Unfit: The Psychology Of Donald Trump," "#Untruth: The Psychology Of Trumpism" continues to examine the authoritarian strategy and...

    “The Becomers” opens August 23 at Cinema Village

    In 2013 I was introduced to director and editor Zach Clark's unique talents as a satirist when I saw his third indie film "White...

    “Ultimate Caligula” opens at Alamo Drafthouse in NYC August 14

    The 1980 film "Caligula," though a reasonable success in the U.S. (and a bigger one in Europe) was met with derision by film critics....

    “Motion Picture: Choke,” “Six Singing Women” and “The Box Man”: My Faves from Japan Cuts 2024

    The most original film I saw at this year's Japan Cuts 2024 Festival was Gen Nagao's "Motion Picture: Choke." It seems to have come...

    “Modernism, Inc.” opens at IFC NYC July 19

    "Modernism, Inc." is a new documentary about legendary American designer and architect Eliot Noyes. You don’t have to be a fan of mid-century modernism,...

    “Scala” at the Metrograph NYC July 19

    “Scala” tells the story of a beloved London repertory movie theater with tremendous affection and humor by the people who worked there and the...

    “Made in England: The Films of Michael Powell and Emiric Pressberger” opens July 12 at The Quad in NYC

    Anytime Martin Scorsese talks film I’m glued to the screen. If you’ve seen his own documentaries “A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American...

    “Japan Cuts 2024” at Japan Society July 10-21

    The 17th edition of our continent’s largest festival of contemporary Japanese film, “Japan Cuts: Festival Of New Japanese Film," kicks off July 10. There...

    Two Docs about Coal: “King Coal” on PBS POV and “The Devil Put the Coal in the Ground” (Streaming July 9)

    Two documentaries about the coal industry’s ruthless exploitation of workers and natural resources in the Appalachian mountains are required viewing for anyone who cares...

    “This Closeness” Streams on MUBI July 3

    Only a few minutes into the film “This Closeness” I almost stopped watching it. But I’m glad I finished it; it’s a terrific indie...

    “Family Portrait” at Metrograph begins June 28

    34-year-old Lucy Kerr’s fascinating debut feature film “Family Portrait” (which won major awards at the recent Locarno Festival in Switzerland) is a “portrait” in...