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    “Been Here Stay Here” at Quad Cinema May 15

    "Been Here Stay Here" is a poetic, immersive eco-doc that reminds me of the best work of Frederick Wiseman. It opens at NYC's Quad Cinema on Friday, May 15. Go here for showtimes and appearances by the director, participants and other guests. Tangier is a small island in the Chesapeake Bay between Virginia and Maryland. Most of its 436 residents make their living by harvesting...

    “Humboldt USA” at MOMI First Look May 2

    "Humboldt USA" is a visually majestic portrait of various Americans trying to save what is left of nature and wildlife which uses places named after the 19th century father of ecology as an organizing framework. It will screen May 2 at the Museum of the Moving Image's First Look festival. Go here for showtimes and tickets. Alexander von Humboldt was one of the most important...
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    “Naked Ambition” Doc Celebrates Career of Playboy Photographer Bunny Yeager

    Overlooked pioneer Bunny Yeager left her modeling career to start a highly successful business as a pinup photographer. Once called "the world's prettiest photographer,"...

    Enchanting Singaporean Coming Of Age Feature “Amoeba” Premieres at TIFF 2025

    Siyou Tan's debut film "Amoeba" is a vivacious, beautifully acted and imaginatively styled coming of age film about four teenage girls in a strict...

    “Linda Linda Linda” 4K Remaster September 5 in NYC

    The 2005 film "Linda Linda Linda" is one of the most beloved Japanese films of the current century and to celebrate its 20th anniversary...

    “AngelHeaded Hipster” in Theaters August 8

    Glam rock pioneer Marc Bolan only lived to be 29 yet managed to produce some of the most memorable rock music ever recorded, including...

    Tribeca Film Festival 2025: Documentaries & Shorts

    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...

    Tribeca Film Festival 2025: Narrative Features

    Even with access to both the theater press screenings and Tribeca at Home app (for remote access), it was all I could do to...

    Uber-horror indie film “Self Driver” Streaming Friday, June 6

    The plight of those working in the delivery/driver economy has been in the news a lot. E-bikes going at high speeds causing fatal car...

    “The Cinema Within” Streaming & DVD May 20

    We were told in Film History 101 that spectators who first saw the Lumière brothers' 1896 film of a train rushing forward ("Arrival of...

    “The Old Woman with a Knife” opens May 16

    Someone once said that death is a punctuation mark in our lives we don't control. (Unless we commit suicide.) Serial murderers and assassins insert...

    Horror-Noir “A Desert” at Roxy Cinema May 9

    Many years ago I drove through part of the American desert: Death Valley in California, then Arizona, New Mexico and parts of Texas. Joshua...

    “Invention” at Metrograph In Theater April 18

    "Invention," an indie film combining real footage and fictional narrative to create a unique, mysterious and lightly comical meta-portrait of a woman's grief over...

    “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...