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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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    “Attachment” premieres on Shudder

    The 2022 horror film “Attachment” (premiering February 9 on the Shudder streaming service) takes its name from “dybbuk,” a term from Jewish mythology describing...

    My 2023 Oscar Picks

    A lot of film lovers don’t watch the Oscar broadcast because they think it’s uncool. They don’t watch SNL because it hasn’t been good...

    Every Movie I Saw In 2022

    Here is a list of every film/documentary/TV mini-series I watched in 2022 in the order I watched them. Titles in boldface are narrative features,...

    DOC NYC 2022 Dispatch 2

    So many new docs and so little time! Here is my second round of reviews of new documentaries screened at the DOC NYC film...

    DOC NYC 2022: First Dispatch

    The largest documentary film festival in the U.S., the DOC NYC Festival will screen over 200 films in various NYC locations from November 9...

    Brooklyn Horror Film Fest: Wrap Up

    The Washington Post reported this week that 2022 was a huge year for horror films, perhaps because of post-pandemic desires for cinematic shocks or...

    “Aurora’s Sunrise,” Animated Feature Portrays Survivor of Armenian Genocide

    After 14-year-old Aurora Mardiganian escaped from the Armenian genocide in 1917 and moved to the U.S., a newspaper serialised her amazing story and two...

    The Female Gaze: Women Filmmakers From Japan Cuts And Beyond

    New York, NY (October 20, 2022) – A survey of the growing prominence and visibility ofwomen in film, the latest ACA Cinema Project series...

    Brooklyn Horror Film Festival: Dispatch One

    (above: still from "Mickey Dogface," a short film directed by Zach Fleming, from the "Local Invasion" showcase.) It’s October which means pumpkin in everything: pies,...

    1985 Anime Classic “Angel’s Egg” at Japan Society

    Before Japanese film director Mamoru Oshii made his international hit 1995 animated cyberpunk thriller “Ghost in the Shell,” he made “Angel’s Egg,” a mysterious...

    Estonian horror/comedy “Kratt” on VOD

    In Estonian folklore a “Kratt” is a mythical creature who will work around the clock for you. Once done with a task it says...

    “Ringu” at Japan Society

    This Friday, October 7, the Japan Society of New York City will screen Hideo Nakata’s 1998 j-horror classic “Ringu” in their "monthly classics" series...