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    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; unless dated it was a 2024 release) Undercover Girl (1950) Timebomb Y2K Onlookers Edward Hopper (PBS) Napoleon (2023) The Disappearance of Shere Hite (2023) The Curse (Season 1) True Detective (Season 4) Next Goal Wins (2023) June (2023) The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Batman Begins (2005) The Dark Knight (2008) Ferrari (2023) Fallen Leaves (2023) Madame...
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    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 portrait of an 11-year-old Nagorno-Karabakh Armenian boy caught with his family in the series of wars against Azerbaijan which have greatly reduced the land that was once part of Armenia. The boy is remarkably positive given the circumstances and follows...
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    “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...
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    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...
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    “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...
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    “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...
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    “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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    “Hey Viktor!” at 2023 Tribeca Film Festival

    One of my favorite films at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival was the comic mockumentary “Hey Viktor!” Cody Lightning directs and plays a fictional...
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    “Revoir Paris” opens in NYC June 23

    "Revoir Paris" is a powerful and moving story of a woman who, after surviving a terrorist attack at a restaurant, encounters a series of...
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    “Fanny: The Right To Rock” Airs on PBS May 22

    I remember buying Suzie Quatro’s first album in 1973. It had great songs like “48 Crash” and “Can the Can” but knowing nothing about...
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    Old School Kung Fu Festival at the Metrograph

    The 10th anniversary of The Old School Kung Fu Festival begins this Friday, April 21 at the NYC's Metrograph Theater. The annual event is...
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    “Plan 75” and “Human Flowers of Flesh”

    (above: Baishô Chieko in “Plan 75”) Hayakawa Chie’s 2022 film “Plan 75” depicts a dystopian near future Japan in which the growing numbers of elderly...
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