Movies

“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 her dead father, plays for one week at Metrograph In Theater beginning this Friday, April 18. Go here for showtimes and ticket information. Callie Hernandez stars as "Carrie Fernandez" (some characters erroneously refer to her by her real name, one of...

“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...
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“Onlookers” at Metrograph

Long ago when I had a swell corporate job many of my coworkers would take short overseas vacations. (The joke was that it gave...

“Family Portrait: Japanese Family in Flux” series, Feb. 15-24

NYC’s Japan Society is presenting the 8th edition of its ACA (Agency for Cultural Affairs) Cinema Project this week. The series, which runs from...

EVERY FILM & TV SHOW I SAW IN 2023

And in the the order I saw them. All are 2023 releases unless otherwise noted. = a film I’ve seen before. * =...

DOC NYC 2023 Part 1: Social Issue Docs & “The Smell of Money”

This year’s DOC NYC, the biggest documentary film festival in the U.S., didn’t have as many blockbuster docs as last year (“The Beauty and...

“Waikiki” at Regal Union Square Oct. 27

A friend of mine used to always observe that if he ever visited Hawaii he'd probably never leave. After watching Christopher Kahunahana's indie feature...

“Neither Confirm Nor Deny” streaming on Amazon, Apple TV

In 1974 a Soviet nuclear submarine, the K-129, disappeared. Though the Soviets couldn’t locate it, U.S. military intelligence did (it had sunk three miles...

Restored “Fear & Desire” at the Metrograph

Stanley Kubrick’s first feature “Fear & Desire” was released in 1953 and now 70 years later a 4K restoration gets its U.S. premiere at...

“Remembering Every Night” at Film at Lincoln Center

I just re-watched a good part of Mark Cousins’s landmark documentary series, “The Story of Film” (more about that soon; it’s been re-released in...

“Lola” and “Sorry We’re Closed” Now Streaming

“Lola” is a remarkable Irish-British science fiction film directed by Andrew Legge. Emma Appleton and Stefanie Martini give dazzling performances as two sisters (Thomasina...

“Poundcake” at the Roxy Cinema

Film director Onur Tukel is the king of micro-to-low-budget horror and comedic satire films and with his latest movie “Poundcake” you get both. It...

Japan Cuts Festival: July 26-August 6

It’s been four years since NYC’s Japan Society has held a fully in-person Japan Cuts festival so this is your chance to see their...

2023 Tribeca Festival Report

(above: John Hamm and Tina Fey in "Maggie Moore(s)") My favorite film from this month’s Tribeca Festival was a wacky comedy no one else seemed...